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Nov 17, 2023
Appeals judge lifts Trump gag order on attacking court staff
After New York Appellate Justice David Friedman put the gag order on hold, Trump went on Truth Social to post to criticize Judge Arthur...
Nov 17, 2023
SCOTUS won't reinstate Florida drag show law right now
From Politico: The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday denied a request by Florida to partially halt a judge’s order blocking the state from...
Nov 16, 2023
There are a bunch of lawyers involved in the Rebecca Clarke redistricting
Forty-nine! That's how many lawyers are listed on the docket sheet for the challenge to the state's gerrymandered political districts....
Nov 15, 2023
SCOTUS justices push election injustices
As the Wisconsin Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments in the Rebecca Clarke redistricting case next week, a little sad news about the...
Nov 15, 2023
Here's a unique defense for the next time you attack the spouse of the speaker of the House
No, no, it really had nothing to do with Nancy Pelosi's job duties. Now, facing trial a year later, the 43-year-old Canadian’s lawyers...
Nov 14, 2023
SCOTUS declines to hear challenge to 3-year solitary confinement term
WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court’s liberal minority dissented on Monday to a decision to leave a lower court ruling in place that said...
Nov 14, 2023
Waukesha County Circuit Judge Brad Schimel eyeing 2025 SCOW bid
A source with knowledge of the former AG’s thinking says Schimel has been traveling the circuit in recent months with an eye toward a...
Nov 14, 2023
"Everybody vs. Racism" can't be a trademark, U.S. Court of Appeals says
It's not used to identify the maker or seller of a specific product, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals said. Reuters has the story.
Nov 14, 2023
Look! A SCOTUS ethics code! Without any enforcement mechanism!
The eight-page code says the justices “should comply” with a set of lower court regulations that limit what gifts federal judges and...
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Nov 14, 2023
Seventh Circuit strikes down state's "hunter harassment" law changes as unconstitutional
A federal appeals court on Monday struck down as unconstitutional the state's "hunter harassment law" that makes it a crime to confront...
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Nov 13, 2023
State appeals ruling that overlapping criminal statutes are unconstitutional
The state is appealing a judge's declaring as unconstitutional the statutory scheme that allowed a prosecutor to issue a criminal charge...
Nov 10, 2023
Senate confirms Biden's 150th federal judge
Read it at Democracy Docket.
Nov 10, 2023
Pennsylvania's record Supreme Court race spending doesn't touch Wisconsin's
There was about $22 million in spending. Pikers. The total spent is likely to be roughly half of what was spent in Wisconsin — a race...
Nov 10, 2023
Crazy Fifth Circuit says limits on ghost guns is unconstitutional
Sigh. Because the founders. The panel, comprised entirely of judges appointed by Republican former President Donald Trump, largely upheld...
Nov 10, 2023
For folks who say the justices did nothing wrong...
Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee force a delay in subpoenaing Leonard Leo and Harlan Crow, financial benefactors of SCOTUS...
Nov 10, 2023
Roggensack ordered to turn over impeachment records
Former SCOW Justice Patience Roggensack ordered to cough 'em up. Not so sure about the reasoning here unless the records are sent to...
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Nov 8, 2023
ATC can't be sued for negligence in pilot's death, appeals court rules
Federal rules granting the American Transmission Company broad immunity from lawsuits protect it even when company negligence results in...
Nov 7, 2023
Federal appeals court upholds Illinois assault rifle ban
Jurist has the story on the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruling.
Nov 7, 2023
A quarter of federal courts have always been, and remain, all White
The Democracy Docket is talking about judges. Strikingly, of the 94 district courts across our country, 25 have never had a non-white...
Nov 7, 2023
States sue over mail-order abortion/miscarriage pill
The suit was filed in Texas, of course. From Courthouse News Service: (CN) — A coalition of three red states sued the Food and Drug...
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