Recent Updates
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Court revives Sarah Palin’s libel lawsuit against The New York Times
Legal Outlook 08/28/2024A federal appeals court revived Sarah Palin’s libel case against The New York Times on Wednesday, citing errors by a lower court judge, particularly his decision to dismiss the lawsuit while a jury was deliberating.The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of...
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Court filings provide additional details of the US’ first nitrogen gas execution
Legal Outlook 08/01/2024A corrections officer who helped carry out the nation’s first nitrogen gas execution said in a court document that the inmate had normal blood oxygen levels for longer than he expected before the numbers suddenly plummeted.Another court documen...
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Iowa law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy to take effect Monday
Legal Outlook 07/26/2024An Iowa judge has ruled the state’s strict abortion law will take effect Monday, preventing most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant.The law passed last year, but a judge had blocked it from be...
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Second phase of NRA civil trial over nonprofit’s spending begins in NYC
Legal Outlook 07/17/2024The second phase of the civil trial against the National Rifle Association and its top executives began Monday in Manhattan, with New York Attorney General Letitia James seeking an independent monitor to oversee the powerful gun rights group.The Demo...
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New York’s top court allows ‘equal rights’ amendment to appear on November ballot
Legal Outlook 07/14/2024A proposed amendment to New York’s constitution to bar discrimination over “gender identity” and “pregnancy outcomes” will appear on the ballot this November, the state’s high court ruled Thursday.The decision from...
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Support for legal abortion has risen since Supreme Court eliminated protections
Legal Outlook 07/05/2024A solid majority of Americans oppose a federal abortion ban as a rising number support access to abortions for any reason, a new poll finds, highlighting a politically perilous situation for candidates who oppose abortion rights as the November elect...
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Unanimous Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion medication
Legal Outlook 06/13/2024The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously preserved access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year, in the court’s first abortion decision since conservative justices overturned Roe v. Wade two ...
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Prince Harry loses a court challenge over being stripped of a UK security detail
Legal Outlook 02/28/2024Prince Harry ‘s fight for publicly funded protection was rejected Wednesday by a London judge who said the U.K. government didn’t act irrationally when it stripped him of security privileges after he quit working as a member of the royal ...
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Key takeaways from UN court’s ruling on Israel’s war in Gaza
Legal Outlook 01/28/2024The U.N. world court on Friday came down hard on Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, calling on Israel to “take all measures” to prevent a genocide of the Palestinians. But it stopped short of demanding an immediate cease-fire,...
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Supreme Court could overturn Oklahoma death row inmate's conviction
Legal Outlook 01/24/2024The Supreme Court on Monday said it will hear an appeal from Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip, who has steadfastly maintained his innocence and averted multiple attempts by the state to execute him.Glossip was sentenced in a 1997 murder-for-...
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Peru court orders imprisoned ex-President Fujimori's 'immediate' release
Legal Outlook 12/06/2023Peru’s constitutional court ordered an immediate humanitarian release Tuesday for imprisoned former President Alberto Fujimori, 85, who was serving a 25-year sentence in connection with the death squad slayings of 25 Peruvians in the 1990s.The ...
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A conservative attack on government regulation reaches the Supreme Court
Legal Outlook 11/29/2023The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a challenge to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s ability to fight fraud, part of a broad attack on regulatory agencies led by conservative and business interests.The case before the justices Wedn...