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Supreme Court rebuffs plea to restore multibllliou-dollar student debt plan
State Bar & Other Associations 08/31/2024The Supreme Court on Wednesday kept on hold the latest multibillion-dollar plan from the Biden administration that would have lowered payments for millions of borrowers, while lawsuits make their way through lower courts.The justices rejected an admi...
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UN court says Israel’s presence in occupied Palestinian territories is illegal
Verdicts & Settlements 07/21/2024The top United Nations court said Friday that Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territories is unlawful and called on it to end, and for settlement construction to stop immediately, issuing an unprecedented, sweeping condemnation of...
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Biden goes west to talk about his efforts to combat climate change
United States Courts 08/07/2023efforts to combat climate change as the region endures a brutally hot summer with soaring temperatures, the White House said Monday.Biden is expected to discuss the Inflation Reduction Act, America’s most significant response to climate change,...
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No release for Hawaii woman accused of using dead baby’s ID
United States Courts 04/25/2023trial, a U.S. magistrate judge ruled Wednesday.According to prosecutors, Walter Glenn Primrose and Gwynn Darle Morrison are the real names of the couple who have been fraudulently living for decades under the stolen identities of Bobby Edward Fort an...
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Court rejects governor’s move to dismiss public records suit
United States Courts 04/16/2023The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday refused to dismiss a lawsuit against Gov. Kim Reynolds that seeks to require her office to respond to public record requests.The court in a unanimous decision rejected Reynolds’ argument that her office wasn&rsq...
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Judge in Washington orders feds to keep abortion pill access
United States Courts 04/09/2023A federal judge in Washington state on Friday ordered U.S. authorities not to make any changes that would restrict access to the abortion medication mifepristone in 17 Democratic-led states that sued over the issue, countering a ruling by a judge in ...
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Thai court asked to rule if prime minister must step down
United States Courts 08/23/2022Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Monday received a petition from opposition lawmakers seeking a ruling on whether Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has reached the legal limit on how long he can remain in office.The petition, signed by 171 mem...
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Probation for woman who wiped up blood after killing spouse
United States Courts 08/07/2022A Florida woman who was acquitted of murdering her husband, a prominent official at the University of Central Florida, was sentenced Friday to a year of probation for tampering with evidence.A judge sentenced Danielle Redlick in state court in Orland...
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Death penalty upheld for Ohio man who fatally shot couple
United States Courts 08/01/2022The Ohio Supreme Court has upheld the death penalty for a man who shot and killed a couple whose house and dog he was caring for while they were away on vacation.Death row inmate George Brinkman pleaded guilty to the 2017 deaths of Rogell and Roberta...
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Ex-cop Kueng gets 3 years for violating Floyd’s rights
State Bar & Other Associations 07/27/2022Former Minneapolis police Officer J. Alexander Kueng was sentenced Wednesday in federal court to three years in prison for violating George Floyd’s civil rights during the May 2020 killing.Kueng’s co-defendant Tou Thao was scheduled to be...
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Abortion rights protesters rally in cities around US
State Bar & Other Associations 05/07/2022Abortion rights protesters rallied in cities around the United States on Saturday, vowing to fight to ensure that abortion remains a legal option for women nationwide.Hundreds gathered in Chicago, Atlanta, Houston and other cities days after a draft ...
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U.S. Law Schools - Pennsylvania
State Bar & Other Associations 07/09/2021Pennsylvania Law School Information University of Pennsylvania Law School Temple Law School Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law Penn State Law University of Pittsburgh, School of Law