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The Court of Appeals of Indiana is set to hear oral arguments next week in a two-part challenge to Indiana’s near-total abortion ban under the state’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
The Indianapolis lawyer convicted of federal misdemeanors related to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot has been suspended from the practice of law in Indiana in a disciplinary action seemingly related to the federal case.
Fee increases took effect today in both the Indiana Northern and Southern District courts.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
Austin J. Hollifield v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
23A-CR-1014
Criminal. Affirms Austin Hollifield’s conviction of Level 4 felony possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon, his habitual offender enhancement and his 20-year enhanced sentence. Finds the admission of a video was not error. Also finds Hollifield’s sentence is not inappropriate.
Lawsuits against Donald Trump over the U.S. Capitol riot can move forward, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday, rejecting the former president’s bid to dismiss the cases accusing him of inciting the violent mob on Jan. 6, 2021.
The House voted on Friday to expel Republican Rep. George Santos of New York after a critical ethics report on his conduct that accused him of converting campaign donations for his own use. He was just the sixth member in the chamber’s history to be ousted.
Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, an unwavering voice of moderate conservatism and the first woman to serve on the nation’s highest court, has died. She was 93.
The Republican National Committee’s rules for next year’s nominating contest and convention were released this week without addressing a question the GOP could well face next summer: Can the party’s delegates vote for a different candidate if the presumptive nominee is convicted of a felony?
More Americans now believe the death penalty, which is undergoing a yearslong decline of use and support, is being administered unfairly, a finding that is adding to its growing isolation in the U.S., according to an annual report on capital punishment.
A 59-year-old man suspected in the June disappearance of a 17-year-old neighbor has been charged with murder after human remains were found buried in a pit on his central Indiana property.
The Marion County Judicial Selection Committee will conduct two days of interviews next month for two vacancies on the Marion Superior Court, including the vacancy created by the death of Judge Shatrese Flowers.
A federal judge has dismissed without prejudice a civil rights complaint filed by a Black woman from Corydon who alleges she was denied full access to the town’s public utilities and faced harassment and threats while living there.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
Ji J. Lian v. Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County (mem. dec.)
22A-OV-2758
Ordinance violation. Affirms the orders requiring Ji Jing Lian to remedy the various health code violations on the interior and exterior portions of her property by a certain date and, in the event she did not comply, ordering the Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County and/or its contractors to vacate the premises and clean up the exterior, with a resulting lien for the costs incurred. Finds Lian did not raise her Fourth Amendment argument in the Marion Superior Court, so she cannot pursue it on appeal.
A Butler University student who sued the school after he was found not responsible on an allegation of stalking has been partially granted leave to amend his complaint after a previous ruling dismissing the majority of his claims.
A new representative of District 3 has been elected to the Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission. Attorney Daniel Vinovich has been elected to replace Holly Wojcik on the JNC. Wojcik’s term expires Dec. 31.
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to authorize subpoenas for two prominent conservatives who arranged luxury travel and other benefits for Supreme Court justices, but Republicans planned to object to the legitimacy of the action.
A New York appeals court Thursday reinstated a gag order that barred Donald Trump from commenting about court personnel after he disparaged a law clerk in his New York civil fraud trial.
An estimated 130,000 Hoosiers over the age of 60 using Medicaid will receive notices in early 2024 advising them to choose a Managed Care Entity (MCE) to coordinate their health coverage under the state’s Pathways for Aging program.
Speaker Mike Johnson expressed reservations Wednesday about expelling Rep. George Santos from the House this week, but said he and other GOP leaders will not push colleagues to oppose removing the New York Republican from office.
Indiana’s largest teacher’s union is calling for better collective bargaining, increased pay for support staff and more say over curriculum in the upcoming legislative session.
