Minnesota Lawyer

A statement from Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by Justice Samuel Alito, underscored conservatives’ excitement and liberals’ fears about the direction the court could take.

A review by The Associated Press finds that while local governments have trimmed police budgets over the past four months, the cuts have been mostly modest.

An atheist advocacy group has filed a lawsuit against Alabama’s secretary of state, claiming a mandatory religious oath on voter registration forms is unconstitutional.

Three business groups filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to block Gov. Tony Evers’ administration from releasing the names of more than 1,000 businesses with employees who have tested positive for COVID-19.

A judge on Thursday temporarily lifted a visa ban on a large number of work permits, undercutting a measure that the Trump administration says protects American jobs in a pandemic-wracked economy.

Tom Plunkett, the lawyer for former Minneapolis police officer J. Kueng, said in a court filing that defense attorneys and their clients were harassed on their way to and from the courthouse on Sept. 11.

The Minnesota Board of Public Defense declined Wednesday to give Mary Moriarty a four-year extension.

A federal judge halted major fee increases for citizenship and other immigration benefits three days before they were to take effect, saying the last two chiefs of the Homeland Security Department were likely appointed illegally.

The Wisconsin case is one of several lawsuits across the country, many in battleground states, that seek to purge voters from registration rolls.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange would have to be “almost dying” to get out of arguably the most notorious prison in the United States if convicted of espionage charges and sent there, a court at London’s Old Bailey heard Tuesday.