Recent Updates
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Saudi court issues final verdicts in Khashoggi killing
U.S. Court News 09/07/2020A Saudi court issued final verdicts on Monday in the case of slain Washington Post columnist and Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi after his son, who still resides in the kingdom, announced pardons that spared five of the convicted individuals from execut...
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Alaska Supreme Court rules bonding plan is unconstitutional
U.S. Court News 09/05/2020The Alaska Supreme Court on Friday rejected as unconstitutional former Gov. Bill Walker’s proposal to use bonding to pay Alaska’s oil and gas tax credit obligations. The court, in a written ruling, said the plan, which was approved by the...
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Court halts police subpoena for media’s protest images
U.S. Court News 08/19/2020Less than 24 hours before a court order would have required five Seattle media companies to turn over unpublished protest photos and videos to police, the state Supreme Court has granted them a temporary respite. A Washington state Supreme Court comm...
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Court OKs extradition of man linked to Venezuela's Maduro
U.S. Court News 08/08/2020A court in the West African nation of Cape Verde has approved the extradition to the United States of a Colombian businessman wanted on suspicion of money laundering on behalf of Venezuela's socialist government, his lawyers said Tuesday.The court ma...
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Louisiana Senate targets lawyer ads promising big payouts
U.S. Court News 05/15/2020A proposal striking at the proliferation of TV, radio and billboard ads blanketing Louisiana is headed to the state House for debate after winning support from senators Thursday.Sen. Heather Cloud’s bill would declare as false or misleading tho...
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Georgia high court election cancellation headed for appeal
U.S. Court News 03/11/2020A would-be candidate for a seat on Georgia's highest court on Wednesday asked the state's lower appeals court to step in after a judge this week said the governor had the right to fill the position even though a judge who's resigning won't leave unti...
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Supreme Court divided in 1st big abortion case of Trump era
U.S. Court News 03/08/2020A seemingly divided Supreme Court struggled Wednesday with its first major abortion case of the Trump era, leaving Chief Justice John Roberts as the likely deciding vote.Roberts did not say enough to tip his hand in an hour of spirited arguments at t...
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Spanish court: Google search must show man's acquittal first
U.S. Court News 03/01/2020A Spanish court has partially accepted Google's appeal against a ruling that ordered it to erase news articles about a man accused of sexual abuse, but the new judgement said the company had to display the man's acquittal at the top of any search res...
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Lesotho's PM fails to show in court to face murder charge
U.S. Court News 02/21/2020Lesotho’s prime minister failed to show up in court on Friday to be charged with murder in the killing of his estranged wife, and police said he might have gone to neighboring South Africa for an undisclosed ailment.Prime Minister Thomas Thaban...
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Tweets urge calls to Supreme Court for fair Senate trial
U.S. Court News 01/31/2020The Supreme Court doesn't have a public comment line for its own work, much less the Senate's.That hasn't stopped a fair number of social media users from urging people to call Chief Justice John Roberts at the Supreme Court and demand a fair trial o...
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Judge criticized by abortion foes named to top Kansas court
U.S. Court News 12/17/2019Kansas' Democratic governor on Monday named a veteran trial-court judge who is opposed by the state's most influential anti-abortion group to the state Supreme Court ? an appointment that's likely to further stoke conservatives' efforts to change how...
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Analysis: Louisiana figures in 2 major Supreme Court cases
U.S. Court News 10/13/2019Among cases on the U.S. Supreme Court docket for the term that began this month, two Louisiana cases stand out — one because of its implications for criminal justice in the state, the other because of what it portends for abortion rights and ac...