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Republicans face court setbacks, Trump law firm steps down
National News 11/14/2020Republicans suffered setbacks to court challenges over the presidential election in three battleground states on Friday while a law firm that came under fire for its work for President Donald Trump’s campaign withdrew from a major Pennsylvania ...
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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...
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High court could halt move toward leniency for kids who kill
Courts and the Judiciary 11/04/2020The Supreme Court on Tuesday suggested it could halt what has been a gradual move toward more leniency for children who are convicted of murder. In cases over more than a decade, the court has concluded that children should be treated differently fro...
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Supreme Court issues flurry of last-minute election orders
Courts and the Judiciary 10/31/2020North Carolina, yes. Pennsylvania, yes. Wisconsin, no. That’s how the Supreme Court has answered questions in recent days about an extended timeline for receiving and counting ballots in those states. In each case, Democrats backed the extensio...
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US to get 9th justice with Dems powerless to block Barrett
Law Firm Marketing 10/27/2020A divided Senate is set to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, giving the country a ninth justice Monday as Republicans overpower Democratic opposition to secure President Donald Trump’s nominee the week before Election Day. Democra...
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Trump, Biden lawyer up, brace for White House legal battle
Legal Events 10/24/2020President Donald Trump’s and Democratic rival Joe Biden’s campaigns are assembling armies of powerful lawyers for the possibility that the race for the White House is decided not at the ballot box but in court. They have been engaging in ...
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Despite rhetoric, GOP has supported packing state courts
Top Stories & Analysis 10/20/2020Republican claims that Democrats would expand the U.S. Supreme Court to undercut the conservative majority if they win the presidency and control of Congress has a familiar ring. It's a tactic the GOP already has employed in recent years with state s...
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Senate Judiciary sets vote on Barrett, Dems decry ‘sham’
Courts and the Judiciary 10/17/2020The Senate Judiciary Committee set Oct. 22 for its vote to advance Judge Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court on Thursday as Democrats threw pointed objections but were unable to stop the Republicans’ drive to confirm President Donald Trump&...
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Health care law on line at court, but is it likely to fall?
Law Firm Marketing 10/13/2020To hear Democrats tell it, a Supreme Court with President Donald Trump’s nominee Amy Coney Barrett could quickly get rid of the law that gives more than 20 million Americans health insurance coverage. But that’s not the inevitable outcome...
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High court nominee served as ‘handmaid’ in religious group
Courts and the Judiciary 10/09/2020Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett served as a “handmaid,” the term then used for high-ranking female leaders in the People of Praise religious community, an old directory for the group’s members shows.Barrett has thus far refu...
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2 justices slam court’s 2015 decision in gay marriage case
Courts and the Judiciary 10/06/2020The Supreme Court, already poised to take a significant turn to the right, opened its new term Monday with a jolt from two conservative justices who raised new criticism of the court’s embrace of same-sex marriage.The justices returned from the...