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  • Court calls US enhanced interrogation techniques torture

    Court calls US enhanced interrogation techniques torture

    Legal Issues 09/05/2019

    A federal court in San Francisco has taken the unusual step of using the word "torture" to describe the treatment of a Palestinian man while he was in CIA custody following the Sept. 11 attacks.The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals used the word in a 2-...

  • California high court eases secrecy limits on police records

    California high court eases secrecy limits on police records

    Recent Cases 08/28/2019

    California's Supreme Court is expanding 40-year-old rules for telling suspects when they've been arrested by a bad cop.The justices ruled unanimously Monday that police agencies' obligation to make sure suspects get a fair trial outweighs the privacy...

  •  India’s top court to examine change in Kashmir’s status

    India’s top court to examine change in Kashmir’s status

    National News 08/28/2019

    India’s top court on Wednesday took up legal challenges to the government’s decision to revoke Indian-controlled Kashmir’s special status and asked it to explain its stance to the court.The Supreme Court ordered the federal governme...

  • ‘Coward’: Epstein accusers pour out their anger in court

    ‘Coward’: Epstein accusers pour out their anger in court

    Featured Articles 08/28/2019

    One by one, 16 women who say they were sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein poured out their anger Tuesday, lashing out at him as a coward and a manipulator, after a judge gave them the day in court they were denied when he killed himself behind bars.&...

  • Court lets Purdue Pharma court records be made public

    Court lets Purdue Pharma court records be made public

    Recent Cases 08/22/2019

    The secret testimony from former Purdue Pharma President Richard Sackler and other records in a Kentucky opioids lawsuit must be made public after the state Supreme Court declined to review an earlier ruling.The court record was sealed in 2015 as par...

  • State Supreme Court offers new learning program for schools

    State Supreme Court offers new learning program for schools

    Notable Attorneys 08/22/2019

    Ohio's Supreme Court is offering a new learning program that allows high school students to see how the court operates without leaving their classrooms.The court's Civic Education Section recently unveiled "Under Advisement: Ohio Supreme Court Cases ...

  • SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Gender pronouns part of LGBT fight

    SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Gender pronouns part of LGBT fight

    Legal Issues 08/18/2019

    Dozens of legal briefs supporting fired funeral director Aimee Stephens at the Supreme Court use “she” and “her” to refer to the transgender woman.So does the appeals court ruling in favor of Stephens that held that workplace ...

  • Court: US can reject asylum along parts of Mexico border

    Court: US can reject asylum along parts of Mexico border

    Featured Articles 08/17/2019

    A federal appeals court on Friday cleared the way for the U.S. government to forbid Central American immigrants from seeking asylum at the two busiest stretches of the southern border in a partial legal victory for the Trump administration.The ruling...

  • Mexico high court to Health officials: Regulate medical pot

    Mexico high court to Health officials: Regulate medical pot

    Legal Issues 08/15/2019

    Mexico’s Supreme Court has ordered the country’s Health Department to set regulations complying with a law allowing medical use of marijuana and derivatives.The law took effect in June 2017 but has yet to be put into practice.The high cou...

  • Planned Parenthood to exit federal family planning program

    Planned Parenthood to exit federal family planning program

    Notable Attorneys 08/13/2019

    Raising the stakes in a standoff over women’s health, Planned Parenthood said Wednesday it will leave the federal family planning program within days unless a court puts a hold on Trump administration rules that bar clinics from referring patie...

  • Gun-control backers concerned about changing federal courts

    Gun-control backers concerned about changing federal courts

    Featured Articles 08/11/2019

    California has some of the toughest gun laws in the nation, including a ban on the type of high-capacity ammunition magazines used in some of the nation’s deadliest mass shootings.How long those types of laws will stand is a growing concern amo...

  • Supreme Court rebuffs Alabama officer charged with murder

    Supreme Court rebuffs Alabama officer charged with murder

    Legal Issues 08/09/2019

    The Alabama Supreme Court refused Friday to intervene on behalf of a Huntsville police officer charged with murder in a 2018 shooting, sending the case back to circuit court for a potential trial.The justices turned away an appeal by officer William ...