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Appeals court vacates order delaying woman’s execution
National News 01/01/2021A federal appeals court has cleared the way for the only woman on federal death row to be executed before President-elect Joe Biden takes office.The ruling, handed down Friday by a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Co...
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Parents Plead Not Guilty to Charges in Missouri Girl's Death
Legal Exams 12/28/2020The parents of a 4-year-old Missouri girl allegedly killed by neighbors to remove a “demon” pleaded not guilty Monday to charges connected to the case. Mary S. Mast, 29, and James A. Mast, 28, both of Lincoln, Missouri, were charged Thurs...
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Trump plan to curb drug costs dealt setback in court
Headline Legal News 12/24/2020A late-term maneuver by President Donald Trump to use lower drug prices paid overseas to limit some of Medicare’s own costs suffered a legal setback Wednesday that appears likely to keep the policy from taking effect before the president leaves...
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High court denies Kentucky religious school’s plea to reopen
National News 12/20/2020The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to block an order by Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear that bars in-person K-12 education until early January in areas hard hit by COVID-19, rejecting a plea from a private religious school.The court said in an unsigned...
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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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Justices rule Muslim men can sue FBI agents over no-fly list
Law Firm Marketing 12/11/2020A unanimous Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Muslim men who were placed on the government’s no-fly list because they refused to serve as FBI informants can seek to hold federal agents financially liable.The justices continued a string of de...
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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...