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German far-right party wins court case against minister
National News 06/09/2020Germany's top security official violated the rights of a far-right party by posting remarks criticizing it on his ministry's website, the country's highest court ruled Tuesday.The Alternative for Germany party, known as AfD, whose anti-migration and ...
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Black Lives Matter rallies start in Australia amid court ban
Courts and the Judiciary 06/07/2020The first of several Black Lives Matter protests across Australia on Saturday got underway against a backdrop of possible clashes between demonstrators and police in Sydney, after a court sided with police that the gathering posed too much risk for s...
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Supreme Court rules in FOIA case long delayed by lawmaker
Verdicts & Settlements 06/02/2020A group of elected officials in southwest Virginia violated the state's open government law during meetings about dissolving a public library system, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled on Thursday in a case long delayed by a lawmaker's use of a privile...
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Supreme Court rejects challenge to limits on church services
Supreme Court News 05/29/2020A divided Supreme Court on Friday rejected an emergency appeal by a California church that challenged state limits on attendance at worship services that have been imposed to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Over the dissent of the four mo...
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Netanyahu heads to court as 1st sitting Israeli PM on trial
Courts and the Judiciary 05/24/2020Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is lashing out at Israel’s justice system, saying his trial on corruption charges is an attempt to “depose” him. Prime Minister Benjamin spoke Sunday as he arrived at a Jerusalem courthouse ...
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Court upholds ban on in-person church services in California
Courts and the Judiciary 05/24/2020An appeals court has upheld California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ban on in-person church services amid the coronavirus pandemic, in a split ruling that found that government’s emergency powers override what in normal times would be fundamental ...
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Supreme Court blocks House from Mueller grand jury material
Law Firm Marketing 05/20/2020The Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily prevented the House of Representatives from obtaining secret grand jury testimony from special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. The court’s unsigned order granted the Trump administ...
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Lawyer: Security video in Arbery case may show water breaks
Courts and the Judiciary 05/17/2020A young black man filmed by a security camera walking through a home under construction in December and in February may have stopped at the site for a drink of water, according to an attorney for the homeowner thrust into the investigation of the fat...
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Unanimous Supreme Court throws out ‘Bridgegate’ convictions
Law Journals 05/14/2020A unanimous Supreme Court on Thursday threw out the convictions of two political insiders involved in the “Bridgegate” scandal that ultimately derailed the 2016 president bid of their ally, then-New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.The ju...
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Justices wary of ‘Obamacare’ birth control coverage changes
Courts and the Judiciary 05/07/2020The Supreme Court seemed concerned Wednesday about the sweep of Trump administration rules that would allow more employers who cite a religious or moral objection to opt out of providing no-cost birth control to women as required by the Affordable Ca...
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Supreme Court sides with government in immigration case
Legal Events 05/03/2020The Supreme Court is making it harder for noncitizens who are authorized to live permanently in the United States to argue they should be allowed to stay in the country if they've committed crimes.The decision Thursday split the court 5-4 along ideol...
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Wisconsin court sets argument date for stay-at-home lawsuit
Courts and the Judiciary 05/03/2020The Wisconsin Supreme Court announced Friday that it will hear oral arguments early next week in a lawsuit seeking to block Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ stay-at-home order.The justices ruled 6-1 to accept the case and scheduled oral arguments fo...