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Supreme Court justices, minus Thomas, and Alito, file financial disclosure reports
Justice Clarence Thomas' disclosure form had been eagerly awaited in the wake of news reports that he accepted luxury trips worth hundreds of thousands of dollars from GOP megadonor Harlan Crow.
Poll: A plurality of Americans support religious work exemptions—but only if not costly
The McCourtney Institute for Democracy’s most recent Mood of the Nation poll finds that a slight plurality of Americans favor religious-based work exemptions for government employees, “but only if the cost and inconvenience are minimal.”
Wisconsin tribe to ask court to shut down oil pipeline
Attorneys for a Wisconsin Native American tribe are set to present their arguments that a federal judge should order an energy company to shut down an oil pipeline because rapid erosion could expose it and cause a massive oil spill on reservation land. 
The Supreme Court outlawed split juries, but hundreds remain in prison anyway
In 2020, the Supreme Court struck down laws that allowed people in Louisiana and Oregon to be convicted even if two jurors voted not guilty. Despite the ruling, some of them may never get a new trial.
State sues southeastern Minnesota gas station after gasoline leaks into Elgin’s water system
The complaint alleges that the leak occurred over the course of 41 days, and that the gas station owners ignored safety measures that would have prevented it.
Supreme Court seems to tilt strongly toward Minneapolis woman in property rights case
The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard its last scheduled argument of the term — a case brought by a 94-year-old grandmother in Minneapolis whose condo was seized for failure to pay property taxes.