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Street near Miami named for Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson came home to South Florida to celebrate the renaming of a street in her honor in the community where she grew up

The Independent UK

Alaska: OK to discriminate against LGBTQ

Alaska’s civil rights agency quietly deleted language promising equal protections for LGBTQ Alaskans

Salon

Illinois leads nation in applications for student debt relief

The Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that could derail hopes of canceled student debt for 1.5 million Illinois residents.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Fox libel defense at odds with top GOP presidential foes

A $1.6 billion lawsuit against Fox News for its coverage of false claims surrounding the 2020 presidential election isn’t the only thing putting pressure on the standard for U.S. libel law

The Independent UK

Abortion clinic ban heads to Utah governor for signature

The fate of abortion clinics in Utah now lies with Gov. Spencer Cox after lawmakers finalized and passed a measure to ban them in the state

The Independent UK

NC Supreme Court case complicates federal redistricting case over congressional districts

RALEIGH, N.C. — A decision by the Republican majority of the North Carolina Supreme Court has complicated the work of the U.S. Supreme Court justices trying to decide whether the lower courts infringed on state lawmakers’ authority to write election law.

Tribune News Service

The Other Jurisdictional Question in Moore v. Harper

Did the state court have jurisdiction to grant rehearing?

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Founding fathers didn’t own AR-15s or large capacity magazines, Pritzker and Raoul argue in defense of ban

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed the brief to answer challenges to the assault weapon ban, arguing the nation’s founding fathers owned guns that could only shoot a single shot before reloading — proving assault weapons weren’t in “common use” at the time.

Chicago Sun-Times

California Holds Its Breath as Supreme Court Weighs Student Loan Forgiveness

The economic future of millions of Californians hangs in the balance.

Capital & Main

Yes, it's time for the Bulls**t Awards

Of course your favorite ex-president gets a special prize. But there are so many other contenders. Stay tuned!

Salon

Florida bill seeks death penalty for child rapists, challenging US justices' prior rulings

TAMPA, Fla. — Acting on a proposal from Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida lawmakers filed legislation Wednesday to allow the death penalty for adults convicted of sexual battery of children younger than 12.

Tribune News Service

Anti-choice law firm fuels election lies

Catholic-led law firm sowing doubts about election integrity as part of its long-term strategy to battle abortion

Salon

How the Supreme Court has promoted myths about sex offender registries

Twenty years ago, the justices deemed registration preventive rather than punitive.

Chicago Sun-Times

Supreme Court conservatives could spike Biden’s plan to cancel student loan debt

More than 40 million Americans are eligible for relief under president’s plan, which has been blocked for months as Republican officials and conservative activist groups take their cases to nation’s high court

The Independent UK

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Ballotpedia

Robe & Gavel: SCOTUS closes February sitting

Welcome to the Feb. 28 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.

Al Jazeera

US Supreme Court weighs Biden’s college student debt relief

Joe Biden wants to forgive student debt for millions, but critics argue he overstepped his authority.

The Conversation

Mocking the police got an Ohio man arrested – and the Supreme Court ignored The Onion's plea to define the limits of parody

Can Americans be jailed for making fun of the government? Most would respond with a resounding “No, of course not! The First Amendment protects us from that.”

Tribune News Service

Activists aim for Supreme Court with local abortion bans in blue states

Nearly 70 cities and counties across rural America have banned abortion in the past few years as part of a slow-burning conservative campaign to outlaw the procedure everywhere.

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Reason

SCOTUS Says Domestic Spying Is Too Secret To Be Challenged in Court

Officials shield government abuses from litigation by claiming “national security.” The Supreme Court declined to weigh in.

WEKU

How a Supreme Court justice's paragraph put the Voting Rights Act in more danger

Justice Neil Gorsuch tacked on a handful of sentences to a 2021 Supreme Court ruling, planting the seeds of a legal fight that could further weaken Voting Rights Act protections for people of color.

The Texas Tribune

Texas abortion funds likely safe from prosecution, federal judge rules

U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman dismissed Attorney General Ken Paxton from the lawsuit, ruling he had no authority to enforce Texas’ abortion bans beyond state lines.

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The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration, February 24, 2023

Welcome to The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration. Every Friday, we deliver the latest updates on election policy around the country, including legislative activity, big-picture trends, and recent news.

Daily Mirror

Donald Dillbeck execution: Killer who slashed woman's throat in jail escape put to death

Donald Dillbeck has been executed in Florida for slashing the throat of a woman after he escaped from prison where he was serving a sentence for shooting dead a police officer

The Independent UK

Man to be executed for 1990 Florida murder while a fugitive

A man convicted of fatally stabbing a woman near Florida's Capitol 32 years ago is set to be executed by lethal injection

Chicago Tribune

New Illinois law gives additional hope to youngest felons facing life in prison

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Nelson Morris was only 17 when he was arrested for a double murder that eventually doomed him to spend the rest of his life in prison, with no chance of parole.

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