Courts & Law
‘Free thousands more inmates’: Advocates make push for relief from COVID in prisons
Fears of a second COVID wave are growing. Bill could affect more than 3,000 incarcerated.
4 years ago
1 officer indicted in Breonna Taylor case; not for her death
Taylor, a Black emergency medical worker, was shot multiple times by officers who entered her home using a no-knock warrant during a narcotics investigation on March 13.
4 years ago
Ginsburg, role model and ‘rock star,’ lies in repose at Supreme Court
In a ceremony inside the court’s Great Hall, Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt eulogized Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as a “path-marking role model for women and girls of all ages.”
4 years ago
No charges against Tucson police officers in death of Carlos Ingram-Lopez
Ingram-Lopez, 27, died after being handcuffed and held face-down in a garage for some 12 minutes.
4 years ago
Judge declines to stay ruling on Pennsylvania crowd size
The judge said the administration had failed to show “imminent and irreparable harm will occur” if the state can’t limit crowds to 25 people inside and 250 people outside.
4 years ago
Step aside Election 2000: This year’s election may be the most litigated yet
In 2000, lawyers and election officials endlessly debated butterfly ballots and hanging chads. Now, the legal arguments are more complex and concern mail-in voting.
4 years ago
Rutgers helped shape Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Watch as former students remember.
Ginsburg shaped her career and found her voice here in New Jersey as a pioneering faculty member at Rutgers Law School in Newark from 1963 to 1972.
4 years ago
Family of Black man killed by National Guard in Louisville files wrongful death suit
The family of a 53-year-old Black man shot and killed by a National Guard soldier during protests this summer in Louisville, Ky., is filing a wrongful death lawsuit.
4 years ago
Delaware police seize largest stash of fentanyl in state history
Police seized enough fentanyl to kill three-quarters of Delaware’s population following a two-year investigation.
4 years ago
The future of the Affordable Care Act in a Supreme Court without Ginsburg
The death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg comes just as SCOTUS was about to hear a case challenging the ACA. It could end Medicaid expansion and protections for preexisting conditions.
4 years ago
Justices remember Ruth Bader Ginsburg, ‘a jurist of historic stature’
Many of Ginsburg's Supreme Court colleagues praised her tenure. Chief Justice John Roberts called Ginsburg "a tireless and resolute champion of justice."
4 years ago
Judge agrees to delay US gov’t restrictions on WeChat
WeChat users had argued the moves targeting the all-in-one app with instant messaging, social media and other communication tools would restrict free speech.
4 years ago
Court’s decisions didn’t end Pennsylvania voting law fight
While Pennsylvania's high court settled several partisan points of dispute over how to update the state's election law, counties remain unprepared in several important ways.
4 years ago
Police settlements: How the cost of misconduct impacts cities and taxpayers
Payouts range from multi-million-dollars to less but the financial impact is often overlooked. An argument in the protests is that funds for police could be used elsewhere.
4 years ago
Is 8 enough? Court vacancy could roil possible election case
The Supreme Court’s role, then, could be vital in deciding a contested election, as it was in 2000 when a 5-4 ruling handed the presidential election to George W. Bush.
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