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Kansas court rules against parts of state school funding law
National News 06/29/2015A district court panel in Kansas declared Friday that key parts of a new state law for funding public schools violate the state constitution and ordered an immediate increase in aid. State officials and an attorney for four school districts challengi...
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Pennsylvania court rejects law that aided NRA gun challenges
National News 06/26/2015A Pennsylvania state court on Thursday struck down a law designed to make it easier for gun owners and organizations like the National Rifle Association to challenge local firearms ordinances in court. The Commonwealth Court said the procedure...
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Supreme Court upholds key tool for fighting housing bias
National News 06/25/2015The Supreme Court handed a surprising victory to the Obama administration and civil rights groups on Thursday when it upheld a key tool used for more than four decades to fight housing discrimination. The justices ruled 5-4 that federal housing laws ...
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US court upholds tough rules on for-profit college loans
Recent Cases 06/24/2015A federal court has ruled in favor of tough new regulations aimed at career training programs, dealing a major blow to the for-profit college industry. In an opinion released Tuesday, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled the Edu...
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Supreme Court Voids Routine Police Check Of Hotel Registries
National News 06/23/2015The Supreme Court struck down a Los Angeles ordinance Monday that allowed police to inspect hotel guest records on demand. The justices voted 5-4 to reject the city's argument that the measure was needed to help fight prostitution, drug trafficking a...
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Same-sex marriage opponents urge Supreme Court to go slow
Legal Events 06/23/2015Same-sex marriage opponents acknowledge they face a tough task in trying to persuade the Supreme Court to allow states to limit marriage to a man and a woman. But they are urging the court to resist embracing what they see as a radical change in soci...
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Man pleads guilty to charge over noose on Ole Miss statue
Recent Cases 06/22/2015A federal prosecutor said in court Thursday that Graeme Phillip Harris hatched a plan, after a night of drinking at a University of Mississippi fraternity house, to hang a noose on a campus statue of James Meredith, the first black student at Ole Mis...
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High court strikes down raisin program as unconstitutional
Headline Legal News 06/22/2015The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a 66-year-old program that lets the government take raisins away from farmers to help reduce supply and boost market prices is unconstitutional. In an 8-1 ruling, the justices said forcing raisin growers to give up...
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Texas turns away from criminal truancy courts for students
Headline Legal News 06/21/2015A long-standing Texas law that has sent about 100,000 students a year to criminal court — and some to jail — for missing school is off the books, though a Justice Department investigation into one county's truancy courts continues. Gov. Greg Abbott h...
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Huguely files appeal request with U.S. Supreme Court
National News 06/20/2015A former University of Virginia lacrosse player is taking his last shot at overturning his conviction for the 2010 murder of his former girlfriend. Counsel for George Huguely V has filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking a judicial revie...
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Iowa court allows remote dispensing of abortion pill
Notable Attorneys 06/19/2015The Iowa Supreme Court has struck down a restriction that would have prevented doctors from administering abortion-inducing pills remotely via video teleconferencing, saying it would have placed an undue burden on a woman's right to get an abortion. ...
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Illinois high court: Comcast must reveal anonymous commenter
Recent Cases 06/18/2015The Illinois Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court opinion ordering Comcast Cable Communications to identify a subscriber who posted an anonymous message suggesting a political candidate molests children. The court said Thursday that the internet ...