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Brooklyn rape suspect was free under NY’s new bail-reform law

A man arrested for allegedly trying to rape a straphanger in a Bay Ridge subway bathroom last week had been freed under the state’s...

Privacy law may make students harder to count for census

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A student privacy law will complicate the U.S. Census Bureau’s ability to get complete information about students living in college-run housing...

Law firm representing Rudy Giuliani beset by sordid allegations, partner exodus

A law firm representing Rudy Giuliani in the Ukraine affair is locked in a bitter court battle with a former partner that has revealed...

Ad industry seeks to delay new California data privacy law

Some of the advertising industry’s biggest trade associations are asking California’s attorney general to delay enforcement of the state’s new privacy law. Starting Jan. 1,...

USMCA now law, farmers predict local impact

DANE COUNTY, Wis. - Local dairy farmers are giving their mixed reactions to the USMCA signed into law Wednesday morning. President Donald Trump called the United...

Tennessee passes law allowing agencies to deny LGBTQ adoption applications because of religious objections

The governor of Tennessee signed a controversial law Friday that allows adoption agencies within the state to refuse to place children in homes that "violate the agency's written...

Michigan Attorney General challenges court decision involving Line 5 tunnel law

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel continued to challenge the law that provided the 2018 agreement between former Gov. Rick Snyder’s administration and...

CNN Agrees to Pay $76 Million to Settle Allegations It Violated Federal Labor Law

CNN will pay the sum of $76mn in terms of back pay for settling allegations of violating the fed labor law at the time...

Exemptions limit benefit of Maine’s new hearing aid law

A latest law that requires coverage of hearing aid by private insurers is creating confusion on who could benefit from this mandate. The new hearing...

Federal law and proposed state law will raise smoking age to 21

A federal law recently rose smoking age to 21 years old and now, the state also is planning to make a similar change. On Friday,...

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When the majority disagrees on the shadow docket

Cases and Controversies is a recurring series by Carolyn Shapiro, primarily focusing on the effects of the Supreme Court’s rulings, opinions, and procedures on...

Mississippi urges court to uphold restrictions on children’s access to social media

Mississippi on Wednesday urged the Supreme Court to leave in place restrictions on access by young people to major social media sites like...

What heavy metal band is each Supreme Court justice?

Those who know me well know that two things I love are the Supreme Court and heavy metal (not necessarily in that order)....

Where the Supreme Court’s two most conservative justices part ways

If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want a more conservative court, go together. That twist on the popular proverb, or...

The ways in which justices reach their decisions

Empirical SCOTUS is a recurring series by Adam Feldman that looks at Supreme Court data, primarily in the form of opinions and oral arguments,...
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