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Creighton Prep Mock Trial Team Preps For Nationals

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 01/20/2023 - 5:00am

Creighton Prep students standing with their coaches and Justice Funke and Judge Bazis following the championship round of the state competition against Duchesne Academy. This year’s team secured a win at the Federal Courthouse in Omaha, Neb. on December 5-6, 2022. (Courtesy of Nebraska State Bar Foundation)

It wasn’t a surprising move for Ben Cooper to join the mock trial team at Creighton Prep. After all, his father is an attorney.

And it shouldn’t be a surprise that he and his team are headed to the national competition in Little Rock, Arkansas, during May. That’s become a habit for Prep in recent years, with the team having won six of the last seven state titles.

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American Legion Decides To Censure, Not Remove, Officials Who Wore Legion Caps To Pardons Hearing

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 01/20/2023 - 4:00am

NORFOLK, Nebraska — Voices rose and gavels pounded last Friday, but in the end, several officers with the American Legion were censured, rather than removed from office, for wearing their official Legion caps as a show of support for pardoning a convicted sex offender.

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Proposed LGBTQ Legislation Is Workforce Recruitment Tool, Says Nebraska Senator

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 01/17/2023 - 3:00am

State Sen. John Fredrickson - District 20

LINCOLN — Among bills introduced last Monday in the Nebraska Legislature are two intended to ensure rights of the LGBTQ community.

Legislative Bill 169, introduced by Sens. Megan Hunt and John Fredrickson, both of Omaha, would prohibit discrimination based upon sexual orientation and gender identity.

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School Lawsuits Over Social Media Harm Face Tough Legal Road

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 01/13/2023 - 5:00am

SEATTLE (AP) — Like the tobacco, oil, gun, opioid and vaping industries before them, the big U.S. social media companies are now facing lawsuits brought by public entities that seek to hold them accountable for a huge societal problem — in their case, the mental health crisis among youth.

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Nebraskans Have Constitutional Right To Jury In Eviction Court Proceedings, Supreme Court Appeal Argues

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 01/13/2023 - 4:00am

Nebraska Supreme Court began hearing arguments in NP Dodge Management Company v. Teresa Holcomb, a landmark case that will decide whether Nebraskans who are being evicted have a constitutional right to a jury trial. (Nati Harnik / AP Photo)

LINCOLN, Neb. – Nebraska Supreme Court arguments began January 11, 2023 in the case of NP Dodge Management Company v. Teresa Holcomb, a landmark case that will decide whether Nebraskans who are being evicted have a constitutional right to a jury trial.

Teresa Holcomb, the tenant in the case, is being jointly represented by Caitlin Cedfeldt of Legal Aid of Nebraska and Kasey Ogle of Nebraska Appleseed.

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The Supreme Court Could Consider A Charter School’s Code Requiring Skirts Or Dresses For Girls

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 01/13/2023 - 2:00am

The Supreme Court is asking the Biden administration to weigh in on whether it should take up a case over a North Carolina charter school’s dress code requiring its girl students to wear skirts or dresses.

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Will Nebraska Need Not One, But Two New Prisons At A Cost Of Nearly $500 Million?

Published by Nikki Palmer on Mon, 01/09/2023 - 4:00am

LINCOLN — Could Nebraskans be on the hook for building not only a $270 million replacement for the Nebraska State Penitentiary, but also for renovating the aging Penitentiary?

That appeared to be a distinct possibility following a legislative hearing last fall about upcoming issues facing the Nebraska Department of Corrections.

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They Called 911 For Help. Police And Prosecutors Used A New Junk Science To Decide They Were Liars.

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 01/06/2023 - 5:00am

Tracing the fallacy of 911 call analysis through the justice system, from Quantico to the courtroom. (Shutterstock)

Tracy Harpster, a deputy police chief from suburban Dayton, Ohio, was hunting for praise. He had a business to promote: a miracle method to determine when 911 callers are actually guilty of the crimes they are reporting. “I know what a guilty father, mother or boyfriend sounds like,” he once said.

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For Weinstein Survivors, Mixed Verdict Brings Complicated Feelings And Hope For Accountability

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 01/06/2023 - 4:00am

Survivors of Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein’s alleged sexual violence have complicated feelings about the mixed verdict issued December 19, 2022 in his Los Angeles trial.

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At The Supreme Court, It's Taking Longer To Hear Cases

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 01/06/2023 - 2:00am

WASHINGTON (AP) — When lawyers argue before the Supreme Court, a small white light goes on to tell them when their time is almost expired and then a red light signals when they should stop. But arguments this term are extending well beyond the red light's cue.

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Creighton Prep Mock Trial Team Preps For Nationals

American Legion Decides To Censure, Not Remove, Officials Who Wore Legion Caps To Pardons Hearing

Proposed LGBTQ Legislation Is Workforce Recruitment Tool, Says Nebraska Senator

School Lawsuits Over Social Media Harm Face Tough Legal Road

Nebraskans Have Constitutional Right To Jury In Eviction Court Proceedings, Supreme Court Appeal Argues

The Supreme Court Could Consider A Charter School’s Code Requiring Skirts Or Dresses For Girls

Will Nebraska Need Not One, But Two New Prisons At A Cost Of Nearly $500 Million?

They Called 911 For Help. Police And Prosecutors Used A New Junk Science To Decide They Were Liars.

For Weinstein Survivors, Mixed Verdict Brings Complicated Feelings And Hope For Accountability

At The Supreme Court, It's Taking Longer To Hear Cases

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