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• November 20, 2025

  Colo. Panel Tosses Conviction Over COVID-Era Trial Closure

  A Colorado appellate court panel on Thursday reversed a man's conviction on felony trespassing and other charges, saying a COVID-related courtroom closure violated his Sixth Amendment right to a public trial.

• November 20, 2025

  Family Of Wrongfully Convicted Man Awarded $80 Million

  A federal jury on Wednesday awarded $80 million to the family of a Buffalo, New York, man who spent 27 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of a 1976 murder — the largest wrongful conviction jury verdict awarded to a single person in U.S. history, attorneys said.

• November 20, 2025

  Judge Flags Standing Issue In Stanford Daily Deportation Suit

  A California federal judge has pushed off deciding the merits of Stanford University's student newspaper's challenge to the Trump administration's targeting of foreign students who express pro-Palestinian views for immigration enforcement, saying she can't rule until she's sure the paper has standing.

• November 19, 2025

  4th Circ. Says Immigration Board Ignored Key Evidence

  A split Fourth Circuit panel has said immigration courts ignored evidence of the threats a Honduran man faced from MS-13 gang members if he was sent back to that country, while a dissenting judge faulted him for not reporting to police alleged harms.

• November 18, 2025

  Texas Redistricting Blocked Over Racial Gerrymandering

  A Texas federal judge on Tuesday struck down Texas' newly redrawn congressional map, ruling that the state likely engaged in unconstitutional racial gerrymandering and ordering the state to revert to its 2021 map for next year's midterm elections.

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