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• April 24, 2026

  Lawmakers Back $5.7M For Conn. Official's 23 Years In Prison

  The Connecticut Legislature's Joint Committee on Judiciary voted Friday to compensate a local politician $5.7 million for 23 years he spent in prison after a murder conviction, overcoming objections from the victim's family and the concerns of some lawmakers that the evidence underlying Maceo "Troy" Streater's claim did not meet the necessary standard.

• April 22, 2026

  NC Auditor Criticizes Oversight Of IOLTA Grants

  Legal assistance grants awarded under the North Carolina Interest on Lawyers' Trust Accounts program were given to qualified groups, but weren't adequately monitored afterward to ensure the tens of millions of dollars were spent as intended, a state watchdog has said.

• April 21, 2026

  5th Circ. OKs Ten Commandments In Texas Public Schools

  The full Fifth Circuit Tuesday narrowly signed off on a Texas law requiring public schools to post copies of the Ten Commandments in classrooms, ruling that the law is indeed constitutional and reversing a lower court's injunction blocking the measure.

• April 21, 2026

  SPLC Paid Sources To 'Stoke Racial Hatred,' Feds Say

  One of the Southern Poverty Law Center's stated missions is to dismantle white supremacy but for years it surreptitiously paid informants in extremist groups to "stoke racial hatred," acting Attorney General Todd Blanche alleged Tuesday while announcing a federal indictment leveling fraud and money laundering charges against the nonprofit.

• April 20, 2026

  Justice Jackson Faults Quick Reversal In DC Stop Case

  Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Monday chided her U.S. Supreme Court colleagues for reversing a D.C. Court of Appeals ruling involving the Fourth Amendment, saying in a dissent that the lower court was correct and that the case "does not merit the use of our summary discretion."

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