288 entries in 'Attorney News'
2024/03/02   Supreme Court temporarily blocks Texas law that allows police to arrest migrants
2024/02/21   Court rejects appeal from 3 GOP House members over $500 mask fines
2024/02/17   Ex-Illinois lawmaker abruptly pleads guilty to fraud and money laundering
2024/02/09   Republicans urge state Supreme Court to reject redistricting report’s findings
2024/01/11   What to know about arguments over Donald Trump's immunity claims
2023/12/06   Peru court orders imprisoned ex-President Fujimori's 'immediate' release
2023/11/25   Six teens in court in connection with beheading of French teacher
2023/10/04   Judge blocks 2 provisions in North Carolina’s new abortion law
2023/10/01   Biden backs new offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico
2023/07/24   Texas is using disaster declarations to install buoys and razor wire
2023/06/21   Convictions tossed in 2016 death of 16-year-old shot in minivan in Trenton
2023/06/16   Federal court sides with lobster fishers in whale protection case
2023/05/29   Tunisian court releases prominent radio director from prison
2023/05/28   Supreme Court limits regulation of some US wetlands
2023/05/02   US, Mexico agree on tighter immigration policies at border
2023/01/29   Court sets aside 2 of 4 Casey Anthony convictions
2023/01/05   South Carolina Supreme Court strikes down state abortion ban
2023/01/03   State seeks long prison term for accused NYC subway gunman
2022/12/20   Canada condo killer faced possible eviction before shooting
2022/12/10   US woman who killed UK teen in crash gets suspended sentence
2022/11/21   Man granted new trial in 2006 triple murder freed after plea
2022/11/11   Montana vote adds to win streak for abortion rights backers
2022/09/06   Kenya’s Supreme Court upholds Ruto’s narrow presidential win
2022/08/07   Probation for woman who wiped up blood after killing spouse
2022/07/06   Wisconsin Supreme Court disallows absentee ballot drop boxes
2022/05/30   German federal court mulls bid to remove antisemitic relic
2022/05/06   Tennessee, South Carolina extend health care for new moms
2022/04/23   Arizona judge nixes suit that wants Trump backers off ballot
2022/04/02   Erica S. Janton, ESQ. - East Greenwich, RI Family Law Office
2022/03/25   Naturopathic doctor sentenced for selling misbranded drugs
2021/08/24   Consumer Protection Law Attorney Website
2021/07/26   San Francisco Copyright Lawyers - Our Firm
2021/06/16   British lawyer Karim Khan sworn in as ICC’s chief prosecutor
2021/05/14   Judge: Pretrial release OK for man accused in Capitol riot
2021/04/08   NYC corruption case prompts dismissal of 90 drug convictions
2021/03/25   Judge tosses New Mexico rancher’s claim after he kills wolf
2021/03/16   Dinamo Zagreb coach quits after receiving prison sentence
2021/03/12   Kuwait court expels harsh government critic from parliament
2021/03/01   Anchorage companies, man fined for clean air violations
2021/02/20   Judge says lawyer who killed her son also tracked Sotomayor
2021/02/16   European court rejects case vs Germany over Afghan airstrike
2021/02/14   Man who broke ankle at farm obstacle course wins appeal
2021/01/25   Supreme Court ends Trump emoluments lawsuits
2021/01/14   Business as usual for high court, despite riot, impeachment
2021/01/06   Arizona Supreme Court upholds election challenge dismissal
2020/12/28   Trump made lasting impact on federal courts
2020/12/16   Senate confirms Barrett replacement on federal appeals court
2020/11/21   Court: Tennessee can enforce Down syndrome abortion ban
2020/11/18   Giuliani shows at Trump camp lawsuit hearing in Pennsylvania
2020/11/13   Republicans face court setbacks, Trump law firm steps down
2020/10/25   Trump, Biden lawyer up, brace for White House legal battle
2020/10/19   Supreme Court to review Trump's 'Remain in Mexico' policy
2020/10/04   Virus spreads on panel handling Supreme Court nomination
2020/09/23   Senate GOP plans vote on Trump’s court pick before election
