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Mar 22, 2024
News take: Are conservative justices getting impatient with the Fifth District?
Are conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices getting impatient with some of the shenanigans of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals? From...
Mar 22, 2024
News take: Enbridge looks for a friendlier venue in pipeline fight
Enbridge Inc. wants to move the fight over 70-year-old Line 5, which passes through the northern part of the state and Michigan's Upper...
Jan 31, 2024
News take: Another federal appeals court takes aim at democracy
The Eighth Circuit refuses to reconsider a decision that could further limit the viability of the Voting Rights Act. A federal appeals...
Jan 31, 2024
News take: New judge for the Seventh Circuit
The U.S. Senate confirmed the nomination of Joshua Kolar, from Indiana. The Chicago Sun-Times has the story. The U.S. Seventh Circuit...
Jan 2, 2024
Yeah, Trump keeps trying
All the clause says in so many words, then, is that “the party convicted” in the Senate can still face criminal prosecution. But Mr....
Nov 26, 2023
Statewide elections often result in racially biased outcomes. 11th Circuit says that's OK
Rick Hasen sums it up at the Election Law blog.
Nov 18, 2023
Biden nominates five more for federal judgeships
The push for diversity continues. Check it out at ABC.
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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...
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 1, 2023
Judge who led warrantless search not entitled to immunity, appeals court says
Most judges, fortunately, would never consider doing what West Virginia Judge Louise Goldston did. The ABA Journal has the amazing,...
Oct 31, 2023
Seventh Circuit rejects really bad DOJ arguments against installing wheelchair ramp at a post office
The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals last week ruled that the U.S. Postal Service's refusal to build a wheelchair ramp to enable...
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