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282 entries in 'Legal Business' |
2023/10/23
Trump trial: accountant testifies, Michael Cohen postpones
2023/08/17
McCarthy floats stopgap funding to prevent a government shutdown
2022/08/11
Federal horserace authority rules again blocked in 2 states
2022/07/25
Louisiana Supreme Court’s chief justice reelected
2022/06/24
States brace for fight over gun laws after high court ruling
2022/05/30
German federal court mulls bid to remove antisemitic relic
2022/05/23
Pakistani court orders probe into ex-minister’s arrest
2022/02/23
Gangs control who eats at Mississippi jail, monitor says
2022/02/10
Temple prof seeks reinstatement of damage claims against FBI
2022/01/31
US sanctions Myanmar judiciary officials on coup anniversary
2022/01/25
Palin COVID-19 tests delay libel trial against NY Times
2022/01/21
Judge sides with Alaska attorney who alleged wrongful firing
2022/01/17
Some Michigan counties pause jury trials amid COVID surge
2022/01/12
Wisconsin judge rejects attempt to block election subpoena
2022/01/09
Cobb County jury trials paused as COVID-19 spreads
2021/12/25
Griffis beginning 8-year term on Mississippi Supreme Court
2021/12/21
Appeals court upholds mask requirement for Knox schools
2021/12/10
Court won’t stop Texas abortion ban, but lets clinics sue
2021/11/28
Italy frees man convicted of 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher
2021/11/25
Tunisian trial shines light on use of military courts
2021/11/20
New Mexico Supreme court mediates clash on pandemic aid
2021/11/04
Palestinians reject offer to delay their Jerusalem eviction
2021/11/01
Video: Officer shoots Illinois inmate after struggle for gun
2021/10/22
Federal appeals court won’t stop health worker COVID mandate
2021/10/18
Judge agrees to delay in sentencing for Gaetz friend
2021/10/14
Man arrested after paint thrown on Confederate monument
2021/10/11
Appellate court sets hearing in South Carolina abortion case
2021/10/05
US Supreme Court allows lawsuit against troopers to proceed
2021/10/04
Commissioner sought to oversee 3 Ohio redistricting suits
2021/10/01
Arkansas court: State can’t enforce ban on mask mandates
2021/09/20
Spain: Venezuelan spymaster loses court extradition dispute
2021/09/14
1st female LGBT federal appeals court nominee to get hearing
2021/09/12
Australia’s High Court intervenes in police shooting trial
2021/09/07
Disability Insurance Attorneys Website
2021/08/23
Drummond Law Firm Website
2020/09/07
Saudi court issues final verdicts in Khashoggi killing
2020/08/06
Court lifts block on 4 Arkansas abortion restrictions
2020/03/21
Supreme Court: Justices healthy and trying to stay that way
2020/02/09
Court raises sentence for banker who smuggled a Picasso
2020/01/30
Court: Motorcyclist wrong to turn license plate upside down
2019/11/19
Ohio Supreme Court keeps camera challenge alive
2019/08/11
Gun-control backers concerned about changing federal courts
2019/07/17
Dutch Supreme Court upholds Srebrenica deaths liability
2019/05/26
Kenya's Judges Uphold Laws That Criminalize Gay Sex
2019/05/07
A loophole could keep young terror suspects out of US courts
2019/04/25
Canada privacy watchdog taking Facebook to court
2019/04/04
Spacey’s lawyers returning to court in bar groping case
2019/03/28
Group takes oil refinery fight to North Dakota's high court
2019/03/18
Supreme Court to consider Louisiana's non-unanimous juries
2019/02/23
Court records reveal a Mueller report right in plain view
2018/12/14
Court says no bail as Cosby appeals sex assault conviction
2018/12/11
Thai court extends detention of refugee sought by Bahrain
2018/12/06
Supreme Court to hear closely watched double jeopardy case
2018/11/29
Arguments in "Serial" case focus on lawyer, alibi witness
2018/11/19
New black officers, court officials rethinking US policing
2018/11/13
Oregon urges US Supreme Court to uphold 112-year sentence
2018/11/05
Bahrain opposition leader sentenced to life by high court
2018/10/24
Trump Foundation lawsuit paused until higher court weighs in
2018/10/22
Supreme Court: Ross can't be questioned in census suit
2018/10/20
Court to hear case over ID of Texas execution drug supplier
2018/10/18
Supreme Court hopeful had DWI charge in 2009
2018/10/11
