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Voters have until Election Day eve to send ballots

An absentee ballot dropped in the mail no later than the day before the November 3 rd elections must be counted. That decision came down today (FRI) from a state Court of Claims judge.

Mental Health And Police Violence: How Crisis Intervention Teams Are Failing

How The Pandemic Is Widening The Racial Wealth Gap

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'Fill That Seat' Chants Erupt At Trump Rally, A Day After Ginsburg's Death

By Sam Gringlas • 37 minutes ago

A day after the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, chants of "Fill that seat! Fill that seat!" broke out during President Trump's campaign rally in Fayetteville, N.C., on Saturday.

"That's what we're going to do. We're going to fill that seat!" Trump said, saying his supporters should print "Fill that seat!" on T-shirts.

Anita Hill Reflects On Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Gender Equality Legacy

By Robert Baldwin III • 43 minutes ago

Both Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Anita Hill became cultural figures in their fight for gender equality. In the aftermath of Justice Ginsburg's death, Hill says, "her legacy is so large."

Trump Says He Expects To Announce His Supreme Court Pick 'Next Week'

By Sam Gringlas • 1 hour ago

President Trump says that he expects to announce a nominee to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death "next week" and that the pick will likely be a woman.

"A choice of a woman would certainly be appropriate," he told reporters at the White House on Saturday before leaving for a campaign rally in North Carolina.

Supreme Court appoints special master to oversee judge misconduct case

By Sarah Cwiek • Sep 18, 2020

"Michigan Supreme Court to Repeal Public Act 4" by Fuzzytek is licensed with CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/

The Michigan Supreme Court has appointed a special master to help decide whether a Wayne County judge committed judicial misconduct.

Two female prosecutors have accused Judge Bruce Morrow of making sexually suggestive and explicit comments during a 20-19 homicide trial.

Census workers now going door-to-door

By Pat Batcheller • Sep 18, 2020

Courtesy census.gov

The U.S. Census Bureau says it has about 15-hundred workers going door-to-door in Detroit, trying to reach those who have not yet responded online, by phone or by mail.