2020/09/11   Florida Supreme Court orders governor to pick new justice
2020/08/04   Court OKs extradition of man linked to Venezuela's Maduro
2020/07/24   Court denies AG's bid to halt initiative signature gathering
2020/06/20   New Mexico high court rules on privacy for banking records
2020/06/13   Wolf asks Pennsylvania Supreme Court to uphold shutdown
2020/06/07   Alaska Supreme Court justices call for system improvements
2020/06/02   Court to hear arguments on Dayton gunman's school records
2020/05/29   Supreme Court rules in FOIA case long delayed by lawmaker
2020/05/09   Blind justice: No visual cues in high court phone cases
2020/05/03   Wisconsin court sets argument date for stay-at-home lawsuit
2020/04/29   Blind justice: No visual cues in high court phone cases
2020/04/08   Justice delayed: Virus crisis upends courts system across US
2020/03/18   New Mexico courts deem hunter information as public record
2020/02/17   Walker appointee, judge, prof face off in high court primary
2020/02/15   Spanish court keeps former Mexican oil chief in detention
2020/02/06   WADA asks sports court to open Russia case to public hearing
2020/01/27   Fewer candidates seek WVa Supreme Court seats after scandal
2020/01/21   Supreme Court rejects fast-track review of health care suit
2020/01/18   German court may reject appeal to remove anti-Semitic relic
2019/12/26   Connecticut courts moving notices from newspapers to website
2019/11/30   Israeli held for illegally entering Jordan appears in court
2019/11/25   Court won’t revive suit against gun site over spa shooting
2019/11/24   Lawmakers asked to boost spending on New Mexico court system
2019/11/23   Justices question Alaska $500-a-year contribution limit
2019/11/14   Myanmar rejects court probe into crimes against Rohingyas
2019/11/09   Indian court rules in favor of Hindu temple on disputed land
2019/11/04   Woman accused of disorderly conduct outside Maricopa court
2019/10/25   Samsung heir Lee appears in court for corruption retrial
2019/10/21   Wikileaks founder Julian Assange loses bid to delay hearing
2019/10/08   Supreme Court takes up cases about LGBT people’s rights
2019/10/02   EU court: ‘Active consent’ required for cookie storage
2019/09/20   High Court overturns city mandate on construction projects
2019/09/17   Buffalo Chip takes quest to become town before Supreme Court
2019/09/04   ‘The Supreme Court Is Not Well. And the People Know It.’
2019/09/02   Louisiana high court rejects ‘NOLA No-Call’ suit against NFL
2019/07/30   Democratic governor getting to shape Kansas' top court
2019/07/23   Louisiana judge orders man's mouth taped for interruptions
2019/07/11   Court to Trump: Blocking Twitter critics is unconstitutional
2019/07/02   Iowa Supreme Court takes a right turn under Gov. Reynolds
2019/06/23   Court tosses black man's murder conviction over racial bias
2019/05/27   Court: NFL's Bucs not entitled to damages from BP spill
2019/05/22   Russian court extends arrest for American accused of spying
2019/05/05   News attorneys: Opioid distribution data should be public
2019/04/25   Canada privacy watchdog taking Facebook to court
2019/04/18   Supreme Court asked to void Louisiana abortion clinic law
2019/04/10   South Korean court orders easing of decades-old abortion ban
2019/04/04   Spacey’s lawyers returning to court in bar groping case
2019/03/10   Court rejects Ghosn’s request to attend Nissan board meeting
2019/03/09   Demonstrators gather for Heathrow expansion court challenge
2019/03/04   Oregon's high court: Developers can't offset harm to farmers
2019/02/24   Court records reveal a Mueller report right in plain view
2019/02/16   Court: Constitutional ban on high fines applies to states
2019/02/03   Ginsburg makes 1st public appearance since cancer surgery
2019/01/16   No-cost birth control, now the norm, faces court challenges
2019/01/12   Supreme Court will hear Wisconsin drunk driving case
2018/12/28   Gun law, hurricanes added to Florida courts' workload
