Arizona State

PHOENIX (CN) — The Arizona Court of Appeals partially enjoined a voter-backed campaign spending law Thursday, ruling in favor of state lawmakers challenging its constitutionality. Senate President Warren Petersen of Gilbert and House Speaker Ben Toma of Peoria, both Republicans, say the Voters Right to Know Act takes rulemaking...

Arizona appeals court partially blocks campaign finance law

The New Republic

Justice Amy Coney Barrett broke ranks with the conservative majority on the Supreme Court Friday, leveraging strong words against her colleagues for their interpretation of Fischer v. United States. After the court ruled 6–3 that the Justice Department overstepped in charging hundreds of January 6 rioters with obstruction, the Trump-appointed conservative judge used her dissenting opinion to tear apart the decision that would narrow all future obstruction charges, including potentially Trump’s.Noting that the court didn’t dispute the details of the case—namely that Congress’s joint session was an “official proceeding,” that the rioters delayed the proceeding, and that Joseph Fischer’s trespassing...

Amy Coney Barrett Rips Supreme Court’s Absurd January 6 Ruling

Colorado State

Denver, CO

Denver7 News KMGH

Before the U.S. Supreme Court session wraps, Colorado leaders were hoping to get a decision on a key case that could answer: Do homeless camping bans equate to cruel and unusual punishment?

U.S. Supreme Court session could end without decision on city camping bans

The Atlantic

This opinion can’t be squared with the language of the statute—or with common sense.

The Supreme Court’s January 6 Decision Is Utterly Baffling

The Supreme Court announced Friday morning that it had ruled 6-3 (you know who voted how) to overturn Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, a case from 1984 that established a very important doctrine in federal regulation. Federal law is by necessity broad, applying as it does across so many...

Forget the debate, the Supreme Court just declared open season on regulators

HuffPost

The 6-3 decision "permits punishing homeless people with no access to shelter for sleeping in public," Sotomayor said in her dissent.

Justice Sotomayor Blasts 'Unconscionable' Supreme Court Ruling Overturning Homeless Rights

Mediaite

"Inherent contempt, if passed, could force Garland to stand trial before the House of Representatives and, if found guilty, would lead to his detention"
The post Republican Congresswoman to Force Vote to Arrest And Put Merrick Garland On Trial first appeared on Mediaite.

Republican Congresswoman to Force Vote to Arrest And Put Merrick Garland On Trial

North Carolina State

The author says North Carolina Chief Justice Paul Newby is enforcing a partisan double-standard when it comes to judicial ethics. (Photo: NC Supreme Court livestream) The North Carolina Supreme Court refused to sanction two Republican judges, even though those judges admitted that they had violated ethics rules, according to an explosive new report from ProPublica. This sends a clear message that there’s a double standard for judicial ethics in North Carolina. Republican judges can do whatever they want, while Democrats have to worry about trumped-up ethics charges for conduct that’s totally innocent.

N.C Supreme Court sends a message: Ethics rules don’t apply to Republican judges

New York City, NY

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The e-Texan

New York – As Trump anticipates his sentencing on July 11th in the New York hush money case, Florida Judge Aileen Cannon made a ruling this Monday. Despite rejecting Trump’s legal team's request to dismiss several charges in the classified documents case, she conceded on a minor point. She removed a portion of the charges that referenced an uncharged allegation, but upheld the other charges.

Legal expert says Trump should not be jailed after New York guilty verdict because he is ‘too old’

Montgomery, AL

A sign outside the Frank M. Johnson Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Montgomery, Alabama seen on January 24, 2023. (Brian Lyman/Alabama Reflector) Two lawyers accused of judge-shopping in a gender-affirming care lawsuit Friday apologized for potentially offending U.S. District Judge Liles C. Burke for withdrawing and refiling their original complaint.

