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Supreme Court won't hear Baton Rouge BLM activist, but says recent case could guide new lower court decision
BATON ROUGE - The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday a Baton Rouge police officer's trial against Black Lives Matter activist Deray Mckesson may proceed, but justices wouldn't weigh in on what they thought of Mckesson's claim that he enjoyed First Amendment protection for his actions.Former BRPD officer Brad Ford was hit in the face with a piece of asphalt thrown by protesters in the days after the shooting of Alton Sterling. Ford says Mckesson is responsible because he summoned a crowd to Baton...
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Court Proceedings: Judge Renders Decisions on Various Charges
In a session presided over by Judge P. Randall Knece at the Court of Common Pleas, several individuals faced charges ranging from theft to felony fleeing and eluding. Here are the details of the cases: All pretrial hearings are scheduled for 1:00 p.m. For individuals like Johnson and Turner, their fates have been sealed with […]
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Property Rights Get a Boost From Supreme Court Decision
A California landowner won his challenge to the constitutionality of a fee a California county charged him to obtain a building permit on Friday. In 2016, George Sheetz of Placerville, CA, attempted to build a home on a parcel of land he owned. When he applied for a building permit, he was gobsmacked to learn that in addition to typical fees, he had to pony up $24,000 for a "traffic impact mitigation fee." A unanimous Supreme Court agreed with Sheetz that the "mitigation" fees he had been...