2018/12/26   Prominent Chinese rights lawyer tried in closed proceedings
2018/11/27   China court reduces sentence of American Wendell Brown
2018/11/23   Russian court challenges International Olympic Committee
2018/11/22   Court: Reds exempt from tax on promotional bobbleheads
2018/11/16   Mexico's high court tosses law on policing by military
2018/10/28   Condemned inmate's last meal includes pancakes
2018/10/21   EU court orders Poland to reinstate Supreme Court judges
2018/10/19   Maldives court overturns prison term for ex-president
2018/10/18   Supreme Court hopeful had DWI charge in 2009
2018/10/04   Indian court allows deportation of 7 Rohingya to Myanmar
2018/10/01   Trial set for 1 of 4 impeached W.Va. Supreme Court justices
2018/09/23   Supreme Court upholds hospital 'charity care' tax exemption
2018/09/16   It is important to have online marketing for lawyers
2018/09/14   EU backs ICC after US questions court's legitimacy
2018/08/29   Court may reconsider ruling on police deadly force measure
2018/08/23   Florida court clears way to release school shooting video
2018/08/18   Lawyers will seek to shift blame for warehouse fire at trial
2018/08/14   EU steps up action against Poland over supreme court law
2018/08/11   Nevada Supreme Court taking up execution case
2018/08/04   SC Supreme Court to decide if elected sheriff is qualified
2018/07/25   Court: Release surveillance video in Florida school shooting
2018/07/17   Georgia officer charged in fatal shooting to appear in court
2018/07/17   Court says convicted serial rapist should be released
2018/07/13   Demonstrators force Fox crew from Supreme Court broadcast
2018/07/11   German court: Catalan politician can legally be extradited
2018/07/11   Audit: 'Pervasive lack of accountability' in Kentucky courts
2018/07/05   Drivers challenge license suspensions for unpaid court debt
2018/06/29   McConnell touts Thapar for Supreme Court seat
2018/06/27   Georgia officer to appear in court after deadly shooting
2018/06/14   Gamers in court for first time after Kansas 'swatting' death
2018/06/10   Court: Compliance reached in education funding case
2018/06/07   UK Supreme Court criticizes Northern Ireland abortion laws
2018/06/01   Suspect in vandalism to Jewish boundary heads to court
2018/05/08   Olivia de Havilland asks court to revive "Feud" lawsuit
2018/05/03   Raptors president fined $25K for walking on court to yell
2018/04/25   Trump travel ban is focus of Supreme Court's last arguments
2018/04/20   Constitutionality of murder conviction upheld by high court
2018/04/15   Court: Man can't be retried for murder after mistrial ruling
2018/04/02   Supreme Court rejects appeal from Middle East attack victims
2018/03/30   Lohan fails to convince court her image is in video game
2018/03/17   Arkansas wants court to dissolve stay for death row prisoner
2018/03/11   TransCanada doesn't have to pay landowner attorneys
2018/03/07   SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Kagan recalls clerking for Marshall
2018/03/06   Romania court nixes law allowing officials to own business
2018/03/01   Court: Nike logo of Michael Jordan didn't violate copyright
2018/01/31   Texas executes Dallas man for killing ex-girlfriend in 1999
2018/01/25   Judge to pick battlefield for court fight over Manson's body
2018/01/12   Women taking their right to go topless to state's high court
2018/01/12   Supreme Court takes the wheel in 2 cases of vehicle searches
2018/01/10   Democratic judge announces bid for Ohio Supreme Court seat
2018/01/07   North Carolina's altered legislative districts back in court
2018/01/06   Florida and Georgia taking water fight to Supreme Court
2017/12/12   Schimel asks Supreme Court to block Evers' request
2017/12/12   UK banker back in Hong Kong court for murder appeal
2017/11/28   Supreme Court rejects case over Mississippi Confederate emblem
2017/11/23   Court: Colorado county wrongly OK’d asphalt plant near homes
2017/11/18   Steve Mostyn, Houston attorney and major Dem donor, dies
