Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was upbeat the night after Justice Anthony Kennedy announced he was retiring from the Supreme Court. The Kentucky Republican had already led the Senate in confirming more circuit court judges in the first year of ...
Read More »Attorney general handling appeal in Kansas voting case
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach will not represent himself during the appeal of a voting rights case in which he was ordered to undergo more legal education and was twice found in contempt of court. Instead, the attorney general’s ...
Read More »Former neurosurgery resident sues the University of Missouri
A former neurosurgery resident has filed a lawsuit alleging the University of Missouri School of Medicine’s chief of neurosurgery harassed him and fired him without good cause. Rylan Brantl is seeking $50 million in his lawsuit filed June 28 against ...
Read More »US Army quietly discharging immigrant recruits
Some immigrant U.S. Army reservists and recruits who enlisted in the military with a promised path to citizenship are being abruptly discharged, the Associated Press has learned. The AP was unable to quantify how many men and women who enlisted ...
Read More »Judge weighing whether to dismiss Lt. Gov. case
A Cole County Circuit Court judge questioned the value of a lawsuit asking him to rule that a Missouri governor can’t appoint a lieutenant governor during a hearing Thursday. The Missouri Democratic Party filed suit last month with a World ...
Read More »Who are Trump’s top Supreme Court contenders?
President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nomination is expected on Monday, with three federal judges leading the pack. Here’s a look at who they are (plus three more who haven’t been completely counted out just yet): AMY CONEY BARRETT Barrett, 46, ...
Read More »Attorneys: Parents in fragile state for asylum interviews
Gabriel Canas, a bus driver from El Salvador who fled his homeland after members of MS-13 stormed his bus, did an initial screening interview for asylum under the worst circumstances. He hadn’t spoken to his 9-year-old daughter since the Border ...
Read More »Report: Emails link ex-Missouri governor, dark-money group
A newspaper says it has obtained emails showing that the top campaign fundraiser for former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens worked to set up a meeting between a prolific donor and a state official while seeking to raise money for a ...
Read More »Leonard Leo: Unassuming figure with big voice on high court
Leonard Leo had barely finished briefing Senate Republicans about the just-concluded Supreme Court term when he heard the news that Justice Anthony Kennedy was retiring as he drove back to his office. The longtime executive vice president of the conservative ...
Read More »A state takes novel steps to rehabilitate young criminals
Vermont is hoping to place fewer young adults in the adult criminal justice system using a first-in-the-nation law that will place some teenagers 18 and older in the juvenile justice system. A law signed by former Democratic Gov. Peter Shumlin ...
Read More »Court finds fault with Ferguson district’s election method
An appeals court ruled Tuesday that a Missouri school district that includes students from Ferguson violated the federal Voting Rights Act in its method of electing board members. A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided ...
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