Judge to hear Georgia voting machine case

The Associated Press July 29, 2019

Voters cast paperless ballots in Georgia’s runoff election Dec. 4, 2018, at the Lake Park Community Center in Athens, Georgia. (AP file photo)

A federal judge is considering whether to order Georgia to immediately stop using its outdated voting machines.

Supreme Court agrees to hear Bde Maka Ska case

The Associated Press July 27, 2019

Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis. (AP file photo)

The Supreme Court said Wednesday it will review the case.

Barr orders resumption of federal death penalty

Bloomberg News July 26, 2019

A guard tower flanks the sign at the entrance to the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, the site of the last federal execution. (AP file photo)

Attorney General William Barr ordered the U.S. government to resume executions of people on federal death row after a 16-year hiatus, and lethal-injection dates were set for five convicted murderers.

Judge blocks Trump’s asylum-seeker restriction

Bloomberg News July 26, 2019

In this July 17, 2019 photo, A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer checks the documents of migrants before they are taken to apply for asylum in the United States, on the International Bridge 1 in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

A setback for the president hours after another judge let the rule stand.

Agreement affirms North Carolina transgender restroom rights

The Associated Press July 25, 2019

Signage hangs outside a restroom at 21c Museum Hotel in Durham, N.C., in this 2016 file photo. A federal judge approved a legal settlement Tuesday affirming transgender people’s right to use restrooms matching their gender identity in many North Carolina public buildings. (AP file photo)

A federal judge approved a legal settlement Tuesday affirming transgender people’s right to use restrooms matching their gender identity.

Judge temporarily blocks Arkansas anti-abortion laws

The Associated Press July 24, 2019

Kristine Baker smiles after being sworn in as a U.S. District judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas in Little Rock. Baker blocked three new abortion restrictions.. (AP file photo)

Including a measure that opponents say would likely force the state’s only surgical abortion clinic to close.

Prison reform group yields unlikely collaboration

The Associated Press July 24, 2019

Co-chair Sally Yates, former U.S. deputy attorney general, says, “It’s one of the few issues in which you do find some bipartisan consensus these days.” (AP file photo)

A criminal justice reform group that launched Tuesday has brought together Democratic and Republican governors, a Black Lives Matter organizer and a Koch Industries executive.