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Ballotpedia releases federal judicial vacancy count for November 2023

In this month’s federal judicial vacancy count, Ballotpedia tracked nominations, confirmations, and vacancies from October 2 to November 1, 2023. Ballotpedia publishes the federal judicial vacancy count at the start of each month.

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Jury finds Hawaii couple guilty for stealing identities of dead babies

A jury has convicted a Hawaii couple of conspiracy, passport fraud and identity theft for stealing identities and living for decades under the names of dead babies

The Independent UK

Federal district court overturns Georgia’s congressional, legislative district maps

On Oct. 26, a federal judge with the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia ruled that Georgia’s congressional and legislative district boundaries violated the Voting Rights Act and enjoined the state from using them for future elections. The court directed the Georgia General Assembly to develop…

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Drone speech, roofer speech, and quasi-judicial speech.

Reason

Court Agrees to Hear Missouri v. Biden Federal Government / Social Media Case

From today's order and accompanying opinion in Murthy v. Missouri: The application for stay … is granted. The preliminary injunction issued on July 4, 2023, by the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana … as modified by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth…

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Excuses for skipping jury duty to be widened

Potential jurors will have more scope to get out of jury duty in NSW under changes that will also bring a key part of the process into the 21st century.

AAP

California Quietly Repeals Restrictions on Doctors' COVID-19 Advice

Several federal judges had expressed skepticism about the constitutionality of penalizing physicians for departing from a government-defined "consensus."

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'Unusual' request in child sexual abuse case could set precedent

'I've been sitting here for 20 years and I've never seen it done'.

Newcastle Herald

Robe & Gavel: Federal Judicial Vacancy Count for October 2023

Welcome to the Oct. 9 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.

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Where the Supreme Court stands on banning books

Efforts to ban books in public schools and public libraries reached an all-time high in 2022 and show few signs of abating for 2023, according to the American Library Association.

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The fight over Arizona's shipping container border wall ends with dismissal of federal lawsuits

Two federal lawsuits filed over former Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey’s decision last year to place thousands of shipping containers along the U.S.-Mexico border have been dismissed after the state said it would pay the U.S. Forest Service $2.1 million to repair environmental damage

The Independent UK

Trump rants at ‘deranged’ Jack Smith hours after special counsel requests partial gag order against him

Prosecutors request ‘immediate’ action from the court to curb the former president’s threats

The Independent UK

Nightmarish ACC dispute deals butcher a bad hand

After 34 years of service to his employer, slaughterman Joe Toa’fa found himself in the Kafkaesque world of a disputed ACC claim. Despite a court ruling emphatically in his favour, he’s still not out of it.

Newsroom.co.nz

Disney Shifts Gears In DeSantis Lawsuit Focusing On First Amendment Rights

The Walt Disney Company is shifting its focus on the violation of the First Amendment by the Florida governor.

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New Twist In Disney Vs DeSantis: Mouse House Wants To Scale Down Lawsuit

The dispute between Disney and DeSantis began more than a year ago when the former rejected the "don't say gay" statute in Florida

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Federal court panel overturns Alabama’s revised congressional redistricting plan

A three-judge panel of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama ruled on Sept. 5 that the revised congressional district boundaries that the Alabama legislature enacted on July 21, 2023, were not in accordance with the Voting Rights Act. The state adopted the revised congressional map…

Reason

District Court in Florida Concludes Voters Lack Standing to Challenge Trump's Eligibility

A lawsuit to keep Donald Trump off the Florida primary ballot fails.

The Independent UK

Court rules in favour of transgender woman at Wyoming sorority

A sorority being sued because its University of Wyoming chapter admitted a transgender woman seeks to dismiss the lawsuit, saying sorority rules allow the woman's membership and a court can't interfere with that

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Mark Meadows grilled on witness stand over Trump’s Georgia call to ‘find’ votes and false election claims

Former White House chief of staff and others want to transfer the RICO case out of the state’s hands

The Texas Tribune

Legal fight over Texas law banning transgender health care for youth centers on whether treatments help or hurt

Texas families and health care providers sued the state over Senate Bill 14, which restricts transgender youth from accessing gender-affirming care. The groups are requesting an injunction from a state district court judge before the law goes into effect on Sept. 1.

Reason

Supreme Court Lets Biden's 'Ghost Gun' Regulations Stand Pending Ongoing Lawsuit

The plaintiffs in VanDerStok think that BATF's 2022 regulations defining certain gun-making kits as legally the same as guns overreached its constitutional authority.

Reason

Southwest Airlines Falsely Accuses Mom of Trafficking Biracial Daughter

Plus: Backpage trial pushed back, Bidenomics doens't resonate, and more...

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Texas AG appeals judge’s order that allows women with complicated pregnancies to get abortions

State District Court Judge Jessica Mangrum on Friday issued a temporary exemption to Texas’ abortion ban. Hours later, the attorney general’s office filed an appeal, which blocked the order.

Reason

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Moot beaches, sparking the French Revolution, and cash-bail advocacy.

Reason

Ninth Circuit Rejects Claim that University Libeled Students and Coaches by Falsely Accusing Them of Blackface Skit

From Day v. California Lutheran Univ., decided yesterday by Ninth Circuit Judges Gabriel Sanchez and Salvador Mendoza, Jr., and District Court Judge Brian Jackson (M.D. La.) (reversing a decision I blogged about last Fall): In January 2020, a group of students from the California Lutheran University ("CLU") women's softball team…

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