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3rd Circuit Court Rejects Request for Review of Ruling on Mail-In Ballots
A court panel upheld a Pennsylvania law that ballots without a date or with an incorrect date are invalid. The 3rd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals refused the…
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Apache Group Requests 9th Circuit Review of Copper Mine Approval
Prepares appeal to Supreme Court if appellate refuses to rehear the case. The Native American nonprofit group Apache Stronghold requested that the entire 9th Circuit Court of Appeals…
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Supreme Court Declines Lawsuit Over Voting Machines
An appellate judge has dismissed the case last fall. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a case that sought to bar the use of electronic voting machines…
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Appeals Court Upholds EPA Emissions Waiver for California
The state is allowed to set steeper emissions rules than federally required. The D.C. Court of Appeals upheld the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) emissions policy waiver for the…
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Texas Border Police Law Placed on Hold by Appeals Court
The case is still being litigated. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals denied Texas’ request to allow a state border authority law to go into effect while an…
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Federal Appeals Court Allows Texas Immigration Law to Take Effect
The court granted a temporary stay of a lower court ruling that blocked the law. The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals granted a temporary stay removing the…
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Supreme Court Declines Admissions Diversity Case in Virginia
Lower court decision stands, allowing a high school to continue the practice. The Supreme Court refused to take up a case that would have restricted a Virginia high…
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Appeals Court Hears Pennsylvania Mail-In Ballot Case
The issue is the inaccuracy of dates written on the ballots. The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals held oral arguments this week regarding whether or not the state…
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Appeals Court Says Florida Cannot Ban Chinese Land Ownership
The state law also bans land ownership near military installations for citizens of Cuba, Venezuela, Syria, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. The Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals…
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