The chairman of the independent council that approved $14,000 raises for Minnesota lawmakers says lawyers will have to decide whether Republican House Speaker Kurt Daudt ...
Read More »Judge loses challenge to Minnesota mandatory retirement age
MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — A district judge from Moorhead has lost his legal challenge to a Minnesota law that requires judges to retire at the ...
Read More »Immigration court backlog in Minnesota hits record high
The immigration court in the Twin Cities suburb of Bloomington has a backlog of about 5,300 cases — an all-time high. In about 150 of ...
Read More »Law school enrollments may be edging back up
OMAHA, Neb. — Many smart, ambitious undergrads no longer automatically think of law school as their path to success. The recession of the late 2000s ...
Read More »Supreme Court seems split in property dispute
WASHINGTON — A divided U.S. Supreme Court struggled on Monday over a property rights dispute that could make it tougher for state and local governments ...
Read More »A doctrine in focus at Neil Gorsuch’s hearings
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers questioning Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch at his Senate confirmation are asking about something called “Chevron deference.” For the record, it is ...
Read More »Gorsuch, students defend his questions about women at work
Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch said Tuesday he taught his law school students about inappropriate questions from prospective employers, contradicting a student who accused him ...
Read More »Gorsuch refuses to opine on immigration ban
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch (all times local): 11:54 a.m. Supreme Court nominee Neil ...
Read More »Lt. Gov. Smith won’t run for governor in 2018
Democratic Lt. Gov. Tina Smith announced Friday that she would not run for governor in 2018, shaking up a wide field for the open seat. ...
Read More »Wisconsin court urged to adopt stricter rules
MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday postponed an open meeting about whether to bar judges, including those on the high court, from ...
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