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Public approval of the Supreme Court has fallen following the leak of a draft opinion that would overturn the Roe v. Wade decision guaranteeing abortion rights nationwide, according to a poll.
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Read More »Courts stymie abortion bans in Iowa, other GOP-led states
Iowa is among GOP-controlled states that would be expected to ban abortion, except for state high court decisions recognizing the right under the state constitutions.
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Read More »Opponents of federal vaccine mandate seek rehearing
A federal appeals court is being asked to reconsider its decision allowing the Biden administration to require that federal employees get vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Read More »Federal jury awards $111 million in Minnesota personal injury case
A federal jury in Minnesota has awarded a college student more than $111 million in damages after concluding negligent care of his injured leg following surgery led to a permanent disability.
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Read More »Trump pays $110K fine, must submit paperwork to end contempt
Former President Donald Trump has paid the $110,000 in fines he racked up after being held in contempt of court for being slow to respond to a civil subpoena issued by New York’s attorney general.
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Read More »Justices limit federal court review of some deportations
A sharply divided Supreme Court on Monday ruled that federal courts are powerless to review immigration officials' decisions in some deportation cases, even when they have made what a dissenting justice called “egregious factual mistakes.”
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Read More »Lawyers: Nearly $1B tentative settlement in condo collapse
Lawyers representing families of victims and survivors of the condominium collapse in Surfside, Florida, last June have told a judge that they've reached a nearly $1 billion tentative settlement.
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Read More »Judge: Trump must pay $110K, meet conditions to end contempt
A New York judge says he’s close to releasing Donald Trump from a contempt finding, but only if the former president meets certain conditions, including paying $110,000 in fines accrued for failing to turn over documents in a state civil investigation.
Read More »Pandemic pushes Oregon’s public defender system to the brink
Oregon's public defender system has shown cracks for years, but a post-pandemic glut of delayed cases is exposing shocking constitutional landmines.
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Read More »Texas AG: State bar is suing him over 2020 election challenge
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Friday that the state bar plans to sue him over his failed efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election based on bogus claims of fraud.
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Read More »Intuit to pay $141M settlement over ‘free’ TurboTax ads
The company behind the TurboTax tax-filing program will pay $141 million to customers across the United States who were deceived by misleading promises of free tax-filing services, New York's attorney general announced Wednesday.
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