Manhattan DA drops part of Weinstein case
2018/10/07
Texas Supreme Court to hear sex offender law challenge
2018/10/02
High court denies review of Grand Canyon-area mining ban
2018/09/06
Court: Cities can't prosecute people for sleeping on streets
2018/08/10
Nevada Supreme Court taking up execution case
2018/08/09
Court tosses challenge to Virginia's 'habitual drunkard' law
2018/08/08
Child remains found at New Mexico compound, man due in court
2018/07/09
Weinstein pleads not guilty, released on bail
2018/07/03
McConnell touts Thapar for Supreme Court seat
2018/07/01
Court deals major financial blow to nation's public employee unions
2018/06/27
Police shooting of boy spurs more protests, appeals
2018/06/26
Lawsuit seeks lawyer access to immigrants in prison
2018/06/24
Supreme Court adopts new rules for cell phone tracking
2018/06/22
Yankton lawyer Jason Ravnsborg wins GOP attorney general nod
2018/06/20
Michigan court ends conflict over juvenile life sentences
2018/06/02
High Court Rules in Dispute Over Immigrant Teen's Abortion
2018/04/21
Supreme Court upholds challenged patent review practice
2018/04/20
UK Supreme Court declines appeal from parents of ill toddler
2018/04/12
Russian court blocks popular messaging app in privacy row
2018/03/19
Budget bill likely would end Supreme Court email search case
2018/03/12
Appeals court weighs resuming pipeline project in Louisiana
2018/02/27
Court: US anti-discrimination law covers sexual orientation
2018/02/19
Maldives court delays reinstating pro-opposition lawmakers
2018/02/19
Inmate in landmark Supreme Court case denied parole
2018/02/04
Greek court postpones decision in Turkish extradition case
2018/01/23
Supreme Court sides with police over partygoers in wild bash
2018/01/19
Court seems to favor death row inmate in dispute with lawyer
2018/01/01
Western powers warn Kosovo on changing war crimes court law
2017/12/28
Myanmar court extends detention for 2 Reuters reporters
2017/11/21
Court case exposes rift in Germany's secretive Aldi family
2017/11/03
Top German court strengthens intersex identity rights
2017/09/20
Toys R Us files for Chapter 11 reorganization
2017/09/18
Indian court sentences 2 men to death in 1993 Mumbai blasts
2017/08/22
Raise drives justices to slash funding for advisory council
2017/08/19
French Designer Wins Court Case in Dispute with Brad Pitt
2017/07/07
Court: Energy firm can pass $55M cleanup costs
2017/06/19
Justices could take up high-stakes fight over electoral maps
2017/06/17
After jury deadlocks, Bill Cosby faces 2nd sex assault trial
2017/06/13
West Virginia high court excludes inmates from workers' comp
2017/06/06
Court to hear challenge to speed up California executions
2017/04/30
Idaho Judicial Council accepting applications for high court
2017/04/01
Democrats tighten opposition of high court pick
2017/03/06
NC governor, legislature head to court in power showdown
2017/01/26
Driver due in court in Cleveland officer's hit-and-run death
2017/01/24
Kyrgyz court confirms life sentence for journalist
2017/01/19
Supreme Court to hear case about party in vacant DC house
2017/01/18
Court ponders mass murderer Breivik's prison conditions
2017/01/16
Court ponders mass murderer Breivik's prison conditions
2017/01/15
Supreme Court considers suit over 2001 detention of Muslims
2016/12/20
Court to unseal Clinton email search warrant
2016/09/08
High court temporarily blocks subpoena over sex ads
2016/09/05
Stepmom of scalded boy who died pleads guilty to murder
2016/08/14
Ex-officer charged in death of black motorist back in court
2016/06/09
Bollywood filmmaker challenges censoring of drug-abuse film
2016/05/25
Hulk Hogan, Gawker back in court in Florida
2016/05/23
US appeals court revisits Texas voter ID law
2016/04/25
Stoddard firefighter charged with arson due in court
2016/03/28
Supreme Court rejects Blagojevich appeal in corruption case
2016/03/25
'Bogus beggar' pleads guilty to fraud charges
2016/01/20
High court will hear Microsoft appeal over Xbox lawsuit
2015/12/25
Jeffrey Dahmer's lawyer suspended by Supreme Court
2015/11/17
Snowboarders fight ban at Utah resort in appeals court
2015/11/06
Kansas Supreme Court to take up school funding case
2015/11/03
Supreme Court troubled by DA's rejection of black jurors
2015/10/12