2017/11/13   Kenya court set to hear petitions challenging repeat vote
2017/11/11   Trump choosing white men as judges, highest rate in decades
2017/11/01   US court bars Trump from reversing transgender troops policy
2017/10/29   Brazilian court revives case against Olympian Ryan Lochte
2017/10/16   Oregon Supreme Court denies request for information release
2017/10/05   DC house party the subject of Supreme Court argument
2017/10/02   European Court Asked to Rule on Facebook Data Transfers
2017/09/29   Elliott's fast start fades with Cowboys as court looms again
2017/09/01   Not guilty pleas entered in Lake Coeur d'Alene boat crash
2017/08/31   S. Korean court says worker's rare disease linked to Samsung
2017/08/29   Otter appoints new justice to Idaho Supreme Court
2017/08/28   Top NC court weighs lawmakers stripping of governor's powers
2017/08/25   South Korean court sentences Samsung heir to 5 years prison
2017/08/17   DJ says taking Taylor Swift to court was only option
2017/08/14   Mental health court established for offenders on probation
2017/08/14   Academic accused in Chicago killing due in California court
2017/07/31   Court: FAA must reconsider regulating airline seat size
2017/07/25   Top Vatican official to face Australian court on sex charges
2017/07/20   North Carolina Court to Rule on Law on Gov's Elections Role
2017/07/18   Pakistan's opposition calls on court to oust prime minister
2017/07/16   Parents of sick UK infant storm out of new court hearing
2017/07/08   Court: Detained immigrant children entitled to court hearing
2017/06/22   Supreme Court limits ability to strip citizenship
2017/06/18   Justices could take up high-stakes fight over electoral maps
2017/06/12   Court: Ignorance about allergy medicine crime no excuse
2017/06/10   With court victory, hand of Brazil's president strengthened
2017/05/25   Court of Appeals Judge Elmore won't seek re-election
2017/05/24   Finnish court releases Iraqi twins in IS-related killings
2017/05/20   Texas advances new abortion limits despite court defeats
2017/05/19   Court pauses criminal case against Texas' attorney general
2017/05/13   Appeal in boy's burp arrest case relies on Gorsuch dissent
2017/05/12   Judge rejects effort to block Confederate statue's removal
2017/05/02   Court: Gay couple's suit against Kentucky clerk can proceed
2017/05/01   Connecticut court takes up doctor-patient confidentiality
2017/04/24   Justices turn away GM appeal over ignition switches
2017/04/21   Court formally throws out more than 21K tainted drug cases
2017/04/17   High court sides with Goodyear in sanctions dispute
2017/03/31   Political fights over Supreme Court seats nothing new
2017/03/28   Michigan Supreme Court Justice Young announces retirement
2017/03/27   International court orders reparations for Congo attack
2017/03/25   Court: Wisconsin Bell discriminated against worker
2017/03/23   Houston, Texas Trust and Estate Litigation Attorney
2017/03/21   Court won’t hear appeal in senator’s corruption case
2017/03/14   High EU court: workplace headscarf ban not discriminatory
2017/03/05   NC governor, legislature head to court in power showdown
2017/03/02   California court expands endangered-species removal powers
2017/03/01   Joseph Wapner, star of 'The People's Court,' dead at 97
2017/02/18   Serbs warn Bosnian Muslim bid at UN court revives old wounds
2017/02/09   Travel ban decision in hands of federal appeals court judges
2017/02/06   Dylann Roof's mental state revealed in court records
2017/01/27   Court appeals temporarily delay Texas execution
2017/01/18   Court ponders mass murderer Breivik's prison conditions
2017/01/17   Supreme Court delays New Jersey sports betting decision
2016/12/04   Court: Asylum not automatic for former gang members
2016/12/04   Green Party taking bid for election recount to federal court
2016/12/02   Connecticut court to hear appeal in Newtown shooting case
2016/12/01   China court clears man 21 years after his execution
