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Courts & Law

The governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer
National
Politics

AG: Michigan governor, family were moved as plotters tracked

Michigan's attorney general said the Democratic governor was consistently updated about the investigation over the past couple months.

5 years ago

Judge Amy Coney Barrett, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court, meets with U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 1, 2020. (Erin Scott/Pool via AP)
Gender
Health Care

Scalia ‘heir’ Barrett may be open to reversing Roe v. Wade

At the center of that shared philosophy is a strict form of constitutional interpretation called originalism, which Scalia championed.

5 years ago

The sun rises behind the Supreme Court in Washington
Gender
Public Health

Justices say women can get abortion pill by mail, for now

The court did little more than defer its first action on an abortion-related issue since the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg last month.

5 years ago

Bill Cosby
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania

Bill Cosby appeal set for Dec. 1 in Pennsylvania high court

The high court will also consider whether the jury should have heard evidence that Bill Cosby had given quaaludes to women in the past.

5 years ago

A National Lawyers Guild, Legal Observer who was arrested observing a protest is searched by police and put into a van which transferred her to the Hennepin County Jail in Minneapolis, United States on October 08, 2020. Protesters took to the streets over former Officer Derek Chauvin being released after posting 1 million USD bail. Derek was the officer known for his involvement in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 25, 2020. (Photo by Chris Juhn/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
NPR
National
Policing
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

51 arrested in Minneapolis protests following Derek Chauvin’s release

Protesters gathered outside of the Minneapolis 5th Police Precinct in Minneapolis on Wednesday following the release of former police officer Derek Chauvin.

5 years ago

Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, meets with Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., on Capitol Hill ahead of her confirmation hearings. (Graeme Jennings/AP)
NPR
Elections
Environment
Politics

How Trump’s Supreme Court pick might hinder climate action

Nearly all of President Trump's climate rollbacks have been challenged, and several are likely headed to the high court.

5 years ago

A sign warns visitors,
Energy
Environment
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Whistleblower claims Mariner East construction lacks proper safety measures related to sinkholes, subsidence

In a legal claim, a professional geologist working on the Mariner East pipeline says Sunoco prevented proper inspections.

5 years ago

People gather at the site where George Floyd was killed while in police custody not to just to protest, but to see comfort in each other.
Policing
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Ex-cop charged in Floyd’s death freed on $1 million bond

According to court documents, Derek Chauvin posted $1 million bond.

5 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Rose Garden
National
Politics
Taxes

Appeals court: Trump must turn over taxes to prosecutor

A district court judge had rejected renewed efforts to invalidate a subpoena that the office of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. issued to Trump’s accounting firm.

5 years ago

In this May 5, 2020, file photo, absentee ballots to be counted are moved at City Hall in Garden City, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
Delaware
Elections
Politics

Delaware judge asked to allow counting of late mail ballots

Delaware law has long required that absentee ballots be received by the time polls close at 8 p.m. on Election Day.

5 years ago

Camden County N.J. election officials demonstrate mail-in voting
Elections
New Jersey
Politics

Judges nixes GOP bid to stop New Jersey mail-in ballots

The two major political parties are embroiled in dozens of lawsuits across the country over issues including mail-in ballots, ballot drop boxes, witness requirements and more.

5 years ago

John Dougherty speaks to reporters during an FBI raid of his properties in 2016. (Charles Fox/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
Criminal Justice
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Judge postpones Local 98 court date, Johnny Doc won’t stand trial for bribery until 2021

Councilmember Bobby Henon will also face a jury for his role in the alleged union scheme.

5 years ago

The sun rises behind the Supreme Court in Washington
Delaware
Law
Politics

Supreme Court hears challenge to Delaware’s partisan court balance requirement

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments this week challenging Delaware’s law that requires a balance of Republicans and Democrats on the state’s top three courts.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw
Criminal Justice
Philadelphia
Policing
Public Safety

‘We’re looking for you,’ Philly police commish tells shooters as murders exceed all of 2019

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw on Monday addressed the city’s major surge in gun violence.

5 years ago

A person drops into a mail box applications for mail-in ballots
Elections
Pennsylvania
Politics

Pa. court battle erupts over voters’ signatures on mail ballots

The fight over signatures is one of many partisan battles being fought in the state Legislature and the courts over mail-in voting in Pennsylvania.

5 years ago

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