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GOP voter suppression efforts pop up in Texas, Indiana, North Carolina courts

October 8, 2020 By Al Neal

A round-up of some of the Republican Party's latest efforts at voter suppressions in the courts.

Following McGirt decision, Oneida Nation case continues string of Indigenous court victories

September 2, 2020 By Albert Bender

The decision is the direct result of the Supreme Court ruling in McGirt v. Oklahoma, issued on July 9, declaring that the Creek Reservation in that state still exists.

Corporations using coronavirus excuse to get permanent immunity from workers’ lawsuits

May 20, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg

The business scheme also includes routing the few lawsuits against the worst wrongdoers away from state courts and into federal courts packed with anti-worker Trump-named judges.

‘Tyrannical’ Wisconsin court ruling puts lives in danger amid pandemic

May 14, 2020 By John Bachtell

The Wisconsin GOP, like Trump, has offered no plan to end the pandemic, other than “reopening the economy.”

Federal appeals courts give workers some wins

January 2, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg

Unlike the Supreme Court, some federal appeals courts issued important pro-worker rulings in 2019.