In 2013, the Supreme Court disabled the Voting Rights Act’s preclearance requirement and promised Section 2 would remain as a backstop. On April 29, 2026, a 6-3 majority finished the demolition. Louisiana v. Callais rewrites the rules for challenging racially discriminatory maps, adds burdens Congress never wrote into the law, and arrives four days before… Continue reading THE COURT FINISHES THE JOB
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THE ABORTION CASE THAT IS NOT ABOUT ABORTION
A unanimous Supreme Court ruled April 29 that a New Jersey anti-abortion nonprofit can challenge a state subpoena for its donor list in federal court without waiting for state enforcement. The decision lands squarely in the abortion debate, but the legal principle it establishes reaches far beyond it, and the coalition that won the case… Continue reading THE ABORTION CASE THAT IS NOT ABOUT ABORTION
THE COURT RULES THAT YOUR ISP IS NOT THE COPYRIGHT POLICE
A unanimous Supreme Court threw out a $1 billion jury verdict against Cox Communications on March 25, ruling that internet service providers cannot be held liable for what their subscribers download. The decision rewrites the rules of online copyright enforcement and, in the view of two justices, quietly dismantles a law Congress spent decades building.… Continue reading THE COURT RULES THAT YOUR ISP IS NOT THE COPYRIGHT POLICE
CHEVRON WINS THE FORUM, NOT THE FIGHT
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously on April 17 that Chevron can move a Louisiana coastal damage lawsuit from state court to federal court, citing the company’s World War II military fuel contracts. A $745 million jury verdict against Chevron remains on appeal. Thirty-one other lawsuits over Louisiana’s vanishing coastline are still pending. Louisiana is losing… Continue reading CHEVRON WINS THE FORUM, NOT THE FIGHT
COURT SENDS LINE 5 CASE BACK TO MICHIGAN
A unanimous Supreme Court ruled April 22 that Enbridge waited nearly 900 days too long to move a pipeline lawsuit from state to federal court. For Anishinaabe nations who depend on the waters at the Straits of Mackinac, the ruling returns to state court a case that has been in legal limbo for seven years.… Continue reading COURT SENDS LINE 5 CASE BACK TO MICHIGAN
¿Quién Controla Tu Agua?
El agua en Nevada pertenece al público. Ese es el principio fundamental escrito en la ley estatal. Pero el derecho a usar esa agua — a bombearla, desviarla, venderla o transferirla — pertenece a quien tenga un permiso emitido por un único funcionario estatal designado: el Ingeniero Estatal. El Ingeniero Estatal no es elegido. Según… Continue reading ¿Quién Controla Tu Agua?
THE RED WALL COMES TO NEVADA
Turning Point Action opened a Las Vegas headquarters in March 2026, announcing plans to hire more than 140 staff and target low-propensity Republican voters ahead of the midterms. The organization’s COO is under state criminal indictment. Its Nevada launch partner signed a fake elector document in 2020. The money funding the operation is largely untraceable.… Continue reading THE RED WALL COMES TO NEVADA
Los Casos Que No Se Cierran
En la mañana del 8 de enero de 2020, residentes de un vecindario en North Las Vegas cerca de Ann Road y Clayton Street llamaron al 911 para reportar a un hombre desmayado en la cuneta de la cuadra 5600 de Indian Springs Drive. Cuando los oficiales llegaron, encontraron a Sidney De’Trae McKnight, de 25… Continue reading Los Casos Que No Se Cierran
McMahill Anuncia Expansión Tecnológica
El Sheriff del Departamento de Policía Metropolitana de Las Vegas, Kevin McMahill, pronunció esta semana su discurso anual sobre el Estado del Departamento, anunciando dos iniciativas importantes: una red de inteligencia global llamada Proyecto Meridian y un sistema de inteligencia artificial diseñado para conectar todas las plataformas tecnológicas que opera el departamento. Los anuncios llegaron… Continue reading McMahill Anuncia Expansión Tecnológica
La Puerta Que Nunca Cierra
El 12 de febrero de 2026, la Junta de Control de Juegos de Nevada recomendó por unanimidad la aprobación de licencias para dos nuevos miembros de la junta directiva de Resorts World Las Vegas: el ex presidente de la Comisión de Juegos de Nevada, Brian Sandoval, y el ex presidente de la Junta de Control… Continue reading La Puerta Que Nunca Cierra
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