Court decisions articles
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Appeals Court Publicly Rebukes California Judge for Handcuffing 13-Year-Old Girl in Court
In a rare instance of disciplinary action against a federal judge, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a public reprimand to Judge Roger Benitez of San Diego for having a 13-year-old girl handcuffed during a court session.
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Abortion is still consuming US politics and courts 2 years after a Supreme Court draft was leaked
Abortion is still consuming U.S. state legislatures, courts and political campaigns two years after the draft of a Supreme Court decision that would upend the status quo was leaked.
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Abortion is still consuming US politics and courts 2 years after a Supreme Court draft was leaked
Two years after a leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court opinion signaled that the nation’s abortion landscape was about to shift dramatically, the issue is still consuming the nation’s courts, legislatures and political campaigns — and changing the course of lives. On Wednesday, a ban on abortion after the first six weeks of pregnancy, […]