The onetime high court nominee was there to take part in a tradition that dates back more than 200 years: to be introduced to the justices as the nation’s attorney general.
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A jury in South Florida delivered a manslaughter verdict, only to have its decision rescinded moments later when a juror said she didn’t agree.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.
Read More »Man accused of trying to intimidate judge in Potter trial
A Minneapolis man has been charged with trying to intimidate the judge presiding over the manslaughter trial of the former officer charged in Daunte Wright’s death.
Read More »Both sides planning for new state-by-state abortion fight
Both sides seem to be operating on the assumption that a Supreme Court reshaped by former President Donald Trump will either overturn or seriously weaken Roe.
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