The imposition of fines and fees on people unable to pay has had a disproportionate impact on Black and Latino communities.
Not inside: News cameras set up outside the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Federal Courthouse, where former President Donald Trump was due in court on Aug. 2, 2023.
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Honolulu, Baltimore, Charleston, S.C. and several other cities harmed by rising seas and extreme weather are suing the oil industry. At stake is who pays for the staggering costs of climate change.
Although the legal landscape is changing, bias still slows career advancements for women and people of color.
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A new study reveals a reliable pathway to make U.S. courtrooms – and senior-level positions – more diverse.
Mississippi state legislators review an option for redrawing the state’s voting districts at the state Capitol in Jackson on March 29, 2022.
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A ruling by the US Supreme Court to allow unlawful maps to be used in the midterm elections will affect who gets elected to the House of Representatives and may determine control of Congress.
Sandy Hook families aimed to hold the makers of the guns used in the shooting responsible.
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Diaries, visitor logs, handwritten notes and speech drafts are among the records Donald Trump has tried to keep from a Congressional committee investigating the Capitol riot of Jan. 6.
The Second Amendment declares the importance of state-government authorized militias, like these National Guard troops guarding the California State Capitol building.
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A recent federal court ruling appeared to expand Second Amendment rights to private citizen militias, which a historian of early America explains is not what the founders intended.
Modern presidents, including Trump and Obama, have issued far fewer executive orders than their predecessors before World War II.
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Compared to many other advanced countries, both federal and state court systems in the United States are behind in using videoconferencing in court settings.
The ABA has called for states to curtail ‘gay panic’ and ‘trans panic’ defenses.
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President Trump refuses to provide information to lawmakers in the impeachment inquiry. But courts have been reluctant to take such cases for fear of upsetting the government’s balance of power.
Putting up signs is easy. Providing workplace accommodations is harder.
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Ambiguities in the Americans with Disabilities Act have allowed employers to sidestep a major component of the law: the requirement to provide workers with ‘reasonable accommodations.’
Trump declared a national emergency in order to build a wall.
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Appointing judges to lifetime terms can be among a president’s longest lasting legacies. The overwhelming majority of Trump’s nominees are conservative, white and male.
Studies suggest few women formally complain about sexual harassment in the workplace.
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A century-old legal doctrine has protected MLB teams from liability, when a fans gets injured by a foul ball. New research shows why it’s time that changed.