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Supreme Court weighs challenge to EPA rule; student loans wiped under SAVE plan

The Supreme Court considers whether to pause an EPA rule meant to reduce pollution that drifts across states. The Education Department canceled loans for nearly 153,000 borrowers on the SAVE plan.

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Alabama's largest hospital says it is halting IVF treatments in wake of court ruling

Fertility clinics in Alabama are contemplating next steps after the state Supreme Court ruled that frozen fertilized eggs are children — and discarding them would be a crime.

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Wisconsin Senate Attempts to Pass New Legislative Map Before Court

The Wisconsin Senate aims to pass new legislative maps ahead of the state Supreme Court. Stakes are high as political control is at stake in this battlegro...

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Colorado GOP asks Supreme Court to overturn Trump’s ballot removal

The former president’s legal team is expected to file its own appeal to the nation’s highest court

The Independent UK

Illinois Supreme Court finds Chicago not liable for cyclists who hit potholes on roads not ‘intended’ for bikes

A bicyclist injured when he hit a pothole in Lincoln Square sued the city. The state Supreme Court rules that cyclists are ‘permitted’ users of roads and not ‘intended’ users unless signs indicate otherwise.

Chicago Sun-Times

Supreme Courts in 3 states will hear cases about abortion access this week

Supreme court justices in Arizona, New Mexico, and Wyoming will hear arguments in cases that will impact abortion access across the Mountain West. Here's what to know.

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Wisconsin Supreme Court weighs case seeking to end state's school choice programs

Supporters of Wisconsin’s taxpayer-funded school choice and independent charter school programs are urging the state Supreme Court to reject a lawsuit seeking to declare the programs unconstitutional

The Independent UK

Judge pauses Ken Paxton whistleblower lawsuit

Former top aides to the Texas attorney general are seeking damages for their firings after they reported Paxton to the FBI. The Legislature opted not to authorize a $3.3 million settlement in the lawsuit.

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Georgia judge declines to freeze law to discipline prosecutors, suggesting she will reject challenge

A judge is declining to freeze a new Georgia law creating a commission to discipline and remove state prosecutors

The Independent UK

UK professor who testified in redistricting case now before state Supreme Court doubts ‘independen

Dr. Stephen Voss has been a political science professor at the University of Kentucky since 1998. Last year, he was called on by Attorney General Daniel Cameron to testify in the case that’s now before the state Supreme Court.

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Republican legislatures flex muscles to maintain power in two closely divided states

In North Carolina and Wisconsin, Republicans are trying to seize power over elections and redistricting

The Independent UK

2 controversial votes at Wisconsin's state Capitol show GOP efforts to shape elections

Two votes in the Wisconsin Capitol Thursday demonstrate Republicans' controversial efforts to shape election rules in the battleground state going into the 2024 election cycle.

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Illinois’ election board fields questions about knocking Trump off March primary ballot

A top state election official says it would be up to Illinois’ judiciary, not the State Board of Elections, to ultimately decide whether Donald Trump’s role in the Jan. 6 insurrection disqualifies him as a candidate for president.

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Wisconsin impeachment: Another MAGA coup

Republicans in the Badger State hatch an ingenious plot to thwart voters — but ultimately, they will pay the price

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Florida abortion rights at stake as state Supreme Court takes up challenge to GOP-led restrictions

The fate of abortion rights in Florida will be at stake when the state Supreme Court is expected to take up a challenge to a law banning the procedure in most cases after 15 weeks of pregnancy

The Independent UK

In Utah and Kansas, state courts flex power over new laws regulating abortion post-Roe

State courts in Utah and Kansas are planning to hear arguments Tuesday in legal challenges involving new abortion laws since the overturning of Roe v. Wade

The Independent UK

Major cases await as liberals exert control of Wisconsin Supreme Court

Conflicts on Wisconsin’s newly liberal controlled state Supreme Court spilled out publicly as the court majority flipped this week, setting the stage for deep divisions on major cases that could determine voting rules in this battleground state, the legality of abortions and legislative boundary lines

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Block on Iowa's strict abortion law can be appealed, state Supreme Court says

The Iowa Supreme Court says Gov. Kim Reynolds can appeal a temporary block on the state’s restrictive abortion law

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Many redistricting redos pending, but ’24 election outlook unclear

Lines could be redrawn — or litigation could drag on — in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, New York, North Carolina South Carolina and Utah.

The Independent UK

Democrats eye Wisconsin high court's new liberal majority to win abortion and redistricting rulings

Wisconsin’s Supreme Court will flip from majority conservative to liberal control next month and Democrats have high hopes the change will lead to the state’s abortion ban being overturned and maps redrawn to weaken GOP control of the Legislature and congressional districts

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois set to be first state to end cash bail after state Supreme Court ruling

Landmark criminal justice reform isn’t unconstitutional, should take effect in September, justices rule Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Georgia's top court rejects Trump attempt to thwart prosecutor in 2020 election investigation

Georgia's highest court has rejected former President Donald Trump's request to block a district attorney from prosecuting him for his actions in wake of the 2020 election

Chicago Sun-Times

Former ComEd CEO says her bribery conviction shouldn’t lead to sanctions against her law license

Anne Pramaggiore was found guilty of bribing former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. Now she’s fighting to keep her law license.

Tribune News Service

Florida Supreme Court justice should recuse himself on key abortion case, says ex-chief justice

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Barbara Pariente, a former chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court, said Tuesday that one of the current justices, Charles Canady, should recuse himself from the case before the court that will decide if state efforts to sharply reduce access to abortion are constitutional.

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