Tag: State Courts

In this Oct. 13, 2017, photo, youths chat at the Ramon Marin Sola Elementary School, which opened its doors as a daytime community center after the passing of Hurricane Maria in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.

Beltway Confidential

Educational opportunity comes to Puerto Rico

Jeanne Allen · August 17, 2018 6:49 pm

Delegates briefly adjourn a special session of the House of Delegates in Charleston, W.V., on Aug. 13, 2018.

West Virginia House impeaches four state Supreme Court justices

Diana Stancy Correll · August 14, 2018 1:12 am

The charges against Chief Justice Margaret Workman and Justices Beth Walker, Allen Loughry and Robin Davis, include âunnecessary and lavish spendingâ of taxpayer dollars to renovate their offices, maladministration, and corruption.

West Virginia lawmakers vote to impeach all four members of state Supreme Court

Katelyn Caralle · August 8, 2018 2:03 pm

Demonstrators rally outside the Michigan Hall of Justice in Lansing, Mich., where the Michigan Supreme Court heard arguments about whether voters in November should be able to pass a constitutional amendment that would change how the stateâs voting maps are drawn or whether such changes could only be adopted at a rarely held constitutional convention.

Michigan Supreme Court rules to allow redistricting plan on November ballot

Katelyn Caralle · August 1, 2018 12:13 pm

Wisconsin Supreme Court rules for Marquette professor who criticized liberal debate tactics

Melissa Quinn · July 6, 2018 7:37 pm

Planned Parenthood supporters rally outside the Iowa Capitol Building on May 4, 2018, in Des Moines, Iowa.

Iowa judge strikes down 72-hour waiting period for abortion

Robert King · June 29, 2018 4:55 pm

A bullet casing showing identification codes is shown through a microscope at a news conference at the Los Angeles Police Academy on Aug. 14, 2007.

California Supreme Court throws out lawsuit challenging unusual bullet identification law

Associated Press · June 29, 2018 12:41 am

FILE - This April 22, 2104 file photo shows videojournalists setting up outside the Supreme Court in Washington. The court said Monday it will hear the case of a Florida fisherman who wants the court to throw out his conviction for getting rid of some small grouper under a federal law originally aimed at the accounting industry. Commercial fishing boat captain John Yates argues that the federal government used its mighty power to convict him of tossing overboard three fish that were under the 20-inch minimum legal size for red grouper caught in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Supreme Court could limit states’ ability to impose excessive fines

Melissa Quinn · June 24, 2018 4:00 am

Pete Hegseth, former executive director of Vets For Freedom, walks to an elevator for a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower in New York, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016.

Man hit by ax during ‘Fox & Friends’ segment sues host Pete Hegseth, Fox News

Melissa Quinn · June 14, 2018 5:51 pm

Beltway Confidential

Judge in the Brock Turner case recalled by California voters

Emily Jashinsky · June 6, 2018 9:45 pm

Court rules Maine must expand Medicaid

Kimberly Leonard · June 4, 2018 9:54 pm

Six Sandy Hook families sue Alex Jones for defamation

Melissa Quinn · May 23, 2018 4:49 pm