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Supreme Court rejects racial gerrymandering claims on South Carolina redistricting maps
Courthouse News Service· 6 days agoThe Supreme Court issued a 6-3 ruling in favor of South Carolina on Thursday, finding that the state...
Judge: Qualified Immunity Is an Unqualified Disaster
The Bulwark· 24 hours agoIt is therefore highly unusual for district court judges to publicly criticize appellate-court decisions they are bound to apply, much less rulings of...
A Federal Judge Just Called Out the Supreme Court
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 6 days ago“In creating qualified immunity, the high court protected the Southern officials still violating those federal rights...ended. Southern trees bear...
Only Black candidate drops out of SC Supreme Court race. Court will be all-White by summer
The Post and Courier· 10 hours agoSC Circuit Judge Jocelyn Newman withdrew from race for vacant state Supreme Court seat May 28,...
Supreme Court approves use of S.C. congressional map that affects 30,000 Black voters
United Press International via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a pro-Republican redraw of a South Carolina congressional...
“A formula for civil war”: Second flag flown by Supreme Court Justice Alito dire sign for democracy
Salon via Yahoo News· 3 days ago“It’s a formula for chaos and at its most extreme it’s a formula for civil war,” Taylor said. His...
Florida Supreme Court Enters New Rules of Civil Procedure | Daily Business Review
Law.com· 5 days agoThe Florida Supreme Court entered an opinion Thursday that will impact the state rules of civil...
Supreme Court lowers bar for racial gerrymanders
The Week via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe Supreme Court is only supposed to do that when "lower court findings are clearly erroneous," Rick Hasen said at Election...Republicans ...
Supreme Court rejects claim that South Carolina’s congressional map was racially gerrymandered
Politico via Yahoo News· 6 days agoReporters in the court’s press room had only just begun to read the voting-rights ruling when he moved on to an unrelated, criminal-justice opinion he also wrote. The high ...
Appeals court asked to decide on confession in 'The Innocent Man' murder case
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoFontenot was freed from prison late in 2019 after the federal judge ruled in his favor. He filed a...