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A police dog’s paws are at the heart of a new Supreme Court case

A suspect pulled over by police says his rights were violated by the dog’s behaviour

The Independent UK

Prosecutors seeking new indictment for Hunter Biden before end of September

A plea deal with federal prosecutors on a gun possession charge that would have kept Hunter Biden out of prison fell through in July. Members of Congress are mulling impeachment proceedings against President Joe Biden.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lawsuit contends Constitution’s ‘insurrection’ clause bars Trump from running again for president

As former President Donald Trump leads the GOP pack heading into 2024 he faces four criminal cases. A lawsuit alleges he cannot run based on a clause prohibiting those who support insurrection from seeking higher office.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Federal court panel overturns Alabama’s revised congressional redistricting plan

A three-judge panel of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama ruled on Sept. 5 that the revised congressional district boundaries that the Alabama legislature enacted on July 21, 2023, were not in accordance with the Voting Rights Act. The state adopted the revised congressional map…

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Alabama’s defiant new voting map rejected by federal court — after Republicans ignored the Supreme Court’s directive to add a second majority-Black House district

In a rebuke of the Alabama legislature, a panel of three federal judges rejected on Sept. 5, 2023, the state’s proposed voting districts that failed to create a second district where Black voters could elect a political candidate of their choice.

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Kentucky Democrat Beshear links GOP challenger to reality of abortion law in reelection campaign

Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear has pushed his opposition to Kentucky’s abortion ban to the forefront of his reelection campaign

The Independent UK

Legal fights over voting districts could play role in control of Congress for 2024

Recent court rulings in some southern states could affect the battle for control of Congress in the 2024 election

The Independent UK

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Judges reject Alabama’s congressional lines, will draw new districts to increase Black voting power

A three-judge panel has blocked Alabama’s new congressional map after lawmakers failed to create a second district where Black voters at least came close to comprising a majority, as suggested by the court

The Independent UK

Alabama's congressional map is struck down again for diluting Black voters' power

Alabama is once again appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court a lower court order that struck down the state's congressional map for likely violating the Voting Rights Act by diluting Black voters' power.

WEKU

After years of fighting, a praying football coach got his job back. Now he's unsure he wants it

Years after assistant coach Joe Kennedy left a Washington state high school football team over objections to his post-game praying on the field, he has returned to the gridiron thanks to a Supreme Court decision

The Independent UK

Groups seek to use the Constitution's 'insurrection' clause to block Trump from 2024 ballots

Liberal groups are trying to end Donald Trump's attempt to return to the White House by arguing that he is no longer eligible to be president after trying to overturn the 2020 election results

The Independent UK

In Iowa and elsewhere, bans on LGBTQ+ ‘conversion therapy’ become a conservative target

One of Iowa’s largest cities is the latest municipality to repeal its ban on so-called LGBTQ+ conversion therapy

The Independent UK

Are Capital Gains Taxes Headed to the Supreme Court?

A conservative think tank wants the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on a controversial state capital gains tax.

Kiplinger

Five key issues to look out for at first US Republican debate

Candidates will look to narrow former President Donald Trump’s lead in race for 2024 Republican presidential nomination.

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The Conversation

Ohio voters kept it easy to pass a constitutional amendment protecting abortion − but also for the majority to someday limit other rights

Issue 1 on the Ohio ballot, which aimed to raise the threshold to change the state constitution from a simple majority – 50% of voters plus one – to 60%, got enormous national attention for a state ballot measure in an off-year special election.

The Independent UK

How a law associated with mobsters could be central in possible charges against Trump

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis opened her investigation into Donald Trump after the release of a recording of a January 2021 phone call between Trump and Georgia’s secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger

The Texas Tribune

A prison guard says she was forced to stay at her post during labor pains. Texas is fighting compensation for her stillbirth.

The seven-months-pregnant officer reported contraction-like pains at work, but said she wasn’t allowed to leave for hours. The anti-abortion state is fighting her lawsuit, in part by saying her fetus didn’t clearly have rights.

Fortune

The corporate diversity backlash is here after affirmative action ruling

The Supreme Court's affirmative action decision is already affecting corporate diversity efforts.

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In federal trial, Galveston County challenged on efforts to undo Black and Latino voting power

The coastal county faces a drawn-out trial over claims of intentional discrimination in its 2021 redistricting of commissioners court precincts. The only district in which Black and Latino voters could meaningfully influence elections was dismantled.

The Independent UK

Lawsuit says Tennessee's US House and state Senate maps discriminate against communities of color

Tennessee is facing a lawsuit over a congressional redistricting map that carved up Democratic-leaning Nashville to help Republicans flip a seat in last year’s elections

The Texas Tribune

How the Texas AG’s office became a pipeline for conservative federal judges

In just a few decades, the Texas attorney general’s office became a powerhouse in national legal fights over abortion, health care and immigration. Here’s a timeline of how it happened.

The Independent UK

Wisconsin lawsuit asks new liberal-controlled Supreme Court to toss Republican-drawn maps

A lawsuit filed with Wisconsin’s newly liberal-controlled state Supreme Court argues that Republican-drawn legislative maps are unconstitutional and must be redone

Reason

Minnesota Caretaker Gets Lifetime Ban for Crime She Didn't Commit

Even if background check applicants are guilty of wrongdoing, imposing lifetime bans on gainful employment is not a good policy.

The Texas Tribune

Part 2: Texas backlash to Obama fueled conservative drive to reinterpret U.S. Constitution

Barraging the Obama administration with lawsuits, the Texas attorney general’s office wasn’t just trying to block policies. It was injecting disruptive, overtly Christian legal philosophies into the mainstream, and grooming a generation of conservative legal warriors.

The Texas Tribune

Part 1: In 1998, a legal revolution was quietly born in Texas. It would pull America’s courts rightward.

With his election as Texas attorney general, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn planted the seeds of conservatism. Gov. Greg Abbott used his tenure to cultivate them into an aggressive strain of right-wing activism aimed at driving the nation’s courts and laws to the right.

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