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US High Court To Hear Challenge To $6bn Purdue Opioid Settlement

The US Supreme Court is to hear a challenge on Monday to Purdue Pharma's $6 billion opioids settlement immunizing the family that controlled the drugmaker from future litigation.

International Business Times

Texas Is on the Verge of Making Illegal Border Crossings a State Crime; Here's What You Need to Know

Senate Bill 4 would allow police to arrest people who do and require judges to order them to return to Mexico

Latin Times

Longtime US Justice Sandra Day O'Connor: The Power Of Moderation

Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to serve as a justice on the US Supreme Court, wielded enormous influence as the key centrist on a sharply divided bench, where she often displayed a preference for pragmatism over ideology.

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Texas is on the verge of making illegal border crossings a state crime. Here’s what you need to know.

Gov. Greg Abbott says he will sign Senate Bill 4, which would make it a state crime to cross the border between ports of entry, allow police to arrest people who do and require judges to order them to return to Mexico.

The Texas Tribune

Edward Blum's crusade against affirmative action has used the legal strategy developed by civil rights activists

Few people have been more associated with rolling back modern-day civil rights laws than Edward Blum, the former stockbroker who has successfully challenged many affirmative action and voting rights laws.

The Conversation

Why the U.S. Supreme Court’s new code of conduct stinks

The code doesn’t discourage conflicts of interest; it condones them. It doesn’t clarify what should happen in cases of misconduct; it establishes that nothing should happen, Marc H. Morial writes.

Chicago Sun-Times

Man pleads guilty to firebombing Wisconsin anti-abortion group office in 2022

A man accused of firebombing an anti-abortion office in Wisconsin has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of damaging property with explosives

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Judge says 'undated' Pennsylvania ballots should count, setting up a likely appeal

A federal judge says mailed ballots that arrive on time but in envelopes without dates handwritten by Pennsylvania voters should be counted. The case is likely to end up before the U.S. Supreme Court.

WEKU

Tribe rips "preposterous" Trump ruling

Exempting the president from Constitution's insurrectionist ban makes no sense, Tribe told Salon

Salon

Supreme Court declines to hear Derek Chauvin’s appeal in George Floyd’s murder

Floyd’s murder galvanised widespread protests across America against police brutality

The Independent UK

U.S. Supreme Court’s new code of conduct is too little, too late

Lacking both enforcement and the weight of law, the new code is both useless and toothless.

Chicago Sun-Times

Colo. ruling: "Worst decision" for Trump

Trump bragged about his Colorado court win but longtime appeals lawyer warns he faces "extreme headwinds"

Salon

This Woman Is Fighting For Your Right To Honk Your Horn

She’s asking the US Supreme Court to protect it under the First Amendment.

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Texas executes David Renteria for 2001 murder of El Paso girl

Renteria’s attorneys unsuccessfully argued that the El Paso District Attorney’s Office violated his constitutional rights by not releasing all documents in his case. He was the eight person executed in Texas in 2023.

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Alabama to execute man for 1993 slaying of friend's father during robbery

Alabama is scheduled to execute a man convicted in the killing of a friend's father during a 1993 robbery

The Texas Tribune

Mexico “rejects” Texas’ proposal to allow state police to deport undocumented immigrants

Mexico said Texas’ Senate Bill 4 will violate the human rights of Mexican immigrants living in Texas. Gov. Greg Abbott said he plans to sign the proposal into law.

The Texas Tribune

Ken Paxton names administrative law expert with conservative bona fides Texas’ solicitor general

Aaron Nielson will take a one-year leave of absence from BYU’s law school to lead the influential unit within the attorney general’s office.

Reason

Professor Aaron Nielson Is The New Texas Solicitor General

I am thrilled to pass along this press release: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced his appointment of Aaron Nielson as Solicitor General. "I am delighted to welcome Aaron as Solicitor General. In this position, he will lead the critical appellate work for some of our most significant, far-reaching…

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The Supreme Court adopts first-ever code of ethics

The U.S. Supreme Court is adopting a code of ethics for its justices amid mounting criticism of gifts and trips from wealthy benefactors to certain justices.

The Texas Tribune

Texas executes Brent Brewer, who spent three decades on death row, for murder of Amarillo man

Brewer lost a clemency appeal earlier this week, despite one of his jurors pleading that his life be spared and an expert witness’ methods put into question. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to pause Brewer’s execution Thursday afternoon to hear arguments about the “junk science” used against him.

The Independent UK

Texas inmate who says death sentence based on false expert testimony faces execution

A Texas inmate whose attorneys say received a death sentence due to false and unscientific expert testimony is facing execution for fatally stabbing an Amarillo man during a robbery more than 33 years ago

Chicago Sun-Times

Supreme Court hears arguments in veteran’s case that could open up additional GI Bill benefits

Several justices, including Chief Justice John Roberts, seemed sympathetic toward James Rudisill, a decorated Army veteran who says the VA cut short his benefits and thwarted his dream of attending Yale’s divinity school.

WEKU

Abortion rights win big in 2023 elections, again

Voters in Ohio, Virginia and Kentucky signaled support for abortion rights, even where it wasn't directly on the ballot, more than a year after the Supreme Court rolled them back.

Chicago Sun-Times

Advocates angered by delay in passing ‘Karina’s Bill,’ aimed at taking guns from those accused of domestic violence

“There’s no reason that they couldn’t call this bill and save additional lives in Illinois, and they simply chose not to,” said Amanda Pyron of the Network, a coalition of advocacy groups for victims of domestic violence.

WEKU

High court seems likely to uphold law banning guns for accused domestic abusers

If so, the decision would be a small retreat from the Supreme Court's sweeping decision on gun rights last year.

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