The lower court ruling stands on $2.1 billion in damage for contaminated powder. The Supreme Court turned down a Johnson & Johnson appeal challenging a $2.1 billion civil…
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Worship Limits in California Vacated by Supreme Court
Case was remanded back to the Ninth Circuit. In an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19, California Governor Gavin Newsom had instituted strict restrictions upon in-person worship.…
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Federal Court Places Hold on Bump Stock Ban
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals says previous administration’s ban may be unconstitutional. A panel of judges on the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that the…
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Biden Administration to Address Court Openings
57 judicial openings currently under review by the president. In the weeks since President Biden’s inauguration, several federal judges have announced their retirement from their positions on the…
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First Circuit Appeals Court Hears Border Search Case
Constitutionality of digital device and phone searches questioned. The First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals heard a case this week regarding the searching of digital devices and phones…
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Senate Confirms 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Nominee
Judge Thomas Kirsch will fill seat vacated by Justice Amy Coney Barrett. On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate held the confirmation vote for Judge Thomas Kirsch, previously serving as…
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Appeals Court Rules on Minnesota Election Extension
State’s plan to extend receipt of absentee ballots deemed unconstitutional. A U.S. Federal court of appeals issued its ruling last Thursday on the legality of Minnesota’s plan to…
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Federal Judge Suspends Truncated Census Deadline
Judge Koh says deadline would produce “inaccurate results.” Pre-pandemic, the Census Bureau had estimated it would have census results by July. As the pandemic worsened in April, its…
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PRAYER ALERT – Amy Coney Barrett Nominated to Supreme Court
President Trump finalizes his choice from short list of candidates. President Donald Trump has announced his nomination of Amy Coney Barrett, a judge on the Seventh Circuit U.S.…
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Ninth Circuit Allows End to Some Immigration Protections
Temporary protections had been for humanitarian reasons. A three-judge panel in the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, by a 2-1 ruling, reversed a lower court decision that…
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