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NPR - 1 hour 5 min agoLouisiana's Republican lawmakers raced to eliminate one of two majority-Black congressional seats in the state after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the current map unconstitutional in a sweeping ruling.
The Louisiana Legislature passed a new GOP-favored House map Friday that eliminates one of the state's Black-majority congressional districts after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the Bayou State's map unconstitutional earlier this month. The new map, approved in a 28-10 vote, eliminates Rep. Cleo Fields' (D-La.) seat, the 6th Congressional District, which runs from Shreveport to Baton...
State Representative Edmond Jordan of Louisiana speaks with fellow lawmakers before a Louisiana House vote on a redistricting plan to eliminate a majority-Black congressional district in response to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, in Baton Rouge, La., on Thursday.
Daily Signal - 3 hours 30 min agoA federal appeals court is defying a pivotal Supreme Court opinion on the Second Amendment and making New Yorkers less safe by upholding a New York City ban on nonlethal electronic weapons like Tasers and stun guns, legal experts warn. “The 2nd Circuit [Court of Appeals] has found a way to undermine” a key Supreme...
Mother Jones - 4 hours 28 min agoRepublican attempts to erase Black representation in the wake of the Supreme Court's destruction of the Voting Rights Act have hit a few roadblocks in recent days. A federal court found that Alabama's map, green-lit by the Roberts Court, intentionally discriminated against Black voters and blocked it for November. And the state senate in South […]...
What was Brett Kavanaugh thinking of when he argued that the league shouldn't face justice in court? Not history.
This live blog is now closed. Sign up to the Breaking News US email In one of the opinions shared by the Supreme Court Thursday morning, the Court has ruled in favor of a Black man who claims that there was racial bias in the make up of the jury that convicted him . In Pitchford v Cain , five of the Court's justices sided with Terry Pitchford , a man sentenced to death for his part in killing a grocery story owner in Mississippi, over 20 years ago, reported AP. Trump v Cook: Donald Trump's...
A court building in Amsterdam. The North Dakota Supreme Court this month barred Greenpeace International from making claims against Energy Transfer in a Dutch countersuit.
Convicted "hell on wheels" killer Mackenzie Shirilla is taking a last-ditch fight to the Ohio Supreme Court, claiming unexamined medical evidence proves she may have blacked out before the horrific crash.
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett was the victim of a "swatting" call Wednesday night at her Virginia home, according to local police. Police radio traffic shows law enforcement received a call for "suspicious noise of gunshots" at Barrett's suburban Virginia address. The dispatcher warned responding officers shortly afterward that a "high priority resident of the county" lived there and the report may not be authentic. When reached for comment, Fairfax County....
Mackenzie Shirilla's taking her conviction to the highest court in Ohio ... asking the state's supreme court to take another look at her double murder rap. Shirilla's lawyers filed the appeal paperwork back in April, according to reports ...…...
Slate - 20 hours 35 min agoThe Supreme Court issued a surprisingly good decision in a racial jury-selection case on Thursday.
An apparent "swatting" incident targeted the residence of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Wednesday night, Fairfax County Police said Thursday.
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett was targeted in a swatting incident at her Falls Church, Virginia, home Wednesday evening, police confirmed.
Daily Signal - 22 hours 56 min agoThe Fairfax County Police Department in northern Virginia is investigating a swatting call at the residence of Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett Wednesday night. “Yesterday evening at approximately 9:02 p.m., officers responded to a swatting call at the residence of U.S. Supreme Court Justice in Fairfax County,” the department’s public information officer told...
The Supreme Court decision means that Mr. Pitchford, 40, who has served death row for more than 20 years, is entitled to a new trial.
The Supreme Court agreed with a lower court's ruling that a Mississippi man's conviction and death penalty must be overturned for racial bias.
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