Lawyers apologize for alleged judge-shopping in gender-affirming care case

Virginia State

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Cheryl E Preston

Growing up in Southwest Virginia, I heard adults say that the same people who welcomed Jesus on Palm Sunday were shouting "Crucify Him" less than a week later. We don't know if they were the same individuals, but the principal makes a point that unfortunately, General Hospital actress Tabyana Ali is experiencing.

General Hospital gives an official statement after racists attack Tabyana Ali online

Justice Elena Kagan torched a Supreme Court ruling that single-handedly eliminated a legal precedent that courts defer to the expert opinions of federal agencies.The court ruled 6–3 in Loper Bright v. Raimondo on Friday, overruling a landmark 1984 decision in Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council and shifting the balance of power toward courts rather than the executive branch when it comes to the interpretation of ambiguous rules.That would effectively give any court and any judge veto power over all the decisions that any executive agency makes, from the Environmental Protection Agency to the Food and Drug Administration to the...

Elena Kagan Torches Supreme Court for Overturning Chevron

Salon

When Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election, right-wing attorney John Eastman came up with a legal coping strategy: What if, he proposed, we just pretend that Trump won? That strategy hit a wall when former Vice President Mike Pence refused to play along, with Trump declaring him a coward and traitor while hundreds of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempted coup d’etat.

Legal experts: Trump's "friends on the Supreme Court" may take up his demand to intervene

Georgia State

Coffee County, GA

Douglas, GA

Daily Coffee Press

A 49-year-old woman from Douglas was recently arrested for allegedly submitting a life insurance policy for her ex-husband without his knowledge. According to a Coffee County Sheriff’s Office incident report, detectives met with a man on May 7 at the Coffee County Law Enforcement Center concerning a reported case of insurance fraud.

Georgia woman charged for allegedly filing life insurance policy application on ex-husband

Tennessee State

Mississippi State

Blountville, TN

Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner Burl Cain talks about his accomplishmens and future plans for MDOC since his 2020 appointment by Gov. Tate Reeves, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. Officials with the Mississippi Department of Corrections used the state airplane last year to travel to Tennessee to interview a Mississippi inmate...

Why did prison officials use a state plane to interview an inmate in Tennessee? They won’t say.

WTAJ

Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.), the top-ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and other Republican senators on Wednesday blocked a bill requiring the Supreme Court to adopt a code of conduct and create a mechanism to enforce it in the wake of several high-profile controversies. The legislation, the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal and Transparency Act, […]

Republicans block bill requiring Supreme Court to adopt enforceable ethics code

Alaska State

Anchorage, AK

Alaska Beacon

An Anchorage Superior Court judge will decide by the end of the month whether to uphold a significant fine levied by Alaska’s campaign finance regulators against backers of a petition seeking to roll back the state’s election laws. The Alaska Public Offices Commission, the state agency involved in campaign finance regulation, fined petition supporters more […]
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Alaska state judge considers fine against backers of ranked choice repeal measure

Margaret Minnicks

Many new laws become effective in Virginia on July 1, 2024. However, a law has always existed in Virginia, but some residents might not be aware of it. According to WSET, leaving grass clippings and other debris on Virginia roads is illegal.

It is illegal to leave grass clippings and other debris on roads in Virginia

Michigan State

Grand Rapids, MI

First Lady Jill Biden sits on stage at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation's annual First Ladies Luncheon in Grand Rapids, Michigan on April 26, 2024. (Photo: Anna Liz Nichols) First lady Jill Biden is slated to return to Michigan next week for a series of four events in Middleville...

New: First lady Jill Biden to visit Michigan next week

WEKU

The decision overturned Chevron v. The Natural Resources Defense Council, a 1984 decision that was not particularly controversial when it was announced 40 years ago.

Supreme Court whacks the so-called 'administrative state'

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Appeals court upholds core of AZ ‘dark money’ disclosure law voters approved in 2022

Republican legislators won a small victory in their attempt to overturn a voter-approved measure that bars anonymous “dark money” in Arizona campaigns, but an appellate court...

Appeals court upholds core of AZ ‘dark money’ disclosure law voters approved in 2022

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