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Dec 20 2023
News
North Dakota judge to hear request to temporarily block part of abortion law that restricts doctors
FILE - Volunteer escorts and others stand outside the Red River Women's Clinic in Moorhead, Minn., Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. The clinic has operated since 1998 in Fargo, where it was North Dakota's only abortion clinic. Physicians and the former, sole abortion provider in North Dakota on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023, asked a state district court judge for a preliminary injunction to temporarily
San Francisco ChronicleJun 14 2013
News
Texas Gov. Perry signs 'Merry Christmas' bill into law
Surrounded by sleigh bell-ringing Santa Claus impersonators, Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday signed a law protecting Christmas and other holiday celebrations in Texas public schools from legal challenges - but also stressed that freedom of religion is not the same thing as freedom from religion.
Fox News (Online News)Apr 04 2020
News
Coronavirus could make 2020 the lawsuit and legal threat election
The coronavirus has brought normal life to a standstill, preventing candidates from conducting normal campaign activities and directing attention away from the usual hot-button issues. In 2020, legal battles could play a much more prominent role in the election fight between President Trump and Joe Biden.
The legal swipes, coming mostly from Trump and Republicans, revolve around voting
Washington ExaminerJan 11 2024
Analysis
The GOP primary is detouring again from the debate stage to the courtroom
Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis are tearing into each other to stay alive in the Republican presidential primary. But the front-runner, Donald Trump, is running another race entirely – against the courts and the rule of law.
This dual reality of the 2024 election playing out in the run-up to Monday’s Iowa caucuses will take another surreal twist on Thursday when the ex-president deserts
CNN (Online News)Dec 12 2023
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school grades Archives - Florida Insider
Education, Elementary School – Courtesy: Shutterstock – Image by Syda Productions On Monday, the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) disclosed the grades for the 2022–2023 academic year. While school districts in Alachua, Baker, Columbia, Duval, Flagler, and Union scored a “B,” those in St. Johns, Clay, and Nassau counties all received an “A.” The Putnam
Florida InsiderDec 23 2023
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Wisconsin redistricting ordered
MADISON, Wis. -- The Wisconsin Supreme Court overturned Republican-drawn legislative maps Friday and ordered that new district boundary lines be drawn as Democrats had urged in a redistricting case they hope will weaken GOP majorities. The ruling comes less than a year before the 2024 election in a battleground state where four of the six past presidential elections have been decided by fewer
Northwest Arkansas Democrat GazetteDec 19 2023
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Colorado Releases 5 Gray Wolves Despite Ranchers' Objections
Wildlife officials in Colorado this week reintroduced five gray wolves into the Rocky Mountains area as part of a plan that has come under fire from ranchers who were unable to block its implementation, The Hill reported. Colorado voters in 2020 approved a ballot initiative that eventually became a state statute in 2022 vacating a Trump administration rule that removed gray wolves from the
Newsmax (News)Dec 22 2023
News
Supreme Court refuses a fast-track ruling on Trump's claim he is immune from criminal charges
In a setback for Special Counsel Jack Smith, the Supreme Court on Friday turned down his request for a fast-track ruling on whether former President Trump may be prosecuted for having allegedly conspired to block then-President-elect Biden from being certified as the winner of the 2020 election. Without comment or dissent, the justice denied Smith’s request. The D.C. Circuit Court said it
Los Angeles TimesDec 22 2023
News
Supreme Court Won’t Take Up Trump’s Jan. 6 Charges—At Least For Now
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the Justice Department’s request to speedily consider whether former President Donald Trump is immune from federal criminal for trying to overturn the 2020 election, siding with Trump’s argument that justices should let an appeals court weigh in first—even if it delays his planned March 2024 trial. The court announced the decision in a one-sentence order
ForbesSep 24 2013
Opinion
Free Speech Is So Annoying to Elected Officials
They want to control the terms of the debate. “There’s just way too much money in politics,” said a candidate for governor earlier this month. Since the candidate was Terry McAuliffe, a political fundraiser of Brobdingnagian proportions, the remark could go down as the funniest line from this year’s contest.
Reason