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Judges hear arguments in voting rights case

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit heard arguments Wednesday in a voting...federal judge in August of 2012 and later appealed by plaintiffs to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.In a news release, Cilek said his...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2013-05-16/judges-hear-arguments-voting-rights-
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Plaintiff previews voting rights case

...rights lawsuit against Crow Wing and state officials.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in St. Paul is scheduled...before that decision was appealed by plaintiffs to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.Cilek said in a phone...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2013-05-14/plaintiff-previews-voting-rights-cas
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Obama's recess appointees to NLRB ruled unconstitutional

...President Barack Obama's appointees to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) have been ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Court of Appeals in the Washington, D.C. Circuit.Chief Judge David Sentelle issued a written explanation of the court's...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/open-forum/2013-04-04/obamas-recess-appointe
Open Forum
U.S. can protect gun rights, public safety

...20 years ago. But is this really cause and effect?A distinguished conservative jurist, Richard A. Posner of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in Chicago, doesn't think so. Even though he issued an opinion Dec. 11 striking...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/guest-columns/2012-12-21/us-can-protect-gun-
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Lawsuit dismissed by federal judge in voters' rights issue

...failed to unearth misconduct or fully pursue their case in state courts. The plaintiffs filed an appeal Friday to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Crow Wing County Attorney Don Ryan and Auditor-Treasurer Laureen Borden, representatives...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-08-17/lawsuit-dismissed-federal-judge-vote
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Appeal filed in voters' rights case

...guardian and friend for James Stene; Richard M. Smisson; and Kathleen M. Olson; recently filed an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. In dismissing the suit, the federal judge ruled no federal laws were broken and...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-10-12/appeal-filed-voters-rights-case
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OTHER OPINION: JUDGES

...fill long-vacant seats that have been designated as "judicial emergencies" by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. Eight have been waiting for at least three months for a floor vote. As if this was not perturbing enough, the seat-saving...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/other-opinion/2011-08-17/other-opinion-judge
Other Opinion
Open Forum: Ending with a whimper

...civilian motorists. Seventeen were killed, dozens wounded, and the incident emboldened Iraqis who wanted us out. U.S. courts declined to punish the Blackwater guards ending the chance for immunity. Few of us are protesting the end of a war...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/open-forum/2011-11-02/open-forum-ending-whim
Open Forum
Stealing valor?

...the First Amendment by giving the government expansive and impermissible power to regulate the content of speech. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit - a favorite punching bag of the Supreme Court - agreed with Mr. Alvarez; the Supreme...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/other-opinion/2012-02-22/stealing-valor
Other Opinion
FACT CHECK: Republican debate strains some facts

...individual mandate is ahead in the count. And the first ruling by a federal appeals court on the issue, by the 6th U.S. Court of Appeals in June, upheld the individual mandate.___TIM PAWLENTY: "To correct you, I have not questioned Congresswoman...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/political/2011-08-12/fact-check-republican-deba
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