Hundreds of court documents from the 1692 Salem witch trials are being transferred from the Salem museum where they have been stored for more than four decades to the newly expanded Judicial Archives facility in Boston.
Read More »Partisan-backed Wisconsin court candidates vow to be fair
Partisan-backed candidates running for a seat that will determine whether conservatives or liberals have majority control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court said at a Monday forum that they would not let party politics influence how they rule.
Read More »Court debates union tactics in spoiled concrete case
The Supreme Court on Tuesday debated the limits of the pressure unions can exert during a strike in a case about cement truck drivers who walked off the job with the trucks full of wet concrete.
Read More »Court weighs tossing marathon bomber’s death sentence
Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s attorney urged a federal appeals court Tuesday to throw out the 29-year-old’s death sentence because of juror misconduct claims just months after it was revived by the nation’s highest court.
Read More »Abortion rights bill fast-tracked in Minnesota to become law
A bill to strengthen abortion rights in Minnesota is on the fast track to becoming law as it passed its first test Thursday.
Read More »FTC proposes rule banning employee noncompete clauses
The Federal Trade Commission proposed a rule Thursday that would ban U.S. employers from imposing noncompete clauses on workers.
Read More »Chief justice: Judges’ safety essential to court system
With security threats to Supreme Court justices still fresh memories, Chief Justice John Roberts praised programs that protect judges, saying that “we must support judges by ensuring their safety.”
Read More »Abortion rights 1st agenda item as DFLers take charge at Capitol
Democrats took full control of state government as the Minnesota Legislature convened Tuesday in St. Paul for its 2023 session, with leaders planning to use their new power to swiftly enact stronger protections for abortion rights.
Read More »Facial recognition tool led to mistaken arrest, lawyer says
Louisiana authorities’ use of facial recognition technology led to the mistaken-identity arrest of a Georgia man on a fugitive warrant, an attorney said in a case that renews attention to racial disparities in the use of the digital tool.
Read More »At Supreme Court, it’s taking longer to hear cases
Supreme Court arguments are continuing long after a red light tells lawyers to stop. Arguments that usually lasted an hour have stretched beyond two this term so on many days it’s well past lunchtime before the court breaks.
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