2016/11/02   Solar Advocates Ask Florida High Court to Invalidate Measure
2016/10/12   Dutch court: Wilders hate speech trial will go ahead
2016/10/11   Court fight over Ohio executions likely to focus on sedative
2016/10/01   Appeals court rules against Kansas in voting rights case
2016/09/17   Pakistan court adjourns case of British woman's murder
2016/09/05   Stepmom of scalded boy who died pleads guilty to murder
2016/08/28   Appeals court refuses to reconsider Wisconsin voter ID cases
2016/08/13   Court rejects Cosby's attempt to reseal testimony on affairs
2016/08/11   Egyptian lawyer, journalist released after prison sentence
2016/08/01   China releases prominent human rights lawyer on bail
2016/07/19   Arkansas court denies request for new execution law hearing
2016/05/19   Maryland high court issues opinion in Gray case
2016/05/06   Florida's high court urged to throw out death sentences
2016/05/05   Iran's president slams US court ruling on frozen assets
2016/04/04   California court mulls whether employers must offer seating
2016/03/21   Supreme Court will hear Samsung-Apple patent dispute
2016/03/17   White S.C. trooper pleads guilty in shooting of unarmed black man
2016/03/15   Lawyer: US citizen charged in UN case to plead guilty
2016/02/28   Mississippi court upholds Democratic primary ballot change
2016/02/12   Court rejects pay for woman sterilized at county's behest
2016/02/10   Court to weigh cocaine cases, could alter sentencing in Ohio
2016/02/05   NY court agrees to rehear Ex-Goldman board member's appeal
2016/02/03   Ohio court approves class action in speed camera case
2015/12/22   Court won't order immediate evaluation of mogul Redstone
2015/12/13   High court takes up challenges to drunken-driving test
2015/11/15   Kansas court's approval of death sentence not seen as shift
2015/10/31   Court rejects ACLU's request to stop phone record collection
2015/10/12   Georgia man accused in hot car death to appear in court
2015/09/28   Int'l court prosecutor extends preliminary Ukraine probe
2015/09/24   Court rejects ex-NY Fed employee's retaliation claim lawsuit
2015/09/17   Charleston church suspect's friend charged with lying to FBI
2015/08/25   Bangladesh court bans Rana Plaza movie because of terrifying scenes
2015/08/19   Appeals court won't reinstate 1990 arson-murder conviction
2015/08/17   Court rejects inmate's challenge in 5 Ohio prison slayings
2015/08/02   Brady lawsuit transferred from Minnesota to New York court
2015/07/21   Court suspends ex-Chad dictator trial to ready new lawyers
2015/07/15   Wisconsin court ends probe of presidential hopeful Walker
2015/06/29   Decisions in last 3 Supreme Court cases expected Monday
2015/06/23   Same-sex marriage opponents urge Supreme Court to go slow
2015/04/23   High court rejects Wisconsin appeal over tribal night hunts
2015/04/15   Man kills his lawyer, judge, co-defendant in Milan court
2015/04/15   Man run over by Suge Knight says he punched ex-rap mogul
2015/04/07   Ex-Premier Zia avoids arrest as Bangladesh court grants bail
2015/04/07   Protesters inside Supreme Court face harsher charges
2015/03/27   Amanda Knox murder conviction overturned by Italy high court
2015/03/27   Court upholds conviction of woman in Rwanda genocide case
2015/03/05   Justices pepper health care law opponents with questions
2015/03/05   Bankrupt Caesars unit gets court's OK to use cash, for now
2015/02/16   Court nixes faith-based birth control mandate challenge
2015/01/12   Court won't hear free speech challenge to metals dealers law
2015/01/05   Argentine court says US fugitive can be extradited
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Supreme Court temporarily blocks Texas law that allows police to arrest migrants
Attorney News | 2024/03/02 00:44
Texas’ plans to arrest migrants who enter the U.S. illegally and order them to leave the country is headed to the Supreme Court in a legal showdown over the federal government’s authority over immigration.

