A Paducah criminal defense attorney has been appointed special judge on the Kentucky Supreme Court. Governor Andy Beshear on Friday appointed Emily Roark, a partner at the Bryant Law Center in Paducah, to represent the 1st Supreme Court District on an upcoming case. Roark told The Sun it was an honor to sit on the … Read more
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Florida. – The state Supreme Court officially declined to hear the case of a Miami Gardens pastor who filed a $ 50 million lawsuit against WPLG, but it’s not over yet. The pastor and his attorneys were asked to pay more than $ 70,000 to Local 10 News after Eric Readon lost his … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO – California prisoners are entitled to a lawyer when challenging their convictions for murders committed by others, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday. The court’s ruling means hundreds of inmates who want to use a two-year-old law to battle their convictions have the right to use court-appointed attorneys to represent their cases, the … Read more
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a lower court order preventing Republican lawmakers from hiring private attorneys before the next round of reallocation. The judges also approved an expedited appeal against the decision of Dane County Circuit Court Judge Stephen Ehlke in April when he ruled that lawmakers cannot hire outside lawyers until a … Read more
A unanimous ruling by the US Supreme Court on Monday affects thousands of North Carolina immigrants who have been granted temporary protection status. The Supreme Court ruled that those who entered the country illegally and were later granted temporary protection status, often referred to as TPS, are not eligible to apply for permanent residence. About … Read more
CHARLESTON – A coalition of attorneys general from across the country, including Patrick Morrisey of West Virginia AG, has asked the US Supreme Court to approve an appeals court ruling related to the EPA and its power to “decarbonize virtually everyone Sectors “cancel the economy …” Morrisey announced the motion Thursday, calling on the High … Read more
LANSING, me. – For the fourth time in the state’s history, the Michigan Supreme Court has a female majority. One of these recently sworn women is from West Michigan. There are seven Michigan Supreme Court justices, four of whom are women. I sat down with Grand Rapids’ newly elected Judge Elizabeth Welch to brief her … Read more
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The Supreme Court ruled against the descendants of Holocaust victims whose ancestors were forced to sell valuable works of art to Nazi officials for a fraction of their real value. Under normal circumstances, individuals cannot sue foreign states in a national court. According to CNN, the judges found that the plaintiffs’ claim did not meet … Read more
Yesterday the Supreme Court removed Biden v Sierra Club (formerly known as Trump v Sierra Club) from its oral hearing calendar. This move likely ends the lengthy legal battle over the legality of former President Donald Trump’s diversion of various military construction funds to build his border wall. The court took this step at the … Read more