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Appeals Court Denies Request To Allow Mississippi To Enforce Anti-LGBT Law During Appeal
Gov. Phil Bryant had asked the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to enforce HB 1523, passed earlier this year, while appealing a trial court ruling against the law.
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The FDR Memorial Has Become The Place For Pokémon
“We must be the great arsenal of democracy.”
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Appeals Court Denies North Carolina Request To Put Voting Rights Decision On Hold
The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down voting restrictions in North Carolina this past week. On Thursday, it denied Gov. Pat McCrory’s request to put the ruling on hold pending a request for the Supreme Court to review the decision. [Update: McCrory announced Friday that he will be asking the Supreme Court for a stay.]
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Federal Court Dismisses Alabama Chief Justice’s Civil Rights Lawsuit
Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, facing ethics charges, had filed a federal lawsuit asking to be reinstated to his seat on the state’s supreme court. A federal judge tossed the case out of federal court on Thursday.
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Missouri’s Public Defender Orders The Governor To Legally Represent A Criminal Defendant
Facing a significant shortage of attorneys, the head of the Missouri State Public Defender’s office, Michael Barrett, took drastic action to confront Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon this week. [Update: Nixon’s office takes issue with Barrett’s action.]
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Supreme Court Halts Order Allowing Transgender Student To Use Restroom Of His Gender Identity
A 5-3 vote to put the trial court’s injunction on hold.
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Obama Commutes Sentences Of More Than 200 People Serving Federal Sentences
“We’re going to keep our foot on the gas pedal when it comes to reviewing applications for clemency,” White House counsel Neil Eggleston says. President Obama has now commuted the sentences of 562 people.
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Delaware Supreme Court Rules That State’s Death Penalty Law Is Unconstitutional
“Delaware‘s current death penalty statute violates the Sixth Amendment role of the jury,” the state’s high court rules in a 3-2 decision striking down the entire death penalty law.
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Dylann Roof Challenges Constitutionality Of Federal Death Penalty Law
Lawyers for the accused Charleston church shooter argue that the death penalty itself, as well as the federal death penalty law, is unconstitutional.
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Federal Judge Refuses To Allow Mississippi To Enforce Anti-LGBT Law During Appeal
“The motions are denied,” US District Court Judge Carlton Reeves wrote.
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Why A Federal Court Found “Discriminatory Intent” Behind North Carolina’s Voting Laws
The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals held on Friday that the state’s 2013 voting changes were unconstitutional and broke the law.
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Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down North Carolina Voting Restrictions
The court struck down several provisions of a 2013 law for having been enacted with “discriminatory intent” in violation of federal law. [Update: Lawmakers say they will ask the Supreme Court to hear the case.]
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Federal Appeals Court Rejects Protections For Gay People Under Existing Civil Rights Law
Sexual orientation discrimination protections for lesbian, gay, and bisexual people can only come from the Supreme Court or Congress, the federal appeals court in Chicago rules.
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Justice Department, Allies Back Transgender Protections In Federal Court In Texas
Obama administration lawyers argue that Texas and other states suing the federal government “have entirely failed to establish” that the pro-transgender policies should be put on hold.
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Virginia High Court Strikes Down Order Restoring Released Felony Convicts’ Voting Rights
In the 4-3 ruling, the Virginia Supreme Court held that Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe lacked the authority to issue his April order. [Update: McAuliffe says he will individually restore voting rights for all who would have qualified under his order.]
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Arkansas Supreme Court Grants Stay, Keeping Executions On Hold
A decision by Arkansas’ chief justice almost certainly means there will be no executions in the state through the rest of 2016.
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Georgia Executes Man, Ending Two-Month Hiatus On Executions In The U.S.
John Conner was scheduled to die Thursday evening for killing his friend. After some delay in last-minute appeals, the execution was completed a little past midnight.
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Welcome To The Pokémon Go Election
Clinton wants a Pokémon voting app. Trump wants to capture “Crooked Hillary.”
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Here Is The Confidentiality Agreement Signed By A Former Trump Campaign Adviser
A former consultant signed a contract agreeing never to publicly “demean or disparage” Donald Trump, his companies, his family, or his family’s companies.
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Donald Trump Is Seeking $10 Million From A Former Campaign Consultant
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee alleges Sam Nunberg leaked confidential information.
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