Gorsuch has defended free speech, religion Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch has been a defender of free speech and a skeptic of libel claims, an ...
Read More »Trump immigration orders dealt further blows
President Donald Trump’s attempt to close America’s borders to citizens of seven mostly Muslim countries suffered another blow Monday as judges on both coasts issued ...
Read More »Fight on travel ban on hold; appeals court sides with states
The legal fight over President Donald Trump's ban on travelers from seven predominantly Muslim nations is on hold after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refused to reinstate the order, unanimously rejecting the administration's claim of presidential authority, questioning its motives and concluding that the order was unlikely to survive legal challenges.
Read More »Across the Region: Civil rights suit from pipeline foes unlikely to succeed
NORTH DAKOTA Judge: Civil rights suit from pipeline foes unlikely to succeed Dakota Access Pipeline opponents involved in a violent clash with police in North ...
Read More »Across the Nation: Deadly building collapse nets $227M settlement
Deadly building collapse nets $227M settlement PHILADELPHIA — Lawyers for 19 people killed or injured in a Philadelphia building collapse reached a $227 million settlement ...
Read More »Across the Region: Prosecutor ousted for sex harassment appeals judge’s ruling
WISCONSIN GOP lawmakers give law firms blank check for redistricting fight Republican lawmakers voted Thursday to hire two law firms to represent legislators in a ...
Read More »Across the Nation: U.S. judge dismisses poor defendants’ suit
U.S. judge dismisses poor defendants’ suit NEW ORLEANS — Even while acknowledging a crisis in Louisiana’s system of funding lawyers for indigent defendants, a federal ...
Read More »Across the Region: House reconsiders, passes Sunday shopping bill
NORTH DAKOTA House reconsiders, passes Sunday shopping bill North Dakota’s House has changed its mind about killing a bill that repeals the state’s longstanding Sunday ...
Read More »Across the Nation: Gorsuch garners praise from some liberal lawyers
Gorsuch garners praise from some liberal lawyers DENVER — Neil Gorsuch, named Tuesday as President Donald Trump’s nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, has a ...
Read More »Dakota pipeline easement advances, senator says
BISMARCK, N.D. — The acting secretary of the Army has ordered the Army Corps of Engineers to allow construction of the Dakota Access pipeline under ...
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