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Associated Press

Associated Press

August 26, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Jury Sides With Pennsylvania Teacher in Suit Against District Over Jan. 6 Rally

Although Moorehead was in Washington, D.C., to attend Donald Trump's "Stop the Steal" rally, he said he never got closer than a mile to the Capitol and was not among the rioters who stormed the building. He has never been charged with a crime.

By Michael Rubinkam/The Associated Press

4 minute read

August 23, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Judges Dismiss Suit Alleging Tennessee's Political Maps Discriminate Against Communities of Color

The complaint was the first court challenge over a 2022 congressional redistricting map that carved up Democratic-leaning Nashville to help Republicans flip a seat in last year's elections, a move that critics claimed was done to dilute the power of Black voters and other communities of color in one of the state's few Democratic strongholds.

By Kimberlee Kruesi | The Associated Press

4 minute read

August 23, 2024 | Daily Business Review

Smartmatic, Newsmax Seek Favorable Ruling in 2020 Election Defamation Case

Florida-based Smartmatic sued Newsmax in 2021, claiming the cable network's hosts and guests made defamatory statements after the election that implied Smartmatic participated in rigging the results.

By Randall Chase | Associated Press

4 minute read

August 22, 2024 | Daily Business Review

Assistant U.S. Attorney in Tampa Misused Position by Offering Card in DUI Stop, Watchdog Finds

"You realize when they pull my body-worn camera footage and they see this, this is going to go really bad," a Tampa police officer told Joseph Ruddy.

By Joshua Goodman and Jim Mustian | Associated Press

5 minute read

August 22, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Lawyers for Ala. Inmate Seek to Block His Fall Execution by Nitrogen Gas

A federal judge is being asked to block the state from using the same nitrogen protocol that the state used in January to execute Kenneth Smith. The court filing cited witness descriptions of the execution and the findings of an autopsy conducted on Smith.

By The Associated Press

4 minute read

August 21, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

RFK Jr. Shows Up Too Late to Testify in Court Against Democrats' Ballot Challenge in Pennsylvania

Kennedy showed up an hour and 40 minutes late, blaming a canceled flight from Boston to Philadelphia the previous night, and never testified after Commonwealth Court Judge Lori Dumas chose to proceed without him as a witness.

By Marc Levy/The Associated Press

5 minute read

August 21, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Alabama Says Law Cannot Block People With Certain Felony Convictions From Voting in 2024 Election

The Alabama attorney general office wrote in a Friday court filing that the new law cannot be used to block people from voting in the upcoming election, because the Alabama Constitution prohibits new election laws from taking effect within six months of the general election.

By The Associated Press

3 minute read

August 20, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

RFK Jr. to Defend Bid to Get on Pennsylvania Ballot Against Democrats' Challenge

Democratic Party-aligned challengers say Kennedy's candidacy paperwork states a false home address and contains other damning shortcomings, such as the wrong names of people who supposedly attested that they gathered the signatures of thousands of voters.

By Marc Levy, The Associated Press

3 minute read

August 20, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Democrats, Others Seek to Toss Kennedy Off November Ballot in Georgia, New York

In New York on Monday, a trial opened in suburban Long Island in another lawsuit challenging Kennedy's place on the state's presidential ballot in November. In Georgia, challengers argue that, because Kennedy used the New York address, his petitions should be voided.

By Jeff Amy and Charlotte Kramon | The Associated Press

5 minute read

August 15, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Alabama Supreme Court Authorizes Third Nitrogen Gas Execution

In January, the state performed the nation's first nitrogen gas execution. A second one using the protocol is set for Sept. 26 for a man who recently reached a lawsuit settlement with the state over the execution method.

By Kim Chandler | The Associated Press

4 minute read