Florida’s House of Representatives passed early Thursday a ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, as the U.S. Supreme Court considers the constitutionality of a similar Mississippi law. The legislation now goes to the Florida Senate for con…
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Inmate in solitary confinement for 27 years takes challenge to Supreme Court
More than three dozen law enforcement officials asked the Supreme Court this week to hear a case concerning an inmate who has been kept in solitary confinement for decades. They are arguing against the use of solitary confinement and warning that it ha…
Conservatives target Judge Brown Jackson as worst choice on Biden’s short list for Supreme Court
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, believed to be on President Biden’s short list for nomination to the Supreme Court, is coming under fire from conservatives who say she is too progressive and lacks the judicial temperament necessary for the high court.&nbs…
D.C. sniper Lee Boyd Malvo continues legal fight for new punishment
D.C sniper Lee Boyd Malvo’s attorneys told the Maryland Court of Appeals this week that their client’s life sentences without the possibility of parole should be reconsidered since he was a juvenile when he committed his crimes. Malvo&rsquo…
Supreme Court allows Alabama’s redistricting map over racial gerrymandering claim
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed Alabama to implement its Congressional redistricting plan despite an ongoing legal challenge that accuses the Republican-led legislature’s map of racial gerrymandering. In a 5-4 vote, the high court slapped dow…
11 states push back, file lawsuit to halt Biden’s private employer COVID-19 vaccine mandate
Eleven states filed a lawsuit Friday against President Biden’s decision requiring large private businesses to mandate the COVID-19 vaccine for their employees or pay for regular testing. Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, along with 10 other…
Biden COVID-19 vaccine mandate unprecedented, legal scholars say
Republican attorneys general and a conservative news site are fighting President Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private employers, a government mandate that legal scholars say is unprecedented. “I don’t know of any federal…
Joe Biden announces new round of judicial nominees; White House touts diversity
President Biden announced a new wave of judicial nominees on Wednesday, days after the Senate confirmed one of his nominees to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, flipping the federal appeals court to a majority of Democratic-appointed judge…
Biden flips 2nd Circuit to majority Democratic with confirmation of lesbian judge
The Senate confirmed the first openly lesbian judge to a federal circuit court on Monday, flipping the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit to a majority of Democrat-appointed judges. Judge Beth Robinson, who previously served on the Vermont Supre…
Supreme Court to hear challenge to EPA power plant rules
The Supreme Court announced Friday it would hear a challenge from a group of red states, led by West Virginia, against Environmental Protection Agency rules aimed at limiting greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. The 19 states and energy co…