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  • Pakistan's opposition calls on court to oust prime minister

    Pakistan's opposition calls on court to oust prime minister

    Political and Legal News 07/20/2017

    Opposition parties in Pakistan on Monday called on the Supreme Court to remove Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from office after an investigation found that he and his family possess wealth exceeding their known sources of income.The investigation is lin...

  • Idaho Supreme Court to hear veto challenge arguments

    Idaho Supreme Court to hear veto challenge arguments

    Political and Legal News 06/15/2017

    Proponents of a lawsuit challenging Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter's veto of a contentious grocery tax repeal bill will present arguments in front of the Idaho Supreme Court on Thursday.State GOP Reps. Ron Nate and Bryan Zollinger, both from eastern Idaho, ...

  • South Dakota and Flandreau Santee Sioux tribe clash in court

    South Dakota and Flandreau Santee Sioux tribe clash in court

    Political and Legal News 05/17/2017

    The Flandreau Santee Sioux tribe is suing South Dakota over the state's interpretation that contractors working on an expansion of the Royal River Casino are required to pay contractor excise taxes to the state.The Argus Leader reported that the laws...

  • High court could soon signal view on Trump immigration plans

    High court could soon signal view on Trump immigration plans

    Political and Legal News 05/17/2017

    Supreme Court decisions in a half-dozen cases dealing with immigration over the next two months could reveal how the justices might evaluate Trump administration actions on immigration, especially stepped-up deportations.Some of those cases could be ...

  • Court revives black TV network's discrimination lawsuit

    Court revives black TV network's discrimination lawsuit

    Political and Legal News 05/07/2017

    A federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit claiming that a North Carolina city discriminated against an African-American-owned television network.A divided three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday reversed a lower court...

  • Court: Gay couple's suit against Kentucky clerk can proceed

    Court: Gay couple's suit against Kentucky clerk can proceed

    Political and Legal News 05/07/2017

    A federal appeals court says a gay couple's lawsuit seeking damages from a Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue them a marriage license can proceed. The ruling revives an issue that pulled the state into the center of a national debate over sam...

  • Fresno killings suspect shouts out during 1st court hearing

    Fresno killings suspect shouts out during 1st court hearing

    Political and Legal News 04/23/2017

    increasingly hit the United States as he was ushered into a cramped courtroom for his first appearance before a judge.Kori Ali Muhammad, 39, was supposed to be officially informed about the first-degree murder charge he is accused of in the shooting ...

  • White officer headed to court ahead of civil rights trial

    White officer headed to court ahead of civil rights trial

    Political and Legal News 04/23/2017

    A white former South Carolina police officer charged in the death of an unarmed black motorist is expected in court as his federal trial approaches.A motions hearing is scheduled Friday in the case against 35-year-old Michael Slager.Slager's federal ...

  • International court orders reparations for Congo attack

    International court orders reparations for Congo attack

    Political and Legal News 04/03/2017

    The International Criminal Court on Friday awarded symbolic reparations of $250 each to nearly 300 people who lost relatives, property or livestock or suffered psychological harm in a deadly attack on a Congolese village in 2003.Judges also awarded c...

  • Supreme Court won't hear Ohio man's Amish hair-cutting case

    Supreme Court won't hear Ohio man's Amish hair-cutting case

    Political and Legal News 02/24/2017

    The U.S. Supreme Court won't review the case of the Ohio leader of a breakaway group that was accused in hair- and beard-cutting attacks on fellow Amish.Defense lawyers challenged the constitutionality of the federal hate crimes law and how a kidnapp...

  • German court excludes Jewish brothers from Auschwitz trial

    German court excludes Jewish brothers from Auschwitz trial

    Political and Legal News 02/15/2017

    A German court has excluded two elderly Jewish American men from joining the trial of a 96-year-old former Auschwitz SS medic, because their mother was not killed in the death camp's gas chambers during the time covered in the indictment.Hubert Zafke...

  • Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear open meetings case

    Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear open meetings case

    Political and Legal News 02/15/2017

    The Wisconsin Supreme Court is to hear arguments in a case that could give school boards and other governmental bodies a way around the open meetings law.The case up for argument Wednesday focuses on whether meetings of a committee created by employe...