Georgia man accused in hot car death to appear in court
2015/09/21
Court documents quantify impact of gay marriage in Kansas
2015/08/03
Republicans reject governor's pick for Va. Supreme Court
2015/07/20
Wife says Chinese rights lawyer being denied legal counsel
2015/07/12
Court: New health law doesn't infringe on religious freedom
2015/07/06
Legal public nudity; cattle rustling; sheriff pays tax
2015/06/22
High court strikes down raisin program as unconstitutional
2015/06/13
Appeals court sets aside conviction of bin Laden assistant
2015/06/04
Supreme Court to hear Texas Senate districts case
2015/05/18
Court: State can’t order unions, companies to reach binding contracts
2015/05/16
Attorney: Court orders release of anti-nuclear activists
2014/10/28
Court in Va. examines death row isolation policy
2013/07/23
Pitt schools segregation lawsuit in federal court
2013/05/24
Oil leasing dispute heads to federal court
2012/10/10
Court lets stand telecom immunity in wiretap case
2012/09/29
High court uphold WV congressional districts
2012/08/10
NJ court upholds decal law for young drivers
2012/03/01
Back Pay Award Reduced Based on Laches in Class Action
2012/02/29
Indianapolis Business & Corporate Law Firm
2012/02/24
Indianapolis Business & Corporate Law Firm
2012/02/22
A Class Action Has Been Filed Against GNC
2012/02/21
Indianapolis Business Litigation Law Firm - Riley Bennett & Egloff, LLP
2012/02/20
Israel top court takes Palestinian detainee appeal
2012/02/13
Indianapolis Bankruptcy Law Firm - Riley Bennett & Egloff, LLP
2012/02/02
Miss. high court takes ex-gov pardons case
2012/01/23
US high court: warrant needed for GPS tracking
2012/01/12
Sanford Wittels & Heisler Files Employment Class Action
2012/01/11
Judge halts killer's Ohio execution, scolds state
2012/01/09
Texas electoral maps at issue before Supreme Court
2012/01/02
Chief justice defends court's impartiality
2011/12/30
Federal judge blocks Calif. low-carbon fuels rule
2011/12/28
Appeals court upholds convictions in Fort Dix plot
2011/12/26
Supreme Court rejects Hessler appeal
2011/12/16
Phil Spector to take appeal to US Supreme Court
2011/12/16
Wall St. seeks dismissal of Ala. record bankruptcy
2011/12/15
Previously announced class action settlement approved
2011/12/14
Next ICC prosecutor warns against sex crimes
2011/12/12
City Council in Pa. capital again seeks bankruptcy
2011/12/09
Appeals court blocks cement plant pollution rule
2011/12/07
Blagojevich team says he's guilty, asks for mercy
2011/12/06
ICC seeks information from Libya on Seif al-Islam
2011/12/05
Court: Assange can continue extradition fight
2011/12/01
Man tied to Ohio Craigslist case appears in court
2011/11/29
Calif. salon shooting suspect due for arraignment
2011/11/28
US court won't block its Texas redistricting map
2011/11/22
NY top court clears probe of inflated appraisals
2011/11/20
Texas AG blasts court's redistricting maps
2011/11/19
Federal court issues new political maps for Texas
2011/11/18
Fla. hired law firm with ties to Gov. Scott
2011/11/07
Corzine steps down at collapsed firm, hires lawyer
2011/11/03
High court considers Ga. suit over false testimony
2011/11/02
Court unlikely to allow private prison to be sued
2011/10/26
Justices could talk health care cases on Nov. 10
2011/10/25
US appeals court upholds roadless rule in forests
2011/10/22
Indiana, Planned Parenthood in court over funding
2011/10/21
Artists sue auction houses over royalties law
2011/10/18
Arpaio to testify about failed investigations
2011/10/18
Minn. appeals court upholds $1M U verdict
2011/10/14
SEC backs ban on banks trading for own profit
2011/10/06
Scott Cole & Associates Announces Update for Class Action
2011/10/05
Hogan to be new courts administrative officer
2011/10/04
Court turns away appeal over commandments display
2011/09/16
Class Action Filed Against Former, Current A&P Execs
2011/09/08
Court tosses Sivak's death sentence
2011/08/25
Lawyers wrap up Int'l Court's first trial
2011/08/21
Federal court rejects Houston cop killer's appeal
2011/08/19
Drug company lawyer taped trying to foil lawsuit
2011/08/15
Nigerian who allegedly scammed 80 law firms, lawyers out of $31M extradited to US
2011/08/12
Miss. judge suspended for misconduct
2011/08/10
New hearings sought in Chicago police torture case
