The Supreme Court ordered a Texas appeals court on Jan. 9 to reconsider the murder conviction of death row inmate Areli Escobar because the DNA evidence used to convict him was later discovered to be unreliable. Texas had admitted in court papers … Continue reading SCOTUS directs Texas appeals court to reconsider 2011 murder conviction based on faulty DNA analysis
An Arkansas man has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the state because state law prevents him from serving on a state board because of the color of his skin. The legal complaint (pdf) in the case, Haile v. … Continue reading Exiting Arkansas governor sued over enforcing race-based quota in state appointments
Pharmaceuticals executive Gigi Jordan, who was convicted in the death of her young autistic son, committed suicide less than a day after the Supreme Court revoked her bail and while her manslaughter appeal was still pending before the high court. … Continue reading Pharma exec who killed 8-year-old son commits suicide after Supreme Court revokes bail
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, a conservative, term-limited Republican who leaves office on Jan. 2, reflected on his eight years in office in a wide-ranging end-of-term interview with The Epoch Times. In the interview, Brnovich said conservatives need to use … Continue reading Arizona AG Brnovich warns of federal overreach, Big Tech, loss of freedoms as he leaves office
After a difficult 2022 at the Supreme Court, Chief Justice John Roberts said in an annual report that the personal security of judges needs to be a priority. “The law requires every judge to swear an oath to perform his or her … Continue reading End of year report by Chief Justice Roberts says judges’ security should be a priority
A businessman who was fined almost $1 million for failing to report a foreign bank account is asking the Supreme Court to review the ruling by a lower court. The appeal comes after the Biden administration’s attempts to strengthen IRS … Continue reading Executive appeals to Supreme Court a $1 Million IRS penalty for not disclosing a foreign bank account
Bail for a multimillionaire pharmaceutical executive previously convicted of manslaughter in the death of her young son was revoked on Dec. 29 by the Supreme Court a little over a week after the high court ordered her freed. The rulings … Continue reading Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor revokes bail of pharma executive Gigi Jordan who was convicted in death of son
After the Supreme Court extended the Title 42 public health order allowing rapid removal of illegal aliens at the border on Dec. 27, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, one of the architects of the legal strategy to keep the policy alive, celebrated the … Continue reading Conservatives must use the courts to fight back against liberal overreach: Arizona AG Brnovich: Outgoing official hails Supreme Court decision blocking revocation of Title 42 border expulsion order in exclusive interview
The Supreme Court is scheduled next week to look at a case from Florida in which the state, 16 other states, and former President Donald Trump are urging the court to consider whether states have the power to regulate how social media … Continue reading Supreme Court to take up Trump-backed Florida social media censorship appeal next week
Twelve states and the District of Columbia allow local governments and private investors to seize dramatically more than what is owed from homeowners who fall behind on property tax payments, according to a new report. The practice, which Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) … Continue reading 12 states allow home equity ‘theft’ over homeowners’ tax payment shortfalls, study says
UPDATED Dec. 26, 2022, 1:24 p.m. Eastern time: SEE BELOW. The Arizona Daily Star has an obituary-like retrospective of the career of retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor up right now (Dec. 26, 2022, about 1:50 a.m. Eastern time). … Continue reading UPDATED: Is former SCOTUS Justice Sandra Day O’Connor dead? The Arizona Daily Star seems to think so
A business owner filed a federal civil rights class action lawsuit against Cook County, Ill., over a new pandemic relief program that excludes white people. Chiropractor Domenic Cusano Jr. owns a chiropractic practice in Chicago, where he has been treating … Continue reading Chicago businessman sues county over COVID-19 relief program that blocks white people
Two Minnesota counties have agreed to remove duplicate voter registrations from their voter rolls after an election-integrity group sued them. Nicollet County and Hennepin County, which includes Minneapolis, the state’s most populous city, recently settled out of court after the Public Interest Legal … Continue reading 2 Minnesota counties agree to remove duplicate voter registrations after settling lawsuits
Two East Coast fishermen are suing the Biden administration, claiming that a federal body that plans to curb their ocean catch is illegally constituted and therefore has no authority to issue such restrictive regulations. The lawsuit comes as legal challenges … Continue reading Fishermen sue Biden administration over Mid-Atlantic fishing restrictions
The Supreme Court took the unusual step on Dec. 20 of granting bail on an emergency basis to a multimillionaire pharmaceutical executive previously convicted of manslaughter in the death of her young son. In 2014, Gigi Jordan was convicted of … Continue reading Supreme Court grants bail to pharma millionaire Gigi Jordan who was convicted in death of son
The Supreme Court of Delaware has formally struck down state laws allowing universal mail-in voting and same-day voter registration, finding the statutes violate the state’s constitution. The court unanimously ruled against the laws in October—preventing no excuse required mail-in voting and same-day … Continue reading Delaware Supreme Court strikes down voting by mail, and same-day registration
President Joe Biden is expected to sign a bill ordering that a marble bust of the late Chief Justice Roger Taney, who authored a pro-slavery Supreme Court opinion that helped to precipitate the Civil War, be removed from the U.S. … Continue reading Biden expected to sign bill to remove bust of Confederate-sympathizing chief justice from US Capitol
A federal judge said he will block a “tyrannical” provision in an incoming California gun law because it would have the “chilling effect” of discouraging people from challenging the statute in court. Judge Roger Benitez said in a San Diego courtroom on … Continue reading Federal judge to block ‘tyrannical’ California gun law provision: Law would compel citizens suing to vindicate their rights to pay the government’s legal fees if they lose
A New York state appeals court in Manhattan has rejected Yeshiva University’s bid to deny official recognition to a campus LGBT group, an act the religious school argued would violate its values and constitutional rights. The case appears destined to return to the … Continue reading New York appeals court orders Yeshiva University to recognize LGBT club, teeing up likely Supreme Court battle: The Orthodox Jewish school claims its constitutional rights and religious values are being violated
The Supreme Court decided Dec. 13 to hear the case of an Alabama man whose trade secrets theft conviction in Florida for stealing proprietary fishing information from a Florida-based website was vacated because his trial took place in the wrong state. Having the conviction … Continue reading Appeal of alleged hacker from Alabama to be heard by Supreme Court