Wisconsin State

CBS Minnesota

The Wisconsin Supreme Court decided Monday to consider two challenges to a 175-year-old law that conservatives maintain bans abortion without letting the cases wind through lower courts. Abortion advocates stand an excellent chance of prevailing in both cases given the high court's liberal tilt and remarks a liberal justice made on the campaign trail about how she supports abortion rights. Wisconsin lawmakers enacted statutes in 1849 that had been widely interpreted as outlawing abortion in all cases except to save the mother's life. The U.S. Supreme Court's landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling legalizing abortion nullified the statutes, but legislators...

Wisconsin Supreme Court will consider if 175-year-old law bans abortion

NBC News

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday ruled 4-3 to reinstate the use of most ballot drop boxes across the crucial battleground state, overturning a decision it made less than two years ago that banned the use of most of those boxes. "Our decision today does not force or require that...

Wisconsin Supreme Court overturns ruling that barred most ballot drop boxes

WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the government does not have to refund bankruptcy debtors who paid more than their counterparts in other states. This is a developing story and will be updated ... Categories / Appeals, Business. Subscribe to Closing Arguments. Sign up for...

Government does not have to pay back unconstitutional bankruptcy fees, Supreme Court rules

Fox News

Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., said the Supreme Court presidential immunity ruling could "theoretically" give presidents power to "take out" Supreme Court justices.

Democrat floats theory Biden could dispatch military to 'take out' conservative justices under immunity ruling

Illinois State

Chicago, IL

George Soros-backed Chicago-area prosecutor Kim Foxx was allegedly assaulted outside her home in Illinois on Saturday, according to court records.

Liberal Illinois prosecutor Kim Foxx assaulted near her home, court records say

TheConversationCanada

In the increasingly contested politics of immigration, an intention to “keep criminals out” seems like a rare point of consensus. It’s been a cornerstone of migration regulation around the world for almost as long as such regulation has existed. 

Examples abound. When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government sought to dismantle many of the previous Conservative government’s changes to Canadian immigration law, it left in place the Faster Removal of Foreign Criminals Act. Even people whose lives are endangered and would otherwise be refugees are excluded from the refugee category for serious criminal acts. 

So how does Canadian law respond...

Despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s gift to Donald Trump, he could be barred from Canada as a convicted felon

USA TODAY

The Second Amendment issue involves a statute used in a significant share of federal criminal cases. It bars guns after convictions punishable by more than a year in prison.

Justice Department urges Supreme Court to decide if felons can be barred from having a gun

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump has been out of office for more than three years, but he just notched a big win at the Supreme Court. Friday’s ruling that overturned an important 1984 ruling called Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council was a belated victory for Trump’s deregulatory agenda, with all three of his appointees to the high court joining the 6-3 conservative majority.

Supreme Court's overturning of 40-year Chevron ruling is a win for the Trump deregulatory agenda

Georgia State

Douglas County, GA

Atlanta, GA

MadameNoire

Georgia Supreme Court Removes Douglas County Judge From Bench After Nightclub Altercation

The Supreme Court made clear that its bombshell decision granting broad immunity to Donald Trump was intended in part to empower future presidents to make “energetic” and “vigorous” decisions without fear of criminal prosecution.

The Supreme Court gave presidents immunity. Legal experts say it won’t extend to staffers

Reuters

(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court barred on Thursday a federal trademark for the phrase "Trump Too Small" - an irreverent criticism of former President Donald Trump - rejecting a California lawyer's claim that the trademark denial violated his constitutional free speech rights.

US Supreme Court bars 'Trump too small' trademark

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

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Bucks County Beacon

“[I]nvoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God,” the Constitution of the Confederate States of America composed by southern slaveholders in 1861 sought to “establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.” The authors of Project 2025, the latest playbook for restructuring the federal government in order to accomplish the policy goals of Christian Nationalists, similarly declare their manifesto will “decide America’s future” by securing their “God-given individual rights to live freely” and exercise dominion over others.

Legislating Inequality: The Christian Confederate Roots of Project 2025

Florida State

The Associated Press

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday struck down a 2023 Florida law that blocked gender-affirming care for transgender minors and severely restricted such treatment for adults, calling the statute unconstitutional. Senior Judge Robert Hinkle said the state went too far when it barred transgender minors...

A Florida law blocking treatment for transgender children is thrown out by a federal judge

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Chicago Happenings

Every year, new laws that were passed the prior year go into effect on July 1. In 2024, a number of new laws will begin this Monday. Among them include higher wages for tipped employees, a gas tax increase, and driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants.

New Laws July 1: Driver's Licenses for Undocumented Migrants, Raises for Tipped Workers, and More

Lawrence, KS

TOPEKA — The chair of the LGBTQ+ caucus of the Kansas Democratic Party assailed as “hateful garbage” U.S. House candidate Nancy Boyda’s opposition to participation by transgender females in organized athletics programs designated for girls or women. Boyda said in a statement touting her 2nd District...

Kansas Democrat opposes transgender women and girls joining gender-based sports teams

Wyoming State

WyoFile

WyoFile has acquired a photograph of a lynx in Wyoming, a landmark observation of a species currently considered absent from the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Star Valley resident Jason Reinhardt, an avid houndsman , came across the animal while mountain lion hunting the southern Gros Ventre Range in February 2022. There was no doubt in his mind what it was: a tom lynx, judging by its blocky head.

Rare wildcat documented in the Yellowstone region for first time in a decade

Coffee County, GA

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Daily Coffee Press

Last month, more than twenty individuals were indicted on felony charges in Coffee County. Several of them have recently made local headlines, including Guillermo de la Cruz-Morales, the sole person charged in connection with the disappearance of Maria Diaz, and Cornelius Jamison, accused of cocaine trafficking.

Grand Jury Indicts Over Twenty Individuals on Felony Charges in Coffee County

Kentucky State

Northern Kentucky Tribune

Kentucky’s medical cannabis program has taken significant steps toward ensuring those with qualifying conditions have access to medical cannabis as soon as possible, said Gov. Andy Beshear this week.

State to open licensing applications for medical cannabis businesses beginning July 1

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Legislature's Republican-controlled budget committee can't legally block conservation projects initiated by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' administration, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday. The decision marks a victory for Evers, whose relationship with Republican lawmakers has deteriorated since he took office in 2019, as...

Wisconsin Supreme Court rules in separation of power case

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