2011/08/09
Pozen says Texas court upholds Treximet patents
2011/08/09
Once-exonerated Conn. man ordered back to prison
2011/08/05
Lawyer pleads guilty to $47 million Ponzi scheme
2011/08/03
Buffalo city lawmakers irked by law firm's TV ad
2011/07/28
Health care lawsuit reaches Supreme Court
2011/07/26
Class action lawsuit filed over Antero drilling
2011/07/26
NJ court rules against son in Plain estate dispute
2011/07/25
Court denies motion to stop Loughner medication
2011/07/15
High court sets oral arguments in campaign lawsuit
2011/07/11
Law Firm To Collect $35M In Forfeited Bonds
2011/07/11
Lawyer defends Nevada truck firm in Amtrak crash
2011/07/05
Borrowers sue over apparent loan mod mishaps
2011/06/28
BofA Near $8.5B Deal to Settle Big Investors' Claims
2011/06/24
Toyota class action suit to start with Utah case
2011/06/24
Casino owner cited in complaint against Ala. judge
2011/06/20
Mont. Supreme Court rules against Paws Up
2011/05/17
Ala. chief justice warns more court layoffs coming
2011/05/04
Trump real estate courses didn't deliver, suit says
2011/04/25
High court rejects quick review of health care law
2011/04/18
Democrats criticize hiring of firm for House remap
2011/04/04
Patrick to nominate justice to Mass. high court
2011/03/04
Disgraced Pa. judge wants convictions tossed
2011/02/11
Judge affirms $7.3M verdict against law firm
2010/12/15
Lawsuit seeks to keep 3 Iowa justices on bench
2010/12/03
Transit expert lawyers to help NJ fight tunnel tab
2010/11/28
$450m class action launched against NAB
2010/11/02
Court Appoints Lawyer for Bernard Kilpatrick
2010/10/04
New Supreme Court term opens with Kagan aboard
2010/09/27
Abraham, Fruchter & Twersky, LLP
2010/09/16
Man who tried to fake death pleads guilty to fraud
2010/08/30
DOJ's elite Public Integrity unit gets new leader
2010/08/17
DUI Life Sentence Stirs Debate About Alcoholism
2010/08/09
Children in Dependency Proceedings Need Lawyers
2010/07/29
2 re-sentencings ordered in $1.9B Ohio fraud case
2010/07/20
Wis. justices uphold ex-Jesuit priest's conviction
2010/07/05
Law firm merger activity picks up
2010/06/28
Ore. trial court to reconsider $100M tobacco case
2010/06/21
Securities Fraud Liability May Hit More Defendants
2010/06/16
Law firm: BP claims form flawed
2010/06/10
Court OKs Calif. city's day laborer crackdown
2010/05/24
Appeals court rules against Bagram detainees
2010/05/17
CANCER CLUSTER TRIAL APPROACHES
2010/04/28
US lawmaker urges action on Russian lawyer's death
2010/04/19
The Shuman Investigates Ormat Technologies Inc.
2010/04/16
Wash. court: Illegal worker status inadmissible
2010/04/14
Law firms seek to represent dead miners' families
2010/04/12
Law firm Mayer Brown lays off more lawyers
2010/04/12
BofA Merrill, Knight Capital, Franklin Templeton
2010/02/25
Law firm 'in contempt' over MP legal threat
2010/02/13
Stigma of home-based firms disappearing as trend grows
2010/01/30
‘America’s Best Law Firms’ Rankings Are Coming in 2010
2010/01/12
Simmons rated as UK's most gay-friendly firm
2010/01/06
Law firm mergers down 24 percent in 2009
2009/12/23
Judge orders new trial in Chicago patronage case
2009/12/07
Lyondell settles lawsuit brought by unsecured creditors
2009/11/23
Pension drops lawsuit against ACS over Xerox buy
2009/11/02
Jury Rules Against Blue Nile in $60.1 Million Lawsuit
2009/09/28
Burford Capital In GBP200M IPO For Lawsuit Funding
2009/07/16
Goldman Sachs Backs Off Blogger
2009/05/26
Sotomayor nominated to high court
2009/05/26
Recession cuts law firm growth
2009/05/14
Students who paid to attend inauguration sue
2009/05/07
Study Predicts 5 Percent Growth in Legal Spending
2009/04/22
Supreme Court limits warrantless vehicle searches
2009/02/23
Munger, Tolles & Olson Retains Clearwell to lower costs
2009/02/05
Sidley Austin Receives Commitment to Justice Award
2008/12/17
Court: No obligation for company to give teen drug
2008/12/15
NJ Sen. Lautenberg among potential fraud victims
2008/12/01
Court revives Ariz. tribes lawsuit over research
2008/10/30
Anti-gay-marriage groups look for Ariz. redemption
2008/06/21
Supreme Court to review decision on Navy sonar use
2008/04/14
Top Law Schools Tighten Hold on NLJ 250 Firms
2008/03/25
Is Schwarzenegger Serious About Taxing Lawyers?
