Recent Updates
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Palin's son moves to court program after assaulting father
Court Watch 06/19/2018Track Palin was formally accepted into a diversion court program Tuesday after assaulting his father, the former first gentleman of the state of Alaska, so severely it left him bleeding from the head.Palin, the son of 2008 Republican vice presidentia...
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Court: Montana minimizes impact of mining near Yellowstone
Court Watch 06/01/2018A gold exploration proposal near Yellowstone National Park faced a significant setback as a judge blamed Montana officials for understating the potential for mining to harm land, water and wildlife.The ruling released Friday means the Montana Departm...
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Swedish court: Ghana international to be jailed, deported
Court Watch 05/30/2018A Swedish court has sentenced a Ghana international to 32 months in prison after Kingsley Sarfo was found guilty of two cases of rape of an under-aged girl.The Malmo District Court says the 23-year old Sarfo, a midfielder with top Swedish club Malmo ...
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Justices allow Arkansas to enforce abortion restrictions
Court Watch 05/26/2018The Supreme Court is allowing Arkansas to put in effect restrictions on how abortion pills are administered. Critics of a challenged state law say it could effectively end medication abortions in the state.The justices did not comment Tuesday in reje...
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Climate change lawsuit filed by Alaska youth goes to court
Court Watch 04/16/2018The state has argued in court that a climate change lawsuit filed by 16 young Alaska residents should be thrown out because climate policies must be decided by the state Legislature and the executive branch, not the courts.The state and plaintiffs ar...
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Analysis: Voter ID Fight Testing Court as Much as New Law
Court Watch 04/16/2018The Arkansas Supreme Court's decision to allow the state to enforce its voter ID law in this month's primary while justices consider whether the measure is unconstitutional sets up a test over Republican lawmakers' efforts to reinstate a law struck d...
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Supreme Court hearing case about online sales tax collection
Court Watch 04/06/2018The Supreme Court is hearing arguments about whether a rule it announced decades ago in a case involving a catalog retailer should still apply in the age of the internet.The case on Tuesday focuses on businesses' collection of sales tax on online pur...
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Randle, an enforcer on the court, is a gentle giant elsewhere
Court Watch 03/21/2018Nick Young and Jordan Clarkson were not scheduled to speak at Julius Randle’s wedding. It was an elegant affair, bathed in white roses to celebrate a love that began almost instantly when Randle met Kendra Shaw at a friend’s party in coll...
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Court rules Puigdemont must return to Spain for re-election
Court Watch 01/17/2018Spain's top court said Saturday that Catalonia's fugitive ex-president must return to the country and be present in the regional parliament to receive the authority to form a new government.The Constitutional Court ruled that a session of Catalonia's...
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Hong Kong court to rule later on 3 activists' prison terms
Court Watch 01/15/2018Three Hong Kong activists will have to wait to learn the outcome of their final appeal Tuesday to overturn prison sentences for their roles in sparking 2014's massive pro-democracy protests in the semiautonomous Chinese city.Judges at Hong Kong's top...
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Supreme Court to hear sales tax collection case
Court Watch 01/11/2018The Supreme Court agreed Friday to wade into the issue of sales tax collection on internet purchases in a case that could force consumers to pay more for certain purchases and allow states to recoup what they say is billions in lost revenue annually....
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Court: Yes, there is doctor-patient confidentiality
Court Watch 01/07/2018Connecticut's highest court has ruled on an issue that most people may think is already settled, saying doctors have a duty to keep patients' medical records confidential and can be sued if they don't.The Supreme Court's 6-0 decision Thursday overtur...