Republicans are closer than ever to achieving a U.S. Supreme Court majority to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion-rights ruling, but getting there carries ...
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MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin state Supreme Court says police can legally draw blood from unconscious drunken drivers. The court ruled 5-2 Tuesday that drivers ...
Read More »Nebraska veterans court graduates first participants
OMAHA, Neb. — Nebraska’s first problem-solving court for military veterans charged with felonies has graduated its first four participants to complete the program. The Douglas ...
Read More »Debt-collection dispute gets U.S. Supreme Court review
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to decide whether thousands of borrowers can invoke a federal debt-collection law when they are facing foreclosure. The justices said ...
Read More »Justices give Florida narrow win in water fight with Georgia
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida’s governor is cheering and his Georgia counterpart is digging in for a fight after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Florida to ...
Read More »Supreme Court sides with Evers in fight over attorney
MADISON, Wis. — State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers, a Democratic candidate for governor, is entitled to his own attorney in a lawsuit challenging ...
Read More »Bank of America sued over $102M Ponzi scheme
Bank of America Corp. was accused in a lawsuit of providing more than 100 accounts used to perpetrate what the U.S. regulators called a $102 ...
Read More »Microsoft women denied class-action status
Microsoft Corp. women engineers who claim discrimination in pay and promotions won’t be allowed to pursue their lawsuit as a class action, in a major ...
Read More »David Stras on Trump’s list of Supreme Court candidates
WASHINGTON (AP) — The search for Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s replacement has begun. President Donald Trump said Wednesday he’ll choose a replacement from “an ...
Read More »DOJ: Congress must fix immigration after order
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Wednesday said a judge’s order to reunite families separated at the border “makes it even more imperative” that Congress ...
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