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FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2017 file photo, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg smiles as she converses with Judge Ann Claire Williams of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit at Roosevelt University, in Chicago.
NPR

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg reflects on the #MeToo movement: ‘It’s about time’

When Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg began her legal crusade, women were treated differently than men by law.

4 years ago

Protesters outside the courthouse where 9th Circuit Court of Appeals judges were hearing Hawaii's challenge last month to the Trump administration's latest travel ban. (Ted S. Warren/AP)
NPR
Immigration
National

Supreme Court to hear latest challenge to Trump’s travel ban

Almost a year after Trump tried to bar travelers from entering the US, the Supreme Court announced that will consider a legal challenge to the third version of that ban.

4 years ago

In this file photo, Sen. Bob Menendez talk to reporters as he arrives to court for his federal corruption trial in Newark, N.J., (Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
New Jersey
Politics

Prosecutors say they will retry New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez

The government has told a federal judge in New Jersey it will seek a retrial of Sen. Bob Menendez, whose 11-week corruption trial ended in a hung jury in November.

4 years ago

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The Supreme Court of New Jersey, at the Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex in Trenton, NJ.
Immigration
New Jersey

Top N.J. court: Question on defendant’s immigration status ‘improper’

The N.J. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that attorneys cannot ask about the immigration status of a defendant in order to attack his or her credibility.

4 years ago

Former Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., walks from the federal courthouse after his sentencing hearing in Philadelphia, Monday, Dec. 12, 2016.  (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Philadelphia
Politics

Fattah’s lawyer says juror was wrongly dismissed

A lawyer for imprisoned former U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah on Thursday zeroed in on what he called the improper dismissal of a holdout juror.

4 years ago

Crime tape stretches across a road near the scene of a shooting Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, in Harrisburg, Pa. The mayor of Harrisburg said a U.S. marshal is dead after being shot while serving an arrest warrant in the city. Mayor Eric Papenfuse said two other officers were wounded in the Thursday morning shooting. (Marc Levy/AP Photo)
Pennsylvania

Deputy US marshal killed while serving Pa. warrant

Christopher David Hill, 45, was part of a team serving an arrest warrant on a woman when gunfire erupted, authorities said.

4 years ago

 Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Friday, June 9, 2017. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Philadelphia

Prosecutors want to call 19 other accusers at Cosby retrial

Prosecutors preparing for Bill Cosby's retrial on sexual assault charges want to call 19 other accusers to try to show a pattern of "prior bad acts" over five decades.

4 years ago

Former Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., walks from the federal courthouse after his sentencing hearing in Philadelphia, Monday, Dec. 12, 2016.  (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Philadelphia

Fattah seeks appeal in federal corruption conviction

Lawyers for the disgraced lawmaker will go before the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals to argue Fattah should have been acquitted on several counts and given a new trial.

4 years ago

An NJ Transit train pulls into the station (Mel Evans/AP, file)
New Jersey
Religion
Transportation

Appeals court sides with NJ Transit on arresting preachers on platform

The ruling caps a six-year legal fight over whether ministers were the targets of discrimination.

4 years ago

Erik Arneson, director of the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records.
Pennsylvania
Politics

With move to expand open-records law pending, most Pa. agencies get few requests

A new study shows that Pennsylvania's Right-to-Know law does not burden public agencies. Still, advocates for the public's right to know say there is room for improvement.

4 years ago

Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks at a news conference after touring the U.S.-Mexico border on April 11. The Justice Department is warning so-called
Immigration
National
Philadelphia

DOJ appeals decision in Philadelphia’s win in ‘sanctuary city’ case

The U.S. Department of Justice did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

4 years ago

Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele talks about using DNA phenotyping to help solve a gunpoint rape in Norristown Farm Park.
Pennsylvania
Policing
Technology

Montco DA tries new technology to solve a cold crime

Authorities hunting for suspects in a gunpoint rape in a Norristown park have hit a dead end, so they're turning to a new technology to help jumpstart their investigation.

4 years ago

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Delaware
Law

ACLU lawsuit: Delaware’s education system is failing students

The American Civil Liberties Union of Delaware has filed a lawsuit against the state on behalf of two groups representing parents and students.

4 years ago

Penndot Driver License Center at 8th and Arch streets.
Addiction
Pennsylvania

Drivers deprived of licenses after drug conviction sue to repeal Pa. law

Since 2011, Pennsylvania has suspended the licenses of nearly 150,000 drivers for up to two years. Critics say the law can hurt the chances of keeping a job after conviction.

4 years ago

Beth Lawn, a chaplain at a retirement community who lives in Chester, Pa., is one of 18 Democratic petitioners challenging the Pennsylvania congressional district map. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Politics

Pennsylvania Supreme Court to decide if state congressional district map is a partisan gerrymander

Pennsylvania’s congressional district map is ...

4 years ago

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