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News Lawsuit: Illinois governor managed personal investments while in office
Lawsuit: Illinois governor managed personal investments while in office
Jennifer Suder
January 24, 2018 11:53:08 am

Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner participated in meetings involving his share of a $67.5 million settlement shortly after taking office in 2015, according to a newly-unsealed lawsuit on Tuesday. Rauner claims to have no day-to-day involvement in his...

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News New Jersey governor signs executive order to review medical marijuana policy
New Jersey governor signs executive order to review medical marijuana policy
Jennifer Suder
January 24, 2018 11:07:25 am

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed an executive order on Wednesday to expand access to medical marijuana in the state. The order, signed one week after Murphy took office, seeks to remove barriers to access for individuals with...

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News Trump administration asks Supreme Court to rule on discontinuing DACA
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to rule on discontinuing DACA
Jennifer Suder
January 19, 2018 12:04:22 pm

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to bypass a federal appeals court and decide whether the Acting Secretary's decision to "winddown" the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy is lawful. In...

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News Senate votes to extend warrantless surveillance program until 2023
Senate votes to extend warrantless surveillance program until 2023
Jennifer Suder
January 19, 2018 11:00:59 am

The US Senate voted 65-34 on Thursday in favor of a six-year extension of the FISA Amendments Act , which authorizes the National Security Agency (NSA) to gather intelligence by means of...

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News Supreme Court hears Fourth Amendment vehicle cases
Supreme Court hears Fourth Amendment vehicle cases
Jennifer Suder
January 10, 2018 08:58:10 am

The US Supreme Court heard two Fourth Amendment cases Tuesday involving the search of motor vehicles. In the first case, Byrd v. United States , the court heard arguments as to whether a driver has...

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News Federal court dismisses lawsuit raising constitutional claims against President Trump
Federal court dismisses lawsuit raising constitutional claims against President Trump
Jennifer Suder
December 22, 2017 11:49:24 am

The US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Thursday dismissed a case against President Donald Trump, which accused him of violating the Constitution's emoluments clause . The plaintiffs argued that Trump failed to...

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News Federal court rejects government’s push to prevent transgender military recruits
Federal court rejects government’s push to prevent transgender military recruits
Jennifer Suder
December 22, 2017 10:47:15 am

US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Thursday denied the Trump Administration's bid to forestall transgender recruits from military service. Thursday's order merely denied the administration's plea to suspend an order by a federal judge in...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments on attorney’s fees, obstruction of justice
Supreme Court hears arguments on attorney’s fees, obstruction of justice
Jennifer Suder
December 7, 2017 06:23:46 am

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases on Wednesday morning. The first case involves award of attorney's fees in civil rights cases. In Murphy v. Smith , Chris Murphy, a prisoner at an Illinois correctional facility,...

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News HRW: Ethiopia officials using spyware to monitor government critics
HRW: Ethiopia officials using spyware to monitor government critics
Jennifer Suder
December 6, 2017 03:28:45 pm

Ethiopian officials have renewed their campaign of collecting intelligence against government critics abroad through the use of commercial spyware, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Wednesday. According to Citizen Lab , an independent research group in Toronto,...

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News Charlottesville authorities failed to protect public safety and free speech: report
Charlottesville authorities failed to protect public safety and free speech: report
Jennifer Suder
December 4, 2017 02:09:53 pm

Charlottesville authorities failed to protect public safety and free speech during the August white supremacist rally that turned deadly, according to an independent report by US Attorney Timothy Heaphy found that , citing breakdowns in planning and...

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Benjamin Cardozo, future US Supreme Court Justice, was born on May 24, 1870. Learn more about Justice Benjamin Cardozo from the Oyez project at Northwestern University.

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