The Arizona Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s ruling Thursday that had sanctioned the Arizona Republican Party for a lawsuit it brought following the 2020 general election. The party had challenged the procedures followed by Maricopa County (which includes the Phoenix metro area) in conducting the mandatory hand count required by law of roughly two […]
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama’s Supreme Court rejected a constitutional challenge to the candidacy of leading presidential contender José Raúl Mulino on Friday, removing an element of uncertainty two days before the May 5 vote. The court was ruling on a challenge from lawyer Karisma Etienne Karamañites, who argued that Mulino was not eligible because […]
Two years after the Supreme Court overturned nationwide abortion rights, the majority of voting-age Americans are unhappy with the decision. A CNN poll published Wednesday found that 65% of U.S. adults said they disapproved of the high court’s 2022 ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overruled Roe v. Wade. The court’s decision […]
Retired Justice Stephen G. Breyer is telling his former colleagues in the Supreme Court’s conservative majority to “slow down.” In an interview published Wednesday with ABC News Live Prime, the 85-year-old former justice, who stepped down from the bench in 2022, suggested the conservative majority — including the high court’s newest members — should tap […]
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Georgia’s highest court on Tuesday threw out an indictment that charged a former police chief and a top aide with felonies for failing to investigate allegations of misconduct within their department. The Georgia Supreme Court ruled that the 2021 indictment against former Glynn County Police Chief John Powell and Brian Scott, his […]
The Supreme Court refused Tuesday to block a lower court order siding with Texas over its law aimed at requiring age verification to view pornographic websites. Lawyers representing the Free Speech Coalition had asked the high court to halt the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal’s judgment that sided with Texas while an appeal was […]
The Supreme Court announced Monday it would review a dispute between a truck driver and a company producing THC and CBD products after he lost his job over a positive drug test. Douglas Horn and his wife sued Red Dice Holdings LLC, Medical Marijuana Inc. and Dixie Holdings LLC, which helped produce Dixie X, a […]
The Supreme Court announced Monday it will review a legal battle brought by veterans who say they deserve the benefit of the doubt over the government when their disability claims are considered a close call. Joshua Bufkin and Norman Thornton argued through their lawyers that they should have received the benefit of the doubt in […]
Supreme Court justices clashed Thursday over former President Donald Trump’s claims of “absolute immunity” from being prosecuted for his official acts while he was in the White House, sorting through competing dangers of an unleashed president on one hand, or a crippled one on the other. Justices seemed to be in agreement that some presidential […]
Former President Trump wanted to be there during oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court on presidential immunity. The former president, facing unprecedented legal lawfare, wanted to see the justices contend with the question: to what extent does a president get a legal pass for alleged criminal conduct during his presidency? Matt writes about […]
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