SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Supreme Court has a black judge for the first time in its 170-year history. Gov. Kate Brown announced on Tuesday ...
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RALEIGH, N.C. — LeRoy Frasier, who along with his brother and another high school student was among the first African-American undergraduate students to successfully challenge ...
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ST. LOUIS — A lawsuit alleging that Missouri’s new voter identification law was intended to make it harder for poor and minority residents to cast ...
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WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John Roberts is promising a careful evaluation of the federal judiciary’s sexual misconduct policies and an effort to highlight the work ...
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MADISON, Wis. — One of the three candidates for Wisconsin Supreme Court is taking a decidedly different approach to the race, embracing his partisan Democratic ...
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A Minnesota prosecutor said Thursday that he needs more time to decide whether to charge a police officer who fatally shot an Australian after she ...
Read More »Court rules against Oregon bakers in wedding-cake case
PORTLAND, Ore. — An appellate court Thursday upheld a penalty against Oregon bakery owners who refused to make a cake for a same-sex wedding almost ...
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An attorney for victims for clergy sex abuse said Thursday that a judge has ordered all sides back to mediation in the years-long bankruptcy case ...
Read More »Supreme Court’s chance to tame gerrymandering
By The Editorial Board Bloomberg View The U.S. Supreme Court has long been reluctant to impose restrictions on gerrymandering, the practice of drawing election districts ...
Read More »Transgender woman alleges bias at Sam’s Club
A transgender woman said in a lawsuit Wednesday that she was called “it” and “thing” by co-workers and then wrongfully fired from a North Carolina ...
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