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Supreme Court takes on early stage of global warming case
Courts and the Judiciary 01/21/2021The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed cautious about siding with oil and gas companies in a case involving global warming.The case the court was hearing is not about whether the companies can be held responsible for harms resulting from global warming....
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India's top court suspends implementation of new farm laws
Courts and the Judiciary 01/12/2021India’s top court on Tuesday temporarily put on hold the implementation of agricultural reform laws and ordered the creation of an independent committee of experts to negotiate with farmers who have been protesting against the legislation.The S...
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Seoul court orders Japan to compensate 12 Korean sex slaves
Courts and the Judiciary 01/08/2021A South Korean court on Friday ordered Japan to financially compensate 12 South Korean women forced to work as sex slaves for Japanese troops during World War II, a landmark ruling that’s set to rekindle animosities between the Asian neighbors....
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Wisconsin Supreme Court tosses Trump election lawsuit
Supreme Court News 12/14/2020The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump’s lawsuit attempting to overturn his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the battleground state, ending Trump's legal challenges in state court about an hour before the Electoral C...
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High court to decide whether Nazi art case stays in US court
Courts and the Judiciary 12/06/2020Jed Leiber was an adult before he learned that his family was once part-owner of a collection of centuries-old religious artworks now said to be worth at least $250 million.Over a steak dinner at a New York City restaurant in the 1990s he had asked h...
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US Supreme Court asked to block Biden win in Pennsylvania
Courts and the Judiciary 12/02/2020Republicans attempting to undo President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in Pennsylvania asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to take up their lawsuit, three days after it was thrown out by the highest court in the battleground state.In the reques...
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Judge halts further vote certification; Gov. Wolf appeals
Courts and the Judiciary 11/27/2020A Pennsylvania appeals court judge ordered state officials on Wednesday to halt any further steps toward certifying election results, a day after Gov. Tom Wolf said he had certified Democrat Joe Biden as the winner of the presidential election in Pen...
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In blistering ruling, judge throws out Trump suit in Pa.
Supreme Court News 11/23/2020A federal judge issued a scathing order Saturday dismissing the Trump campaign’s futile effort to block the certification of votes in Pennsylvania, shooting down claims of widespread irregularities with mail-in ballots.The case was always a lon...
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Giuliani shows at Trump camp lawsuit hearing in Pennsylvania
Courts and the Judiciary 11/19/2020A hearing on the Trump campaign’s federal lawsuit seeking to prevent Pennsylvania officials from certifying the vote results was set to begin Tuesday after a judge denied the campaign’s new lawyer’s request for a delay.Rudy Giuliani...
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Court weighs challenge to Colorado discrimination law
Top Stories & Analysis 11/17/2020A Colorado web designer should not have to create wedding websites for same-sex couples under the state's anti-discrimination law because it would amount to forced speech that violates her religious beliefs, a lawyer told an appeals court Monday.Kris...
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Trump, GOP drop Nevada court appeal of ballot count case
Courts and the Judiciary 11/12/2020A state court legal fight to stop the counting of mail ballots in the Las Vegas area has ended after the Nevada Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by the Donald Trump campaign and the state Republican party, at their request. The dismissal leaves two ...
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Without Ginsburg, high court support for health law in doubt
Courts and the Judiciary 11/08/2020Until six weeks ago, defenders of the Affordable Care Act could take comfort in some simple math. Five Supreme Court justices who had twice preserved the Obama-era health care law remained on the bench and seemed unlikely votes to dismantle it.But Ju...