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Indiana law professors support changes to judicial conduct rules

October 30, 2018

Although they concede that more needs to be done, two Indiana law professors are applauding the recommendations on how to handle sexual harassment complaints made against the federal judiciary. Professors Charles Geyh and Jennifer Drobac, offered their comments as part of the public hearing to consider the proposed changes to the Code of Conduct for U.S. Judges and the Rules for Judicial-Conduct and Judicial-Disability Proceedings.

Trump administration wants delay in census lawsuit trial

October 30, 2018

The Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to postpone a trial over the decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. The request submitted to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Monday says a federal judge in New York should not move forward with a Nov. 5 trial exploring whether Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross improperly decided the census should ask about citizenship for the first time since 1950.

High court won’t hear Evansville suit alleging coerced confessions

October 30, 2018

A lawsuit involving three teenagers who accuse Evansville police of violating their constitutional rights is headed to trial after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case. The high court refused Monday to review a January ruling by the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which found enough evidence to warrant a civil trial in the suit filed on behalf of William, Deadra and Andrea Hurt and their mother.

Indiana lawmakers move forward on legal sports gambling

October 29, 2018

Indiana could join several states in legalizing sports betting following a committee’s unanimous recommendation that lawmakers consider the change. The Interim Study Committee on Public Policy voted this month to recommend legislation to bring legal sports betting to Indiana.

Sandra Day O’Connor announces likely Alzheimer’s diagnosis

October 24, 2018

Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, announced Tuesday in a frank and personal letter that she has been diagnosed with “the beginning stages of dementia, probably Alzheimer's disease.”

Retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor withdraws from public life

October 23, 2018

Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, has stepped back from public life. The 88-year-old, for more than two decades often the deciding vote in important cases, is now fully retired and no longer makes public appearances.

Supreme Court: Ross can’t be questioned in census suit

October 23, 2018

The U.S. Supreme Court is siding with the Trump administration to block the questioning of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross about his decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.

Kavanaugh assigned as circuit justice for 7th Circuit

October 22, 2018

The Supreme Court of the United States has shuffled the circuit court assignments, assigning the 7^th Circuit Court of Appeals to Brett Kavanaugh, the newest associate justice.

Hill defends abortion law’s validity, argues idea is new

October 17, 2018

Indiana’s recent request for the nation’s highest court to review an abortion law struck down by federal courts has some legal watchers wondering whether the case could be a gateway for dismantling of abortion rights.

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Podcast on U.S. Supreme Court launches just as upheaval begins

October 16, 2018

Originally wanting to create a podcast about the Supreme Court of the United States, Indiana University Maurer School of Law professor Ian Samuel inadvertently proved, again, that timing is everything.

Judges, lawyers bemoan political nature of Kavanaugh hearings

October 16, 2018

Ask any constitutional scholar whether the process of confirming Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court played out as was constitutionally intended, and the answer will likely be “no.” Federal judges and practicing lawyers agree: regardless of your politics, the animosity that exploded in the Senate over the last month was not what the Framers had in mind.

U.S. Supreme Court asked to review abortion law signed by Pence

October 15, 2018

Indiana is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear arguments over a law that bars women from having an abortion based on gender, race or disability. The law was signed in 2016 when Vice President Mike Pence was Indiana governor, but federal courts have blocked it.

Roberts asks federal judges to handle Kavanaugh complaints

October 11, 2018

Chief Justice John Roberts is referring ethics complaints against new U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to federal judges in Colorado and neighboring states.

SCOTUS schedules Indiana Land Rover civil forfeiture case

October 10, 2018

The nation’s highest court will hear an Indiana civil forfeiture case next month that could determine whether the Eighth Amendment’s protections against excessive fines can be applied on the state level.

Supreme Court considering case on detention of immigrants

October 10, 2018

An immigration case before the Supreme Court pits the government against immigrants it wants to deport after crimes they have committed in the United States.

Kavanaugh to hear first Supreme Court arguments

October 9, 2018

A Supreme Court with a new conservative majority takes the bench as Brett Kavanaugh, narrowly confirmed after a bitter Senate battle, joins his new colleagues to hear his first arguments as a justice.

Justices won’t disturb conviction in triple killing

October 9, 2018

The Supreme Court of the United States is rejecting an appeal from a man convicted of joining a New Orleans police officer in the killing of her fellow officer and two other people during a 1995 robbery.

SCOTUS asked to take Lake Michigan beach privatization case

October 8, 2018

Arguing the Indiana Supreme Court “asserted a novel public right to access the entire beach” of Lake Michigan, private lakeshore landowners Friday asked the Supreme Court of the United States to rule that the public was entitled to use no part of the beach above the water itself.

Bitter fight over Kavanaugh shadows a conservative court

October 8, 2018

The moment conservatives have dreamed about for decades has arrived with Brett Kavanaugh joining the Supreme Court. But with it comes the shadow of a bitter confirmation fight that is likely to hang over the court as it takes on divisive issues, especially those dealing with politics and women’s rights.

Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh clears crucial Senate hurdle

October 5, 2018

A deeply divided Senate pushed Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination past a key procedural hurdle Friday, setting up a likely final showdown this weekend in a battle that’s seen claims of long-ago sexual assault by the nominee threaten President Donald Trump’s effort to tip the court rightward for decades. The Senate voted 51-49 to limit debate, effectively defeating Democratic efforts to scuttle the nomination with endless delays.

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