Jesse J Holland

October 27, 2008 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - Jurors in Sen. Ted Stevens' corruption trial have discovered a mistake the Justice Department apparently made in the Alaska senator's indictment.Stevens is charged with lying on Senate financial documents about gifts from a millionaire oil contractor. Among the seven charges in the indictment, prosecutors said that Stevens checked "no" on financial documents when asked whether he received any gifts in 2001.

By JESSE J. HOLLAND

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February 27, 2009 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - Justice John Paul Stevens said Thursday Supreme Court justices shouldn't take their judicial oaths at the White House, calling it "incorrect symbolism" for an independent branch of government.Justices take two oaths before assuming the bench. Stevens, at 88 the oldest sitting justice, took both of his in 1975 at the Supreme Court building, with President Gerald Ford in attendance.

By JESSE J. HOLLAND

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June 21, 2012 | Daily Report Online

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that unions must give nonmembers an immediate chance to object to unexpected fee increases or special assessments that all workers are required to pay in closed-shop situations.

By Jesse J. Holland

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October 17, 2008 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - Sen. Ted Stevens is set to return to the witness stand to try to convince a federal court jury that he was largely in the dark about a major renovation project at his Alaska home that is at the heart of a corruption case that threatens his reputation and chances for re-election.Stevens claims his wife paid every bill they got - $160,000 in all - and that Bill Allen, head of the pipeline services company VECO Corp.

By TOM HAYS and JESSE J. HOLLAND

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October 10, 2008 | Daily Report Online

By JESSE J. HOLLAND

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March 31, 2010 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - Immigrants must be told by their lawyers whether pleading guilty to a crime could lead to their deportation, the Supreme Court said Wednesday.The high court's ruling came in the case of Jose Padilla, who was born in Honduras. He asked the high court to throw out his 2001 guilty plea to drug charges in Kentucky.

By JESSE J. HOLLAND

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April 21, 2009 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - The Supreme Court seemed skeptical on Monday about holding the current Iraqi government responsible in American courts for the acts of Saddam Hussein's regime.Foreign nations usually are immune from lawsuits in U.S. courts, but federal law strips that protection from countries that support terrorism.

By JESSE J. HOLLAND

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March 22, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Supreme Court decided on Monday not to stop the release of Federal Reserve Board documents identifying financial companies that received Fed loans to survive the financial crisis.

By JESSE J. HOLLAND,Associated Press

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November 29, 2001 | Law.com

Federal judges will have the option of allowing television cameras to broadcast trials live from their courtrooms under a bill approved Thursday by the Senate Judiciary Committee. The legislation is unchanged from a proposal that failed in Congress last year. "It's clearly optional and up to the judges," said Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., one of the bill's sponsors. The bill now heads to the full Senate for debate.

By Jesse J. Holland

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March 12, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to let a high school student sue over school officials' refusal to let her play an instrumental version of "Ave Maria" at her graduation, a decision one justice says could lead to wide-ranging censorship of student speech.

By Jesse J. Holland

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