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A newly announced immigration policy from the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is raising alarm among immigration attorneys after federal officials signaled that many immigrants on temporary visas may now be required to leave the United States to complete the green card process abroad. According to new guidance issued May…
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In an unusual convergence of judicial politics and prosecutorial power, three current Fulton County assistant district attorneys have filed to run against sitting judges in the upcoming election cycle, sparking debate among legal ethics experts about whether District Attorney Fani Willis has overstepped her role. Will Wooten, a prosecutor who worked on the Trump election…
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The Supreme Court’s growing reliance on its emergency docket, often called the “shadow docket” by critics, has sparked an extraordinary public dispute between Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and Justice Samuel Alito, exposing deep divisions over how the nation’s highest court should handle politically charged cases in an election year. At the center of the conflict…
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An emergency application tied to Georgia’s recent Supreme Court election remains active before the Supreme Court of the United States, raising broader constitutional questions about judicial campaign speech, due process and the power of state disciplinary bodies to publicly disclose allegations against candidates before investigations are complete. The legal dispute stems from a lawsuit filed…
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A bill designed to expand legal protections and court-ordered support services for unaccompanied immigrant children in Illinois is headed to the governor’s desk after passing the state Senate this week. The legislation, led by Cristina Castro, seeks to create a clearer legal pathway for immigrant children in federal custody to access Illinois courts and receive…
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Mary Moriarty has filed multiple felony charges against an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent accused of shooting a Minneapolis man during a January enforcement operation tied to the controversial federal initiative known as Operation Metro Surge. According to the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office, ICE agent Christian Castro was charged Monday with four counts of second-degree…
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Entrepreneur and digital business owner Abra McField says a yearslong business dispute that allegedly left her locked out of her own company systems, customer databases, and intellectual property has escalated into federal litigation involving trademark infringement and breach-of-contract claims. McField, who shared details of the dispute in a lengthy Instagram video and accompanying statement, alleged…
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A Georgia attorney is urging voters to remain “vigilant and undeterred” as Georgians head to the polls Tuesday in closely watched Supreme Court races overshadowed by late-breaking judicial conduct allegations against two candidates. Danielle Bess, Esq., a Georgia-based attorney and legal commentator known online as @imalawyerinreallife, issued the warning in an Instagram video posted on…
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The US Supreme Court on Thursday temporarily preserved nationwide telehealth and mail access to the abortion medication mifepristone, blocking a lower court ruling that threatened to reinstate strict in-person dispensing requirements while a major legal fight continues. The unsigned order in Danco Laboratories, LLC v. Louisiana and the consolidated case GenBioPro, Inc. v. Louisiana keeps…
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Former Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip has been granted bond and ordered released from prison while awaiting a retrial, marking a dramatic turn in a case that has drawn national attention for nearly three decades over allegations of prosecutorial misconduct and wrongful conviction. Oklahoma District Judge Natalie Mai ruled Thursday, May 14, 2026, that…
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