Kentucky
392 ABA Journal Kentucky articles.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was the only dissenter when the high court ruled Thursday that Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron can intervene to defend a restrictive abortion law.
Mar 3, 2022 10:59 AM CST
A recent decision on video testimony by the Missouri Supreme Court is raising questions about criminal convictions obtained using video testimony during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jan 20, 2022 1:05 PM CST
A Kentucky judge on Friday told a former jail guard convicted of sexually assaulting an inmate that he could rejoin the military or report to jail.
Jan 13, 2022 11:56 AM CST
The tornadoes that devastated Kentucky on Friday damaged a courthouse and lawyers’ offices and took the life of a judge.
Dec 15, 2021 11:16 AM CST
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at New Orleans on Saturday granted an emergency motion to stay the federal government’s vaccine mandate for larger employers pending expedited judicial review.
Nov 8, 2021 9:27 AM CST
A Kentucky lawyer who says he is working as a paralegal at the law firm carrying his name claims to be retired, rather than suspended, which means that the Kentucky Bar Association has no authority to hold him in contempt for allegedly practicing law.
Nov 4, 2021 10:23 AM CDT
The median starting salary for public defenders is $63,638, according to information supplied by public defender offices in larger cities throughout the United States.
Oct 21, 2021 12:16 PM CDT
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett said Sunday the justices are guided by judicial philosophies, rather than political views, but the public might not see it that way.
Sep 13, 2021 10:30 AM CDT
In an unusual ruling, a Kentucky judge has denied the divorce of a couple who had separated after being married for 13 years.
Sep 2, 2021 10:50 AM CDT
Twenty Republican-led states sued the Biden administration Monday claiming that protections for transgender people, including access to bathrooms and locker rooms, are invalid under federal law.
Sep 1, 2021 10:12 AM CDT
A federal judge has denied the Florida Coastal School of Law's motion for preliminary injunctive relief against the U.S. Department of Education seeking to reinstate student federal aid.
Aug 11, 2021 11:45 AM CDT
DOJ withdraws death penalty requests
The U.S. Department of Justice has withdrawn requests for the death penalty in seven cases, reversing the stance taken by the department during the Trump…
Jul 23, 2021 2:32 PM CDT
Former ABA President L. Stanley Chauvin Jr. of Louisville, Kentucky, died May 12 at age 86.
May 17, 2021 4:08 PM CDT
A Kentucky judge has ordered court officials to nix hundreds of small-claims cases filed by an imprisoned former lawyer who was captured outside a Pizza Hut in Honduras after fleeing the country.
May 3, 2021 9:36 AM CDT
DOJ will investigate Louisville, Kentucky, police practices
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Monday that the Department of Justice is investigating whether the Louisville, Kentucky, Metro Police Department uses unreasonable…
Apr 26, 2021 4:36 PM CDT
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