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WASHINGTON – According to the latest annual report of “Judicial Hellholes” released today by the American Tort Reform Association, Pennsylvania courts have garnered the No. 4 ranking for jurisdictions considered unfriendly to businesses – falling three places from the top spot on the report, where they had been listed for the preceding two years.
Legislative map hearings underway Hearings about Illinois’ legislative maps, which Democrats passed and enacted along party lines, are underway in Chicago. A three-judge panel in federal court is hearing...
The American Tort Reform Association has once again labeled Louisiana as a “Judicial Hellhole,” this year ranking the state at No. 6.
Justice is blind. At least, thatâs what weâre told. But when judgesâ rulings consistently align with the special interests that elected them â even to openly ignoring or rewriting the law â itâs pretty clear the blindfolds are off. This is what weâve seen from our state Supreme Court. In 2015, the trial bar, unions, and Democrats spent more than $11 million in the most expensive state judicial elections in history at that time to sweep three open seats on the court and gain a 5-2 Democrat majority. - Advertisement - Since then, the court has issued rulings a...
CHARLESTON – Gov. Jim Justice has signed the bill creating an intermediate appellate court for West Virginia, and other legal reform legislation is expected to soon become law. Justice signed Senate Bill 275 on April 8. The idea for an intermediate court of appeals has been discussed for more than 10 years. The state Senate has passed similar legislation several times in recent years, but the House of Delegates never was on board until this session. Justice had pushed for the bill during his annual State of the State address. “Today, West Virginia joined the more than 40 states and jurisd...