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US judge slashes $80 million award in Monsanto cancer case
A U.S. judge lowered a jury's damage award from $80 million to $25 million for a California cancer victim who used Monsanto's Roundup weed-killer.
US high court urged to take up texting suicide appeal
A woman who encouraged her suicidal boyfriend in a barrage of text messages to take his own life should have her involuntary manslaughter conviction thrown out because it violated her right to free speech, her lawyers told the nation's highest court on Monday.
Iowa system still the best way to have fair maps
The nation’s high court isn’t going to rescue Wisconsin or any other states from gerrymandered voting districts. Citizens are going to have to mend this themselves. And a renewed push to approve Assembly Bill 303 starts now. Call or write your representative and senator and tell them to get behind this fair process for drawing […]
Federal judges dismiss Wisconsin redistricting lawsuit
A three-judge panel has dismissed a federal lawsuit challenging Republican-drawn legislative boundaries following a weighty U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
Supreme Court to decide on Trump bid to end DACA
The Supreme Court will decide whether President Donald Trump can end an Obama administration program shielding young immigrants from deportation.
Redistricting cases press on, even after high court ruling
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling Thursday rejecting partisan gerrymandering claims in North Carolina and Maryland will effectively end similar federal lawsuits in several states. But it isn't likely to stop other cases challenging congressional or state legislative districts on different grounds or in different venues.
Justices deal blow to effort to limit partisan districts
The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a huge blow to attempts to combat the drawing of electoral districts for partisan gain on Thursday in a ruling that could embolden political line-drawing after the 2020 census.
Judge: Census question might have discriminatory motive
New evidence paints a "disturbing picture" that racial discrimination may be the motive behind the Trump administration's push to ask everyone in the country about citizenship status, a federal judge wrote in a Monday filing.
US sports bets hit $9 billion a year after court ruling
At least $9 billion has been bet — legally — on sports in the U.S. in the year since New Jersey's victory in a U.S. Supreme Court case cleared the way for other states to do it.
ACLU seeks delay in decision on census question
The American Civil Liberties Union is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hold off issuing a decision about whether to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census.
US Supreme Court rejects challenge to regulation of gun silencers
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a challenge to federal regulation of gun silencers Monday, just days after a gunman used one in a shooting rampage that killed 12 people in Virginia.
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