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Aug 30 2024
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Maryland Supreme Court orders new hearing in Adnan Syed case
ABOUT THE HEARING TO VACATE SAEED’S CONVICTION AFTER SERVING 22 YEARS IN PRISON, SAEED WALKED OUT A FREE MAN AFTER A JUDGE VACATED HIS MURDER CONVICTION IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR. TODAY, LAWYER HOURS FOR THE LEE FAMILY ARE ARGUING THEY WANT TO REDO THE HEARING, WHICH MEANS SAEED COULD BE SENT BACK TO PRISON. 11 NEWS REPORTER KATE AMARA HAS THE LATEST FROM ANNAPOLIS. LAWYERS FOR YOUNG LEE, THE
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Sep 05 2024
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Colleges confirm advocates’ worst fears after Supreme Court affirmative action ruling
Colleges are confirming fears held since the Supreme Court decision against affirmative action, with multiple schools reporting significant declines in Black and Hispanic students among this year’s incoming class. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Amherst College and Tufts University all released data showing their share of minority students has dropped after the high court said
The Hill
Sep 09 2024
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Iowa Supreme Court to hear oral arguments over challenges to Libertarians ballot access
The Iowa Supreme Court will heal oral arguments at 10am Tuesday over whether three Libertarians running for congress should be kicked off Iowa's ballot. Republican challenges were brought against Marco Battaglia (District 3), Nicholas Gluba (District 1), and Charles Aldrich (District 4) alleging they didn't meet the requirements to be on Iowa's ballot. Over the weekend, a District Court Judge
KGAN CBS 2
Sep 12 2024
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Texas Supreme Court Hears Arguments in State Bar's Case Against OAG's Brent Webster
Cameron Abrams is a reporter for The Texan. After graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Tabor College and a Master’s Degree from University of the Pacific, Cameron is finishing his doctoral studies where his research focuses on the postmodern philosophical influences in education. In his free time, you will find him listening to a podcast while training for an endurance
The Texan
Sep 10 2024
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Federal agency critics make last pitch for US Supreme Court to hear ‘seismic’ case
Sept 10 (Reuters) - Is a case that originated with a dispute over a 15-cent-per-page photocopying fee the proper vehicle for the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit the precedent that underlies the entire modern-day federal bureaucracy? That is a question the justices will have to wrestle with in the next few weeks as they consider a petition by two self-described educational organizations that
Reuters
Mar 21 2022
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Confirmation hearings begin for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson
Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson is before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday, as Democrats aim to confirm the first Black woman justice and many Republicans search for a unified message to oppose her.
Democrats have touted President Joe Biden's pick as a qualified, "historic" nominee, while Republicans have criticized her record on crime and the support she holds from
CNN Digital
Sep 13 2024
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Parents ask Supreme Court to hear case of schools making elementary kids to read LGBTQ books
A group of parents from different faiths has asked the Supreme Court to hear their case against a Maryland school board that will not allow elementary-age kids to opt out of reading storybooks on gender transitioning and LGBTQ issues. The Montgomery County Board of Education in 2022 had storybooks enter the school curriculum that celebrate pronouns, pride parades and gender transitioning. At
Washington Times
Aug 07 2024
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UK Supreme Court refuses to hear Shamima Begum citizenship appeal
The UK Supreme Court refused to hear Shamima Begum's appeal on Wednesday against the government's decision to deprive her of British citizenship, despite concerns that she may have been a victim of child trafficking when she left for Syria as a schoolgirl. Three judges from the UK's final court of appeal said Begum could not appeal against an earlier ruling that stripped her of her citizenship
Middle East Eye
Sep 05 2024
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Trump Jan. 6 case gets its first hearing since the Supreme Court's immunity ruling
Trump Jan. 6 case gets its first hearing since the Supreme Court's immunity ruling Lawyers for the Justice Department and former President Donald Trump are set to appear in federal court in Washington on Thursday for what could be the final hearing in his election interference case before the November election. This year, voters will decide the race for the presidency — and, by extension,
NPR (Online News)
Oct 03 2020
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U.S. Supreme Court nominee's confirmation hearings on track, McConnell says
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Saturday that Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearings will proceed as planned even though two Republicans on the Judiciary Committee had contracted the coronavirus. Senators Thom Tillis and Mike Lee, who sit on the panel that will preside over the hearings, tested positive for COVID-19 in the past day. Both were at the
Reuters