An order issued Monday by Justice Samuel Alito puts the new Texas law on hold for at least next week while the high court considers what opponents have called the most dramatic attempt by a state to police immigration since an Arizona law more than a decade ago.

The law, known as Senate Bill 4, had been set to take effect Saturday under a decision by the conservative-leaning 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Alito’s order pushed that date back until March 13 and came just hours after the Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to intervene.

“Make no mistake: S.B. 4 bypasses federal immigration authority and threatens the integrity of our nation’s constitution and laws,” a coalition of groups that sued over the law, including the American Civil Liberties Union, said in a statement.

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed the law in December as part of a series of escalating measures on the border that have tested the boundaries of how far a state can go to keep migrants from entering the country.

The law would allow state officers to arrest people suspected of entering the country illegally. People who are arrested could then agree to a Texas judge’s order to leave the country or face a misdemeanor charge for entering the U.S. illegally. Migrants who don’t leave after being ordered to do so could be arrested again and charged with a more serious felony.

The Justice Department told the Supreme Court that the law would profoundly alter “the status quo that has existed between the United States and the States in the context of immigration for almost 150 years.” It went on to argue that the law would have “significant and immediate adverse effects” on the country’s relationship with Mexico and “create chaos” in enforcing federal immigration laws in Texas.

The federal government cited a 2012 Supreme Court ruling on an Arizona law that would have allowed police to arrest people for federal immigration violations, often referred to by opponents as the “show me your papers” bill. The divided high court found that the impasse in Washington over immigration reform did not justify state intrusion.


Court rejects appeal from 3 GOP House members over $500 mask fines
Attorney News | 2024/02/21 22:45
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected appeals from three Republican U.S. House members who challenged fines for not wearing face coverings on the House floor in 2021.

The justices did not comment on leaving in place $500 fines issued in May 2021 to U.S. Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Ralph Norman of South Carolina.

The mask requirement was part of the House’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the mandate remained in place even after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued guidance noting that “fully vaccinated people can resume activities without wearing a mask or physically distancing.”

The lawmakers showed up on the House floor without masks, even posing for a selfie. The requirement was lifted in June 2021.

Lower courts had refused to disturb the fines, ruling that courts lack the power to review the mask policy.

Lawyers for House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican, had urged the court to reject the appeal from fellow Republican representatives, though they noted that Johnson and every other member of the Republican leadership voted against the mask policy.


Ex-Illinois lawmaker abruptly pleads guilty to fraud and money laundering
Attorney News | 2024/02/17 21:43
Former Illinois lawmaker and gubernatorial candidate William “Sam” McCann abruptly pleaded guilty on Thursday to nine felony counts of wire fraud, money laundering and tax evasion, halting his federal corruption trial over misusing up to $550,000 in campaign contributions.

McCann, who cut off negotiations over a plea deal last fall when he dismissed his court-appointed attorneys, made the reversal on the third day of a bench trial before U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Lawless. His latest lawyer, Jason Vincent, of Springfield, asked that he be released from custody as part of the deal, but Lawless nixed the idea, telling McCann his only option was to offer a no-strings open plea.

The seven counts of wire fraud and single count of money laundering each carry a sentence of up to 20 years in federal prison. For tax evasion, it’s three. But a complex set of advisory guidelines before Lawless, who set sentencing for June 20, will likely yield a far shorter term.

“Are you pleading guilty because you are in fact guilty?” Lawless asked. The 54-year-old McCann, wearing the gray-and-black striped jumpsuit of the nearby county jail where he’s held, replied, “Yes, your honor.”

