Minnesota Lawyer

Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis must pick a new Supreme Court justice because the judge he picked to fill a high court vacancy is constitutionally ineligible to serve, the court said in an order issued Friday.

U.S. District Judge William Stickman IV, who was appointed by President Donald Trump, sided with plaintiffs that included hair salons, drive-in movie theaters, a farmer’s market vendor, a horse trainer and several Republican officeholders in their lawsuit.

A group of states suing over service cuts at the U.S. Postal Service is asking a federal judge to immediately undo some of them, saying the integrity of the upcoming election is at stake.

Saying the president had exceeded his authority, a panel of three federal judges on Thursday blocked an order from President Donald Trump that tried to exclude people in the country illegally from being counted when congressional districts are redrawn.

Judge Peter Cahill said Friday that four Hennepin County prosecutors, including County Attorney Mike Freeman, are disqualified from the trial because they met with the county medical examiner to discuss autopsy results.

Florida felons must pay all fines, restitution and legal fees before they can regain their right to vote, a federal appellate court ruled Friday in a case that could have broad implications for the November elections.

The conservative-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a halt in the mailing of absentee ballots until it gives the go-ahead or makes any future ruling about who should be on the ballot in the critical battleground state.

Some court filings by defense attorneys in recent months are taking a blame-the-victim approach. It’s a strategy that legal experts say is intended to show officers acted reasonably.

Two days after a federal judge ordered the U.S. Census Bureau to stop winding down 2020 census operations for the time being, the statistical agency said in court papers that it’s refraining from laying off some census takers and it’s restoring some quality-control steps.

Median general counsel pay at companies with revenue over $20 billion reached $4.6 million in 2019 — a 2.6% increase from 2018.