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Wisconsin Senate votes to fire state’s nonpartisan top elections official
Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul said in a lawsuit that Senate Republicans don’t have the authority to oust Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe.
Supporters of Peltier hold White House rally, urging Biden to grant clemency
Peltier is serving life in prison for the killing of two FBI agents during a 1975 standoff on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
Would-be justice Garland makes Supreme Court debut
The onetime high court nominee was there to take part in a tradition that dates back more than 200 years: to be introduced to the justices as the nation’s attorney general.
People & Practices: Aug. 9, 2021
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CNN guard sues State Patrol for arrest during protests
A Black man who worked as a security guard for a CNN crew covering protests in Minneapolis following George Floyd’s death last summer is suing two Minnesota State Patrol officers, accusing them of violating his civil rights and unlawful detention, his attorneys announced Tuesday.
8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Digest: March 31, 2021
These opinions were released by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Supreme Court Digest: March 31, 2021
These opinions were released by the Minnesota Supreme Court.
People & Practices: March 1, 2021
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Supreme Court Calendar: March 2021
A summmary of coming Supreme Court arguments.
Justices: California can’t enforce indoor church service ban
The Supreme Court is telling California that it can’t bar indoor church services because of the coronavirus pandemic, but it can keep for now a ban on singing and chanting indoors.
The Minnesota Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act: The Litigator’s Underutilized Yet Versatile Tool
By nature, complex litigation can be messy with no easy solution. Litigators have an arsenal of tools to address those problems. One often overlooked and underutilized tool is the Minnesota Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act (“Declaratory Judgments Act”), Chapter 555.
November 26, 2020
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