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  • Supreme Court rejects states' challenge to Colorado pot law

    Supreme Court rejects states' challenge to Colorado pot law

    Ethics 03/17/2016

    The Supreme Court has rejected an effort by Nebraska and Oklahoma to have Colorado's pot legalization declared unconstitutional.   The justices are not commenting Monday in dismissing the lawsuit the states filed directly at the Supreme Court ag...

  • Lawyer: US citizen charged in UN case to plead guilty

    Lawyer: US citizen charged in UN case to plead guilty

    Recent Cases 03/16/2016

    A defense lawyer says a U.S. citizen charged in the United Nations bribery case will plead guilty Wednesday to charges. Attorney Brian Bieber said Monday that Francis Lorenzo will plead guilty to three charges. Lorenzo is a suspended ambassador from ...

  • RNC launches campaign to oppose Obama's Supreme Court pick

    RNC launches campaign to oppose Obama's Supreme Court pick

    Law Firm News 03/13/2016

    The Republican Party is launching a campaign to try to derail President Barack Obama's nominee to the Supreme Court, teaming up with a conservative opposition research group to target vulnerable Democrats and impugn whomever Obama picks. A task force...

  • Man accused of terrorism charge with fiancee pleads guilty

    Man accused of terrorism charge with fiancee pleads guilty

    National News 03/12/2016

    In fresh details provided as a young Mississippi man pleaded guilty to a terrorism-related charge, federal prosecutors said his fiancee led him toward a plan to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State. Muhammad Dakhlalla, 23, pleaded guilty Friday ...

  • Teen changes plea to guilty in deaths of mother, stepfather

    Teen changes plea to guilty in deaths of mother, stepfather

    Notable Attorneys 03/08/2016

    A northern Wisconsin woman changed her plea to guilty Friday in the slaying of her mother and stepfather in a deal that has prosecutors recommending a 40-year prison sentence. Ashlee Martinson, who was 17 at the time of the March 2015 killings, faces...

  • Pound: Sharapova guilty of 'willful negligence' in drug test

    Pound: Sharapova guilty of 'willful negligence' in drug test

    National News 03/04/2016

    Maria Sharapova was guilty of "willful negligence" for using meldonium, and international tennis officials were aware that many players were taking the drug before it was banned this year, former World Anti-Doping Agency president Dick Pound said Wed...

  • Federal appeals court to rehear Texas voter ID case

    Federal appeals court to rehear Texas voter ID case

    Legal Events 03/02/2016

    A federal appeals court will hold a new hearing on whether a Texas voter ID law has discriminatory effects on minorities ? a potential blow to the Obama administration's efforts to fight new ballot-box restrictions passed by conservative legislatures...

  • Reid pounds GOP united against Obama Supreme Court choice

    Reid pounds GOP united against Obama Supreme Court choice

    Legal Events 03/01/2016

    Conservative and liberal groups are only beginning their battle over the Supreme Court vacancy, with a smattering of television ads and behind-the-scenes research serving as warning shots in what's sure to be an expensive fight that will color Novemb...

  • Mississippi court upholds Democratic primary ballot change

    Mississippi court upholds Democratic primary ballot change

    National News 02/28/2016

    The Mississippi Supreme Court upheld its ruling Friday that another candidate must be added to the March 8 Democratic presidential primary ballot. The court, in a 6-3 ruling, said Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann doesn’t have to reissue already-se...

  • African-American voters see court fight as affront to Obama

    African-American voters see court fight as affront to Obama

    Legal Events 02/28/2016

    Watching the fight unfold between President Barack Obama and Senate Republicans over who should choose the next Supreme Court justice, Michael A. Bowden got angry at what he saw at the latest affront to the first black president. And then his thought...

  • California High Court Allows Gov. Jerry Brown's Prison Initiative

    California High Court Allows Gov. Jerry Brown's Prison Initiative

    National News 02/27/2016

    California's Supreme Court is allowing Gov. Jerry Brown's bid to put his plan to reduce the state's prison population before voters in November. The high court acted Friday after Brown warned that further delay could push voters' consideration to 201...

  • Court records: Apple's help sought in another iPhone case

    Court records: Apple's help sought in another iPhone case

    National News 02/25/2016

    A federal magistrate in Chicago last November ordered Apple to help federal prosecutors access data on an iPhone in a personal bankruptcy and passport fraud case, one of more than a dozen cases around the country similar to the legal battle over the ...

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