Lawless set a hearing for Friday on McCann’s release request, but it’s certain to draw opposition from the government and not just because McCann violated probation last week when he left the state to check himself into a hospital with chest pains. Assistant U.S. Attorney Timothy Bass told Lawless he would introduce as further evidence of McCann’s unreliability a bizarre social media video posted just this week in which McCann claims a government conspiracy involving an “ungodly pack of lies” is against him.

A state senator from 2011 to 2019, McCann formed the Conservative Party of Illinois to campaign for governor in 2018. A criminal indictment in 2021 outlined numerous schemes McCann employed to convert contributions from his campaign committees to buy vehicles, pay an overdue loan, two mortgages, credit card bills and fund a family vacation, entertainment and other purchases.

For his unsuccessful run for governor, he collected more than $3 million dollars from Local 150 of the International Union of Operating Engineers alone. Despite being questioned four times by FBI and IRS agents in summer 2018 about alleged improper spending, he tore through $340,000 in leftover campaign funds for personal expenses in the year after the election.


Republicans urge state Supreme Court to reject redistricting report’s findings
Attorney News | 2024/02/09 06:05
Wisconsin Republicans urged the state Supreme Court on Thursday to ignore a report from redistricting consultants that determined GOP-proposed legislative maps were unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders.

While Republicans argue that the consultants’ findings are unsound, Democrats asked the court on Thursday to adopt one of their maps that the consultants found were “nearly indistinguishable.”

The stakes are huge in battleground Wisconsin, where Republicans have held a firm grip on control of the Legislature even as Democrats have notched significant statewide wins. Four of the past six presidential elections have been decided by less than a percentage point, while Republicans have increased their majorities under the maps they first drew in 2011 to 22-10 in the Senate and 65-34 in the Assembly.

The liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled in December that the current Republican-drawn legislative maps were unconstitutional because not all the districts were contiguous. The court ordered the parties involved in the lawsuit to submit new maps that a pair of consultants then reviewed.

With the report and responses now in hand, the court is poised to rule within days or weeks on what the new maps should look like, unless the Republican-controlled Legislature passes maps that Democratic Gov. Tony Evers signs into law first.

Republicans are talking about passing the maps that Evers proposed, which the governor indicated on Wednesday he would sign. Evers last week vetoed maps the Legislature passed that were based on his proposal but made changes to protect Republican incumbents.

Republican Assembly Majority Leader Tyler August said Thursday there have been discussions with Senate Republicans about passing the Evers maps with no changes.

While those talks continue, the Supreme Court accepted responses Thursday from Republicans and Democrats to the consultants’ report. The court and Legislature are facing a March 15 deadline to enact new lines. That is the latest that maps can be in place in order for current filing deadlines for the fall election to be met, according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission.

Attorneys for the Legislature argued in their court filing Thursday that the consultants’ report was about finding a political remedy to redistricting, not addressing the continuity issue.

“There is no judicial power, only political will, to impose any of the Democrats’ sweeping redraws as a judicial remedy,” the Legislature argued.

The Legislature also hints at an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, saying that moving millions of voters from one legislative district to another as the Democratic map proposals would do “raises serious federal constitutional questions.”

The conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty made a similar argument, saying adopting the reasoning of the consultants in rejecting it and the Legislature’s maps “would be an egregious due process violation.”

Republicans have also argued that liberal Justice Janet Protasiewicz should not have heard the case, given that she called the current Republican maps “rigged” and “unfair” during the campaign and accepted about $10 million in donations from Democrats. She was part of the 4-3 majority that voted to toss the Republican maps.



What to know about arguments over Donald Trump's immunity claims
Attorney News | 2024/01/11 17:33
Appeals court judges signaled Tuesday that they will likely reject Donald Trump’s claims that he is immune from prosecution in his election interference case. The outcome seemed clear during arguments that touched on a range of political and legal considerations.

