The presidential election …
The next president will have less impact on the shape of the U.S. judiciary … Courts in battleground states move to swiftly decide election cases … Trump is likely to challenge any election loss, but his options have narrowed … Some voters are headed to court before they head to the polls … A state judge in Georgia ruled that local officials have a duty to certify the election results … Another Georgia judge blocked a rule requiring a hand-count of ballots … And a different Georgia judge overturned controversial changes to election rules made by a Republican-controlled state board … U.S. states sent a warning to election officials: Delaying, tampering with vote could bring criminal charges … And a Nebraska law allowing felons to vote was upheld by a state court.
SCOTUS …
This week the U.S. Supreme Court tackled a case involving a man who was fired from his job as a commercial truck driver for failing a drug test after taking CBD, which he said was falsely sold as lacking the psychoactive ingredient present in marijuana … The court declined to put on hold a new EPA rule targeting carbon pollution from coal- and gas-fired power plants … The justices also gave a Texas citizen journalist a new shot to sue over her arrest and ordered a new look at Pennsylvania youth gun restrictions.
Legal industry …
Racial and ethnicity gaps in new lawyer jobs persisted in 2023, amid robust job market … Columbia law prof and law firm clash over client policy on Israel-Gaza … A New Hampshire Supreme Court justice was indicted for inferring with probe … An Idaho judge was removed from a death-row inmate's case over friendship with the prosecutor … Hogan Lovells hired an FTC antitrust lawyer as the agency probes more deals … Sidley e-discovery lawyers left for smaller law firm Redgrave … And can attorney licensing reform survive California's rebuff of bar exam alternative?
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