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Liberal Justice to Retire From Wisconsin Supreme Court, Leaving Control Uncertain

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[ad_1] Justice Ann Walsh Bradley of the Wisconsin Supreme Court said on Thursday that she would not seek a fourth term next year, setting up another heated contest for majority control of the closely divided court. Justice Walsh Bradley is one of the four liberals on Wisconsin’s highest court; the three remaining justices are conservative. Justice Walsh Bradley, 73, has served on the court since 1995. In a statement, she cited her long tenure on the court — 29 years — and her desire to continue a commitment to public…

Georgia inmate serving life mailed bombs from prison to D.C. office building, Alaska court, feds charge

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[ad_1] Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwards David Dwayne Cassady, inmate in Georgia. Courtesy: Georgia Department of Corrections A man serving a life sentence for kidnapping and other crimes while in a Georgia prison built two bombs which he mailed to a District of Columbia office building and the federal courthouse and building in Anchorage, Alaska, prosecutors allege. The accused bomb maker, 55-year-old David Cassady, allegedly put the two explosive devices into the mail at his prison in Tattnall County on Jan. 24, 2020, according to an indictment issued by a…

Florida Supreme Court Greenlights Abortion Ballot Initiative Amidst 15-Week Ban Validation

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The Florida Supreme Court rules to uphold the state’s 15-week abortion ban while allowing a constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights to appear on the November ballot. Get the latest updates on this developing story. [ad_1] The Florida Supreme Court ruled Monday that a state constitutional amendment that would limit government intervention in abortion procedures across Florida meets the necessary requirements to appear on ballots this November, and at the same time upheld Florida’s 15-week abortion ban. The court, which usually issues decisions on Thursdays, issued the rulings in a pair…

Ahmaud Arbery’s killers ask appeals court to overturn their hate crime convictions

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[ad_1] Attorneys are asking a U.S. appeals court to throw out the hate crime convictions of three White men who used pickup trucks to chase Ahmaud Arbery through the streets of a Georgia subdivision before one of them killed the running Black man with a shotgun. A panel of judges from the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta was scheduled to hear oral arguments Wednesday in a case that followed a national outcry over Ahmaud  Arbery’s death. The men’s lawyers argue that evidence of past racist comments they…