Courts

Worthington workers sue over tactics in immigration raid
The lawsuit claims ICE agents hurled insults at the Hispanic workers, ordered female Hispanic workers to disrobe and "otherwise insulted, abused, and humiliated" the plaintiffs during the Dec. 12 raid at the Swift & Co. plant.
Heffelfinger has mixed emotions on Gonzales resignation
Former U.S. Attorney for Minnesota Tom Heffelfinger, who wound up on a list of U.S. attorneys considered for dismissal, said Monday the Justice Department will remain in turmoil after Gonzales' departure because of the vacancy.
Gonzales resigns as attorney general
Alberto Gonzales announced his resignation Monday, driven from office after a wrenching standoff with congressional critics over his honesty and competence.
Fifteen children were added Thursday to a lawsuit Willmar residents brought against the federal government over an immigration raid in April that resulted in dozens of arrests.
Ellison votes with majority on contempt citations against White House aides
The House Judiciary Committee voted contempt of Congress citations Wednesday against White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and President Bush's former legal counselor, Harriet Miers. U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, DFL-Minn., sided with the majority Democrats.
The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that parents who spanked their 13-year-old son with a wooden paddle weren't physically abusive. The boy weighed 195 pounds at the time.
Vang Pao released on bail
A federal magistrate ordered the alleged ringleader of a plot to overthrow the communist government of Laos released on bail Thursday, letting former Laotian Gen. Vang Pao return to his Southern California home under extremely strict conditions.
Residents and technology muscle crime off Bloomington Avenue
The latest numbers show crime in Minneapolis is down compared to last year. Nowhere is the decline more obvious and welcome than on a main thoroughfare in south Minneapolis.
Justice Breyer reflects on writing dissents
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, former Bush administration Solicitor General Theodore Olson and Harvard political philosophy Professor Michael Sandel discussed the High Court's recent rightward drift as part of the 2007 Aspen Ideas Festival.
First execution in South Dakota in 60 years set for 10 pm
Elijah Page is scheduled to die by lethal injection Wednesday, July 11, 2007 at 10:00 p.m. It will be the first execution in South Dakota in 60 years.