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A key ally of President Donald Trump said the White House pardoning rioters who fought with police while storming the U.S. Capitol in 2021 is “sending the wrong signal” and expressed concern about the future ramifications of issuing sweeping clemencies.
As part of an ongoing effort to eradicate “obscene” and “harmful” books or curricular material from Indiana schools, a new bill floated by Republican lawmakers seeks to expand that ban to include “pornographic” content, too.
Vaccination bills are popping up in more than 15 states as lawmakers aim to potentially resurrect or create new religious exemptions from immunization mandates, establish state-level vaccine injury databases or dictate what providers must tell patients about the shots.
Top Trump administration officials, including “border czar” Tom Homan and the acting deputy attorney general, visited Chicago on Sunday to witness the start of ramped-up immigration enforcement in the nation’s third-largest city as federal agencies touted arrests around the country.
The police department said it regularly communicates with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and fully complies with all state and federal laws.
A long-awaited federal immigration court is poised to open next week in Indianapolis, making it the first court of its kind to operate in the state.
An Anderson man was sentenced to five years in federal prison after pleading guilty to being in possession of a firearm during a drunk driving crash.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Madison N. Thomas v. State of Indiana
24A-CR-1243
Criminal. Affirms Allen Superior Court Judge Frances Gull’s sentence of Madison Thomas to one-and-a-half years in prison after Thomas pleaded guilty to three counts of Level 6 felony drug possession, divided between two cases. Finds the trial court revoked her bond when she violated the terms of her pretrial release and Thomas then violated the terms of the drug court program, for which she was sanctioned with jail time, before being removed from the program for a second violation. Also finds Thomas has failed to demonstrate this is one of the exceptional cases in which the appellate court should exercise its power to revise sentences. Attorney for appellant: Donald Frew. Attorneys for appellee: Attorney General Todd Rokita, Deputy Attorney General Sierra Murray, Certified Legal Intern Maya Stirm.
The measure would require local law enforcement to give federal authorities notice when they arrest people who are reasonably believed to be in the country illegally.
A bill prohibiting some Hoosier minors from using social media without their parents’ permission received bipartisan support in the Indiana Senate on Thursday and moved to the House for further consideration.
Legislators voted to advance five health care-related bills, including measures banning non-compete agreements for physicians and placing limits on prior authorization.
The deal represents an increase of more than $1 billion over a previous settlement deal that was rejected last year by the U.S. Supreme Court.
President Donald Trump had promised during his reelection campaign to make public the last batches of still-classified documents surrounding President Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas.
The justices granted an emergency plea made by the Justice Department in the waning days of the Biden administration to allow enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act, enacted in 2021 to crack down on the illicit use of anonymous shell companies.
The people pardoned were involved in the October 2020 invasion and blockade of a Washington clinic.
A press freedom group representing the Indiana Capital Chronicle has filed a lawsuit in Marion Superior Court alleging the Indiana Department of Correction violated public records law by declining to reveal the cost of the lethal injection drug used in Joseph Corcoran’s December execution.
U.S. District Judge John Coughenour repeatedly interrupted a Justice Department lawyer during arguments to ask how he could consider the order constitutional. When the attorney said he’d like a chance to explain it in a full briefing, Coughenour told him the hearing was his chance.
Bruce Mendenhall, 73, already is serving two life terms in Tennessee for a pair of murders and still faces trial for an Alabama murder.
Indiana Supreme Court
Automotive Finance Corporation v. Meng Liu
24S-CC-223
Civil collections. Reverses Marion Superior Court Judge Cynthia Ayers’ order to grant Meng Liu relief from judgment under Trial Rule 60(B)(3). Finds the trial court misinterpreted the law in granting Liu relief under Trial Rule 60(B)(3) and abused its discretion. Also finds Liu did not follow the legal avenues available either to oppose Automotive Finance Corporation’s motion for summary judgment or to raise Ning Ao’s alleged fraud in a motion to correct error once final judgment was entered. Remands for the trial court to reinstate summary judgment for Automotive Finance Corporation. Justice Christopher Goff dissents with a separate opinion. Attorney for appellant: Joshua Casselman. Attorney for appellee: Randall Shouse.
Local attorney Heide Fowler will explain the law, which allows a one-time opportunity for some low-level convictions to be expunged.