The Republican presidential primary front-runner made his first trip in months to Washington’s federal courthouse, where his lawyers sought to convince an appeals court to dismiss the case charging him with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The defense’s argument was met with outright skepticism by the three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

The judges did not say when they might rule, but the timing of their decision is crucial with a March 4 trial date looming. Trump’s lawyers, who are hoping to delay the case beyond the November presidential election, are certain to go to the U.S. Supreme Court if the D.C. court sides with special counsel Jack Smith.

Most issues in criminal cases can’t be appealed until after a trial verdict, though there are certain circumstances when a defendant can appeal immediately. Smith’s team has not challenged the appeals court’s ability to hear the immunity issue ahead of trial. But a watchdog group called American Oversight filed a friend-of-the-court brief arguing that the appeals court should dismiss Trump’s challenge because Supreme Court precedent shows that it lacks jurisdiction to consider the issue now. If the appeals court agrees that it lacks jurisdiction, it would send the case back to the trial court before even deciding the immunity issue.

Trump’s attorney, D. John Sauer, told the judges that presidential immunity is clearly an issue meant to be resolved before trial. He argued that legal precedent supports the idea that the appeals court is right to consider the immunity claim at this time.


Peru court orders imprisoned ex-President Fujimori's 'immediate' release
Attorney News | 2023/12/06 16:40
Peru’s constitutional court ordered an immediate humanitarian release Tuesday for imprisoned former President Alberto Fujimori, 85, who was serving a 25-year sentence in connection with the death squad slayings of 25 Peruvians in the 1990s.

The court ruled in favor of a 2017 pardon that had granted the former leader a release on humanitarian grounds but that later was annulled.

In a resolution seen by The Associated Press, the court told the state prisons agency to immediately release Fujimori “on the same day.”

Fujimori was sentenced in 2009 to 25 years in prison on charges of human rights abuses. He had been accused of being the mastermind behind the slayings of 25 Peruvians by a military death squad during his administration from 1990 to 2000, while the government fought the Shining Path communist rebels.

Fujimori’s 2017 pardon granted by then-President Pablo Kuczynski was annulled under pressure from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and its status was the subject of legal wrangling since then.

The constitutional court previously had ordered a lower court in the southern city of Ica to release Fujimori, but that court declined to do so, arguing in ruling last Friday that it lacked the authority. It returned the matter instead to the constitutional court.


Six teens in court in connection with beheading of French teacher
Attorney News | 2023/11/25 23:52
Six teenagers go on trial Monday in Paris for their alleged roles in the beheading of a teacher who showed caricatures of the prophet of Islam to his class, a killing that led authorities to reaffirm France’s cherished rights of expression and secularism.

Samuel Paty, a history and geography teacher, was killed on Oct. 16, 2020, near his school in a northwest Paris suburb by an 18-year-old of Chechen origin who had become radicalized. The attacker was in turn shot dead by police.

Paty’s name was disclosed on social media after a class debate on free expression during which he showed caricatures published by the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, which triggered a newsroom massacre by extremists in January 2015.

All hearings at a Paris juvenile court are to be held behind closed doors in accordance with French law regarding minors. The defendants arrived Monday morning at the Paris court, their faces hidden behind masks and hoods, accompanied by their families. The media are not allowed to disclose their identity.

Among those going on trial, a teenage girl, who was 13 at the time, is accused of making false allegations for wrongly saying that Paty had asked Muslim students to raise their hands and leave the classroom before he showed the cartoons. She later told investigators she had lied. She was not in the classroom that day and Paty did not make such a request, the investigation has shown.

Five other students of Paty’s school, then 14 and 15, are facing charges of criminal conspiracy with the aim of preparing aggravated violence to be committed.

They are accused of having waited for Paty for several hours until he left the school and of having identified him to the killer in exchange for promises of payments of 300-350 euros ($348-$406).



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