January 6 House Select Committee must wait for further review of the case. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan has granted a temporary injunction against the access to phone…
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Supreme Court Blocks Georgia Election Method
Voting group has alleged discrimination. On Friday, the Supreme Court blocked Georgia from using an election method that a judge found to be racially discriminatory, but the justices…
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Appeals Court Vacates Block on Oil and Gas Leasing Pause
Executive order stands as district court addresses lack of specificity. In January 2021, President Joe Biden paused new leases for oil and gas extraction on federal land, in…
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Georgia Voting Group Asks for SCOTUS Intervention
Files request for Justice Thomas to block the 11th Circuit ruling. On Monday, a group of Black voters from Georgia submitted an emergency request to Justice Clarence Thomas,…
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President Picks Nominees for U.S. Appeals Court
One slated to fill Justice Jackson’s former seat. This week, President Joe Biden submitted three nominations for the U.S. Court of Appeals; public interest lawyer Rachel Bloomekatz for…
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Federal Court Rules Mine Violated Labor Department Inspection
The operator notified workers of inspectors’ presence. The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled on Wednesday that the Paradise No. 9 mine operator violated the federal Mine…
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President Biden Names Five New Judicial Nominees
Seventeenth round of nominees since the president’s inauguration. The White House announced the nomination of five judges to positions in the Circuit Court and District Courts. Lara E.…
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Supreme Court Rules on Gun Confiscation
Justices unanimously vote that warrantless home search is unconstitutional. In a 9-0 ruling issued Monday in Caniglia v. Strom, the justices of the Supreme Court overturned a lower…
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Immigration Restriction Upheld by Ninth Circuit
President Trump’s “public charge” ban ruled permissable. The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled that President Trump’s executive order to protect American taxpayers from “Immigrants Who…
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Ninth Circuit Blocks Further Border Wall Construction
President’s invocation of emergency powers for funding was illegal, they say. On Friday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a 2019 district court summary judgment ruling that…
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