2008/03/24
Attorney Is Disbarred for the Second Time
2008/03/17
High Court Agrees to Hear Indecency Case
2008/03/13
Attorney General To Argue a Case Before High Court
2008/03/05
Touro chief says law school not for sale
2008/03/05
California Supreme Court in gay marriage storm
2008/03/04
Ex-Alaska Governor's top aide to plead guilty
2008/03/04
Louisiana's new AG probes Foti's last-stand lawsuits
2008/03/03
Campton Hills pays $124,000 to lawyers
2008/03/03
Justices reject appeal by Adelphia founder, son
2008/03/02
Peloton hedge fund to liquidate and close shop
2008/02/28
Law Firm Warns Of Looming Katrina Lawsuit Deadline
2008/02/25
Four law firms dominate school district services
2008/02/25
Supreme Court to hear car search, tribal land cases
2008/02/23
Top U.S. court backs S.F. health care
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Trump trial: accountant testifies, Michael Cohen postpones
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2023/10/23 12:51
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Donald Trump returned Tuesday to the civil fraud trial that imperils his real estate empire, watching and deploring the case as an employee and an outside appraiser testified that his company essentially put a thumb on the scale when sizing up his properties’ value.
Incensed by a case that disputes his net worth and could strip him of such signature holdings as Trump Tower, the former president is due to testify later in the trial. But he chose to attend the first three days and came back Tuesday to observe — and to protest his treatment to the news cameras waiting outside the Manhattan courtroom.
Star witness Michael Cohen, a onetime Trump fixer now turned foe, postponed his scheduled testimony because of a health problem.
Instead, Trump company accountant Donna Kidder testified that she was told to make some assumptions favorable to the firm on internal financial spreadsheets. Outside appraiser Doug Larson said he didn’t suggest or condone a former Trump Organization comptroller’s methods of valuing properties.
“It doesn’t make sense,” Larson said of the way the ex-controller reached a $287.6 million value for a prominent Trump-owned retail space in 2013.
Trump, outside court, reiterated his insistence that he’s done nothing wrong and that New York Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit is a political vendetta designed to drag down his 2024 presidential campaign as he leads the Republican field.
“We built a great company — a lot of cash, it’s got a lot of great assets, some of the greatest real estate assets anywhere in the world,” Trump said outside the courtroom. He dismissed the case as “a disgrace,” the legal system as “corrupt” and the Democratic attorney general as a “radical lunatic.”
James’ lawsuit alleges that Trump and his company deceived banks, insurers and others by massively overvaluing his assets and inflating his net worth on his financial statements. |
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McCarthy floats stopgap funding to prevent a government shutdown
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2023/08/17 13:36
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Congressional leaders are pitching a stopgap government funding package to avoid a federal shutdown after next month, acknowledging the House and Senate are nowhere near agreement on spending levels to keep federal operations running.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy raised the idea of a months-long funding package, known as a continuing resolution, to House Republicans on a members-only call Monday evening, according to those familiar with the private session and granted anonymity to discuss it.
On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the two leaders had spoken about such a temporary measure. It would extend federal funding operations into December to allow more time to work on the annual spending bills.
“I thought it was a good thing that he recognized that we need a CR,” Schumer, D-N.Y., told reporters on a call. “We hope that our House Republicans will realize that any funding resolution has to be bipartisan or they will risk shutting down the government,” he said.
A stopgap measure that would keep government offices running past the Sept. 30 end of the fiscal year is a typical strategy while the Republican-held House and Democrat-held Senate try to iron out a long-term budget agreement. The government’s new fiscal year begins on Oct. 1, when funding approval is needed to avert closures of federal offices.
