The commission tasked by President Joe Biden with studying potential changes to the Supreme Court has released its final draft report, a cautious take on proposals for expanding the court and setting possible term limits.
Read More »Could others be charged, liable in school shooting?
A look at some of the issues about whether staff and the school district will face liability — criminal or civil — in the Michigan school shooting.
Read More »Michigan attorney general will review school shooting
Michigan’s attorney general said Tuesday her office will review events that occurred before the mass shooting that left four students dead at Oxford High School, despite the district’s rejection of her offer to be its third-party investigator.
Read More »Supreme Court takes up religious rights case from Maine
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a challenge from parents in Maine who want to use a state tuition program to send their children to religious schools.
Read More »Confusion ensues after Florida juror denies verdict
A jury in South Florida delivered a manslaughter verdict, only to have its decision rescinded moments later when a juror said she didn’t agree.
Read More »Shadow of Chauvin case hangs over Potter’s trial
It’s former officer Kim Potter who’s on trial for the killing of Daunte Wright, but the trial of ex-cop Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd is casting a shadow over the proceedings.
Read More »Will high court leave it to states to determine ‘personhood’?
Arguments suggest could the Supreme Court could focus its ruling on a narrower and more neglected aspect of the ruling in Roe: the court’s understanding of the facts of fetal personhood.
Read More »Arradondo, Minneapolis chief amid Floyd fallout, to retire
Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo announced Monday that he won’t accept a third term as chief.
Read More »Jury instructions sewn up in trial over Daunte Wright’s death
Kim Potter, 49, is charged with first-degree and second-degree manslaughter in Daunte Wright’s April 11 death in Brooklyn Center. Opening statements are scheduled for Wednesday.
Read More »Who are the jurors for trial of Kim Potter?
A look at the jurors who will hear testimony in the manslaughter trial of former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter, who is charged in the April shooting death of 20-year-old Black motorist Daunte Wright.
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