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Advocates eye legalizing marijuana in Alaska

...state has a complicated history with the drug, with its highest court ruling nearly 40 years ago that adults have a constitutional...than in the 1970s, a point disputed by ACLU.But the high court, in 2009, declined to make a finding, concluding...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-28/advocates-eye-legalizing-marijuana-alas
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State challenge on hold pending high court review

...provisions of the federal Voting Rights Act is on hold pending the outcome of a U.S. Supreme Court case.The nation's highest court heard arguments Wednesday over whether there is an ongoing need for states with a history of discrimination to get...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-02-28/state-challenge-hold-pending-high-court
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State challenge on hold pending court review

...provisions of the federal Voting Rights Act is on hold pending the outcome of a U.S. Supreme Court case.The nation's highest court heard arguments Wednesday over whether there is an ongoing need for states with a history of discrimination to get...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-03-01/state-challenge-hold-pending-court-revi
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School construction bill moves out of committee

...comparison to the process used by most municipal districts.The REAA fund was established in 2010 to comply with the high court's decision by paying for school construction for REAAs lacking taxable bases large enough to issue bonds.The bill...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-03-21/school-construction-bill-moves-out-comm
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Alaska Supreme Court remands gun case back to trial court

...court's ruling that dismissed a wrongful death suit against a Juneau gun shop owner.In an opinion issued Friday, the high court remanded the case back to Juneau Superior Court Judge Philip Pallenberg for further consideration, although affirming...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-02-26/alaska-supreme-court-remands-gun-case-b
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For lawyers, the Supreme Court bar is vanity trip

...Anchorage to take the oath to join the Supreme Court bar, the group of lawyers allowed to practice before the nation's highest court. But Cook says he never expects to use his membership, never thinks he'll represent anyone in the court."I'm...

http://juneauempire.com/jessica-gresko/2013-03-22/lawyers-supreme-court-bar-vani
Court: AK must look at cumulative oil, gas impacts

...constitution by not fully analyzing the impacts of exploration, development, production and transportation activities.The high court reversed a lower court ruling that so-called best interest findings are required after the lease sale phase, handing...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-02/court-ak-must-look-cumulative-oil-gas-i
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Alaska Supreme Court hears Juneau cases

...in the judicial district where the case was heard by the trial court, according to their website.The last time the high court heard cases in Juneau was last February. Among those was a wrongful death case involving a Juneau gun shop, and a sex...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-02-14/alaska-supreme-court-hears-juneau-cases
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Alaska militia member gets nearly 26 years

...are."Bryan told him, "This court has jurisdiction over you. If you don't agree with it, you can take it to a higher court."Vernon responded, "Better yet, let's take it to a lower court. The common law court."He claimed the case...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-01-08/alaska-militia-member-gets-nearly-26-ye
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Redistricting board wants high court to reconsider

JUNEAU - The Alaska Redistricting Board wants the state's highest court to reconsider its decision that requires Alaska's political boundaries to be redrawn.Attorneys for the board said in a petition...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-01-10/redistricting-board-wants-high-court-re
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