But this year, the task may prove more politically difficult. McCarthy will need to win over a large portion of his Republican colleagues to pass the stopgap bill or risk political blowback from staunch conservatives if he leaves them behind and cuts a bipartisan deal with Democrats.
Conservatives, including many from the House Freedom Caucus, are usually loathe to get behind short-term funding measures as they push for steeper spending cuts, using the threat of a shutdown as leverage. |
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Federal horserace authority rules again blocked in 2 states
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2022/08/11 11:00
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A national horse racing authority has again been blocked by a federal court from enforcing some of its rules in the states of Louisiana and West Virginia.
A north Louisiana federal judge last month had blocked the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority from enforcing its rules in the two states.
That ruling was put on hold last week by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. But a revised ruling this week from the New Orleans-based appeals court keeps some of the limits on enforcement in place.
Rules blocked under the latest court order deal with the authority’s access to racetrack records and facilities, the calculation of state fees paid to the authority, and definitions of which horses are covered by the regulations.
The appeals court on Wednesday set arguments in the case for Aug. 30.
State and racing officials in Louisiana and West Virginia had sued to prevent the rules from going into effect.
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Louisiana Supreme Court’s chief justice reelected
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2022/07/25 10:15
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The chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court has won re-election to another 10-year term.
Chief Justice John Weimer was automatically reelected when nobody signed up to challenge him by Friday’s qualifying deadline for the Nov. 8 ballot, The Advocate reported.
Weimer, 67, a former professor at Nicholls State University, first won election to the state’s high court in 2001. He won reelection in 2002 and 2012. In the latter race, he ran unopposed and returned campaign checks to contributors to his campaign.
On Wednesday, he was one of the first candidates to pay the qualifying fees and file the paperwork for the fall election. Weimer’s current term ends Dec. 31.
U.S. District Judge John deGravelles of Baton Rouge lifted a stay July 13 that had blocked the November election for the state Supreme Court’s 6th District, which Weimer represents. The stay arose out of a lawsuit filed in 2019 by the NAACP.
The lawsuit contends that two of the seven Supreme Court districts should have a Black majority in a state where about one-third of the state’s residents are African American. Only one Supreme Court district currently has a Black majority, the one represented by Justice Piper Griffin in New Orleans.
The 6th District, with about 600,000 residents, consists of 12 coastal parishes: Assumption, Iberia, Lafourche, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Martin, St. Mary, Terrebonne, and a portion of the west bank of Jefferson.
The federal court had stopped all Supreme Court races in May. Only Weimer was up for reelection this year. Justices run in staggered terms every two years. The next justice is not on the ballot until 2024.
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States brace for fight over gun laws after high court ruling
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2022/06/24 15:29
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The Supreme Court’s decision overturning a gun-permitting law in New York has states with robust firearms restrictions scrambling to respond on two fronts — to figure out what concealed-carry measures they might be allowed to impose while also preparing to defend a wide range of other gun control policies.
The language in the court’s majority opinion heightened concern that other state laws, from setting an age limit on gun purchases to banning high-capacity ammunition magazines, may now be in jeopardy.
“The court has basically invited open season on our gun laws, and so I expect litigation across the board,” said New Jersey acting Attorney General Matt Platkin, a Democrat. “We’re going to defend our gun laws tooth-and-nail because these gun laws save lives.”
The court ruling issued Thursday specifically overturned a New York law that had been in place since 1913 and required that people applying for a concealed carry permit demonstrate a specific need to have a gun in public, such as showing an imminent threat to their safety. The court’s conservative majority said that violated the Second Amendment, which they interpreted as protecting people’s right to carry a gun for self-defense outside the home.
While the ruling does not address any other laws, the majority opinion opens the door for gun rights advocates to challenge them in the future, said Alex McCourt, the director of legal research for the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions.
Pro-firearms groups in several states said they plan to do just that.
Attorney Chuck Michel, president of the California Rifle and Pistol Association, said the group is preparing to expand its legal challenges based on the high court changing the legal standard used to assess whether gun control laws are constitutional.
Courts must now consider only whether a gun control regulation is consistent with the Second Amendment’s actual text and its historical understanding, according to Thursday’s ruling. Before that, judges also could consider a state’s social justification for passing a gun control law.
Michel said the standard will affect three prominent California laws. Legal challenges to the state’s limits on assault weapons, its requirement for background checks for buying ammunition and its ban on online ammunition sales are pending before a federal appellate court.
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