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Judge who threatened to shoot Black teens for trespassing should be ousted, judicial conduct commission says

A judge in Oneida County, New York, should be removed from the bench for “truly egregious” misconduct during a July 2022 high school graduation party outside a friend’s home, according to the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct.



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Online law grad has 'truly extraordinary' case meriting waiver of Utah admission rules, top state court says

Updated: A graduate of an unaccredited online law school may take the bar exam in Utah, even though she did not satisfy a requirement for 10 years of experience in another jurisdiction before admission, the Utah Supreme Court has ruled in a 3-2 decision.



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FCC slashes cost of phone calls for inmates, capping decades-long effort

The cost of phone calls will drop dramatically for incarcerated people under new rules that federal regulators have approved, concluding a decades-long effort to provide relief to the nation’s 2 million inmates and their families.



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GOP eyes legal challenges as Harris assumes control of Biden's war chest

As President Joseph Biden tries to hand over the Biden-Harris campaign committee’s millions in remaining cash to Harris, Republican lawyers and operatives are saying “not so fast.”



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New Paths for Licensure: California confirms Kaplan bar exam, Arizona launches second chance program

As California grapples with budget issues and Arizona faces a shortage of lawyers, both states announced shifts to their licensure protocols, with ripples potentially impacting other jurisdictions.



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8th Circuit blocks Biden's student loan repayment plan

A federal appeals court on Thursday blocked President Biden’s new student loan repayment plan, leaving millions of borrowers enrolled in the cost-cutting program in the lurch.



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DOJ sues nonprofit that houses migrant children, accusing staff of sexual abuse

The country’s largest private provider of housing for unaccompanied immigrant children subjected some in its care to pervasive sexual abuse and harassment for almost a decade, the U.S. Justice Department is alleging in a lawsuit.



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Navy exonerates Black sailors charged in Port Chicago disaster 80 years ago

Eighty years after explosions ripped through the Port Chicago naval facility in California, killing 320, the secretary of the Navy has announced the full exoneration of African American sailors who were charged in 1944 with mutiny and refusing orders to return to work in dangerous conditions loading ammunition.



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She made an artwork that excluded men; a man sued for discrimination

At the Ladies Lounge of Australia’s Museum of Old and New Art on the island of Tasmania, only one man is allowed inside: a butler, who serves the women, according to Kirsha Kaechele, the American artist who designed the lounge. On Tuesday, one of those excluded men argued before an Australian tribunal that the lounge violated anti-discrimination laws by keeping him and the rest of his gender out.



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Special counsel will appeal dismissal of classified documents case against Trump

Special counsel Jack Smith has formally filed notice that he will appeal a Florida judge’s decision to dismiss Donald Trump’s 40-count indictment for allegedly mishandling classified documents and obstructing government efforts to retrieve them.



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