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An Iowa Pot User Serving 4 Years for Gun Possession Gets Another Chance To Challenge His Prosecution

Alexander Ledvina was convicted of violating a federal law at the center of a Second Amendment case that the Supreme Court is considering.

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Man Accused of Soliciting Teen Girl Walks Because of Federal Overreach

The DOJ tried to claim jurisdiction because he drove on a road.

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Minnesota Cop Who Fabricated a Sex-Trafficking Ring Won't Be Held Accountable

The officer made up information and lied multiple times under oath but the government says she has federal immunity.

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Minnesota Woman Jailed for 2 Years Over a Fake Sex-Trafficking Ring Still Can't Sue the Cop Responsible

The case is a baffling reminder that the more power a government official has, the harder it is for a victim to get a shot at justice.

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Hunter Biden Walks Free While This Iowa Man Serves 4 Years for the Same 'Crime'

The contrast between the two cases illustrates the haphazard impact of an arbitrary, constitutionally dubious gun law.

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The 8th Circuit Court Was Right To Kill the FTC's 'Click-to-Cancel' Rule

The Federal Trade Commission ignored mandatory regulatory impact analyses in an attempt to institute its "click-to-cancel" rule.

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Federal Court Blocks Biden's Income-Based Student Loan Forgiveness Plan

The SAVE plan would have dramatically reduced the amount borrowers were required to pay back before receiving forgiveness—and cost taxpayers almost $500 billion over the next decade.

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Federal appeals court weighs challenge to Iowa ban on books with sexual content from schools

Attorneys for LGBTQ+ youth, teachers and major publishers have asked a federal appeals court to affirm a lower court order that blocked key parts of an Iowa law banning books depicting sex acts from school libraries and classrooms

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In Hawaii, Permission To Use Medical Marijuana Precludes Permission To Own a Gun

The state's gun permit policy underlines the absurdity of assuming that cannabis consumers are too dangerous to be trusted with firearms.

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Here Is Why a Federal Judge Rejected Hunter Biden's Second Amendment Challenge to His Gun Charges

Likening drug users to people who are "mentally ill and dangerous," the ruling says barring them from owning firearms is not unconstitutional on its face.

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The Supreme Court opens the door to more discrimination claims involving job transfers

The U.S. Supreme Court has made it easier for workers to bring employment discrimination suits over job transfers. The decision was unanimous, but the reasoning was not.

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THINGS TO KNOW: Deadline looms for new map in embattled North Dakota redistricting lawsuit

Time is running out on a Friday deadline for North Dakota's Legislature to enact new lines for legislative districts encompassing two tribal nations that successfully challenged the state's 2021 redistricting map as violating the Voting Rights Act

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8th Circuit ruling backs tribes’ effort to force lawmakers to redraw N.D. legislative boundaries

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied a request from North Dakota's secretary of state to delay a federal judge's ruling that found the state's 2021 redistricting map violated the Voting Rights Act in diluting the voting strength of two Native American tribes

The Independent UK

Civil rights groups appeal court ruling that threatens Voting Rights Act enforcement

Civil rights groups are appealing a federal court ruling that could make it harder to enforce key voting protections for people of color under the Voting Rights Act.

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Is Tou Thao More Culpable Than the Other Cops Who Helped Derek Chauvin Kill George Floyd?

The former Minneapolis officer's 57-month sentence is based largely on the premise that he was "in the best position" to save Floyd.

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A Year Post-Dobbs, Major Shifts in Abortion Access and Politics

Plus: Court rules against judge who threw child stars in jail during parents' custody dispute, inside the FTC's attempt to stop Microsoft from acquiring Call of Duty, and more...

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She Had $2,300 in Unpaid Taxes. The County Bilked Her for $25,000.

Geraldine Tyler's case is not unique; home equity theft is legal in Minnesota and 11 other states.

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