Courts and Law

SC judge honored; wrote separate is not equal

(Bruce Smith / Associated Press)

Associated Press

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, speaking Friday in the city where the Civil War began, said the first federal judge to write an opinion challenging the doctrine of separate but equal decades after it was the law of the land “was morally right and historically gutsy.”

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Md. won’t enforce $10K donor limit after ruling

Associated Press

Maryland elections officials say they will no longer enforce a $10,000 limit on donors’ contributions to state candidates during a four-year election cycle, citing a U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

Maryland won’t enforce aggregate campaign limits

John Wagner

The state Board of Elections scrapped the limits in the wake of the Supreme Court’s McCutcheon decision.

U.S. Supreme Court won’t stop Texas execution over state refusal to name lethal drug supplier

Associated Press

U.S. Supreme Court won’t stop Texas execution over state refusal to name lethal drug supplier .