Despite the light nature of the arguments at times, the issue is a serious one. A range of high-profile organizations stressed the importance of the decision, including The Motion Picture Association, prominent museums and the creators of “Sesame Street.”
The Indiana Supreme Court issued an order Wednesday that prevents the state from enforcing a Republican-backed abortion ban while it considers whether it violates the state constitution.
The federal judiciary has agreed to pay hundreds of thousands of users of the nationwide online records system as part of a proposed settlement made public Tuesday in a long-running lawsuit aimed at reducing the cost to access court records.
The former Cathedral High School teacher who sued the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis after he lost his job for being in a same-sex marriage has decided to end his litigation even though the Indiana Supreme Court gave him the opportunity to continue.
Twitter said earlier this week that it intends to close the deal at the agreed-upon price, but the two sides are still booked for an Oct. 17 trial in Delaware over Musk’s earlier attempts to terminate the deal.
The president also called on governors to issue similar pardons for those convicted of state marijuana offenses, which reflect the vast majority of marijuana possession cases.
The Satanic Temple’s religious tenets include beliefs that people should have control over their own bodies, that the freedoms of others should be respected, and that scientific facts shouldn’t be distorted to fit personal beliefs.
In a ruling announced this week, Judge Andrew Carter of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York said Elevance failed to show the lawsuit should be dismissed for lack of materiality.
The lawsuit filed by Michelle “Shelly” Fitzgerald against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis hinged on the question of not what she actually did as a guidance counselor, but what the school expected her to do.
The new member of the court, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, wasted no time engaging, asking questions throughout nearly two hours of arguments in the dispute over the nation’s main anti-water pollution law, the Clean Water Act.
Lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana called the state’s motion “hastily filed” and argued the case does not need to go to the Indiana Supreme Court.
Some say doctors are raising the issue just to protect their turf and status.
A three-judge panel unanimously denied the request without further explanation.
Students at Indiana University Maurer School of Law are now working with IU Bloomington athletes to make sure they aren’t at risk when they sign off on an agreement.
Lafayette police reported that the woman and the suspected shooter previously had been in a relationship.
The deal resolves allegations that the pharmaceutical maker violated federal law by paying kickbacks to doctors to persuade them to prescribe its multiple sclerosis drugs.
The city’s “request for information” is likely to garner suggestions from developers for mixed-use developments, apartments, community spaces and facilities for not-for-profits.
Planned Parenthood, historically the largest abortion provider in Indiana, made the procedure available again on Thursday, immediately following the injunction from an Owen Country judge.
The appeal was filed Thursday night after Owen County Judge Kelsey Hanlon issued a preliminary injunction against the abortion ban, putting the new law on hold.
Indiana’s abortion clinics, which were to lose their state licenses under the ban, are preparing to resume the procedures.
