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A judge ruled Thursday that the pre-trial release provisions in the SAFE-T Act are unconstitutional, but what will that mean for the state?

When more than half of Illinois states attorneys go to court in Kankakee County next month in a last-ditch effort to block the controversial SAFE-T Act, the proceedings will have a distinctly suburban flavor.

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A three-judge panel ruled 2-1 that while Superior Court Judge David Lee is right to say the funds are needed, it is not within his power to order money be appropriated.

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NCLA Asks NJ Appellate Court to Halt Governor’s Unlawful Interference with Rental Contracts Chuck Kravitz, et al. v. Philip D. Murphy, et al. Washington, D.C., April 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights group, filed its opening brief today in Kravitz v. Murphy in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division. The lawsuit challenges Governor Murphy’s Executive Order No. 128 (EO 128), an unconstitutional mandate that un...

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Bar owners from six counties across North Carolina are going to court to challenge the governor’s executive orders shutting down their businesses. Their lawsuit seeks to have a key piece of the state Emergency Management Act declared unconstitutional. The suit filed in Carteret County Superior Court arrives the day after a similar complaint filed on behalf of a Greenville bar. Plaintiffs in the new suit own and operate bars in Guilford, Forsyth, New Hanover, Buncombe, and Wake counties, in ad...