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Arizona judge delays trial in fight over education funding
Top Stories & Analysis 01/05/2023A lawsuit over how much money Arizona’s lawmakers allocate for school maintenance, buses, textbooks and technology won’t go to trial next week, after a judge granted a request for a delay by the state’s incoming attorney general.Dem...
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No-nonsense judge takes over FTX-Bankman-Fried criminal case
Courts and the Judiciary 12/27/2022A Manhattan federal judge known for swift decisions and a no-nonsense demeanor during three decades of overseeing numerous high-profile cases was assigned Tuesday to Sam Bankman-Fried’s cryptocurrency case.The case was relegated to Judge Lewis ...
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Lake loses suit over her defeat in Arizona governor’s race
Courts and the Judiciary 12/25/2022A judge has thrown out Republican Kari Lake’s challenge of her defeat in the Arizona governor’s race to Democrat Katie Hobbs, rejecting her claim that problems with ballot printers at some polling places on Election Day were the result of...
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FTX founder could be sent to US after extradition hearing
National News 12/21/2022Sam Bankman-Fried is back in a Bahamian court Wednesday for an extradition hearing that could clear the way for the one-time billionaire to be sent to the U.S. to face criminal charges related to the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX.In a court...
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Kentucky Supreme Court strikes down school choice law
Law Firm Marketing 12/15/2022School choice advocates suffered a bitter defeat Thursday, when Kentucky’s Supreme Court struck down a state law that allowed donors to receive tax credits for supporting private school tuition.In its unanimous decision, the high court said the...
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Supreme Court weighs ‘most important case’ on democracy
Courts and the Judiciary 12/04/2022The Supreme Court is about to confront a new elections case, a Republican-led challenge asking the justices for a novel ruling that could significantly increase the power of state lawmakers over elections for Congress and the presidency.The court is ...
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German parliament votes to approve EU-Canada trade pact
Headline Legal News 12/01/2022German lawmakers on Thursday approved a free-trade deal between the European Union and Canada, moving the accord a step closer to taking full effect.The pact, formally known as the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, or CETA, was signed in la...
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Judge denies 19-year-old’s ask to attend father’s execution
Courts and the Judiciary 11/26/2022A federal judge has denied a request from a 19-year-old woman to allow her to watch her father’s death by injection, upholding a Missouri law that bars anyone under 21 from witnessing an execution.Kevin Johnson is set to be executed Tuesday for...
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Man granted new trial in 2006 triple murder freed after plea
Courts and the Judiciary 11/21/2022An man granted a new trial in the murders of three men in Ohio more than a decade and a half ago has been released after reaching a plea agreement with prosecutors.Stoney Thompson, 43, was originally sentenced in Lucas County to three consecutive lif...
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Texas to execute man for killing ex-girlfriend and her son
National News 11/16/2022A Texas inmate seeking to stop his execution over claims of religious freedom violations and indifference to his medical needs is scheduled to die Wednesday evening for killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend and her 7-year-old son more than 17 years ago....
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Montana vote adds to win streak for abortion rights backers
State Bar & Other Associations 11/11/2022Abortion rights supporters secured another win Thursday as voters in Montana rejected a ballot measure that would have forced medical workers to intercede in the rare case of a baby born after an attempted abortion.The result caps a string of ballot ...
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Suit seeks to have mail-in votes lacking dates counted
Judiciary News 11/05/2022Several Pennsylvania groups represented by the American Civil Liberties Union have filed suit in federal court seeking to have votes from mail-in or absentee ballots counted even if they lack proper dates on their return envelopes.The suit filed Frid...