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Alabama was set to kill Sonny Burton on Thursday. Governor Kay Ivey stopped it.

Sonny Burton did not kill anyone, but Alabama put him on death row. Update: Ivey granted Burton clemency on March 10, commuting his death sentence to a life sentence.
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Although recent litigation has focused on troop deployments to American cities, a new challenge in Minnesota looks at DOJ's use of JAG lawyers in…
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Trump admin effort to claim Kari Lake had power over Voice of America was illegal, judge rules
"The Court declines Lake’s invitation to do such violence to the statutory and constitutional scheme," Judge Lamberth ruled on Saturday. And, for paid…
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Here's the Law Dork filing you can't access on PACER. All of this refugee case's filings should be online.
A magistrate judge denied Law Dork's request for online access to the docket in a significant refugee rights case in Minnesota. Law Dork's lawyers filed…
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Judge moves, cautiously, toward civil contempt in case over treatment of trans people in prison
“Once I issue an order, it’s my intent to enforce it,“ Judge Lamberth told the government. And: Facing the Trump administration's ridiculousness. Until…
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SCOTUS conservatives block California gender-identity student protections, N.Y. map change
The two Monday night orders were issued over the objections of the three liberal justices.
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DOJ is [not?] dropping its appeals of losses in the law firm order cases. What is going on?
Update: DOJ reverses course, seeking to keep the appeals going. And: SCOTUS heard arguments over a federal law banning firearm possession by users of…
 • Chris Geidner
Federal judge blocks new DHS policy that would allow arrest of thousands of legal refugees
"The new policy turns the refugees’ American Dream into a dystopian nightmare," Judge Tunheim wrote.
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Federal prison officials face civil contempt hearing, as ICE is threatened with criminal contempt
Orders from two Republican judicial appointees Thursday show greater willingness to push back with increasingly harsh tools in the face of continued…
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Trans inmate's lawyers claim "egregious retaliation" in violation of court order
Trans woman involved in a lawsuit challenging anti-trans policies says federal prison official told her on Feb. 22: “I don’t give a fuck what that judge…
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