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An Alberta separatist group has achieved a partial victory at the province’s top court following a lower court judge’s decision to quash its referendum petition last month.

A California court upheld the rape conviction of disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein but ordered a lower court to resentence him. The allegations against Weinstein were linked to the #MeToo movement.

The Supreme Court rejected Alabama's request to use nitrogen gas for executions after a lower court ruled the method unconstitutional. The decision follows a legal challenge to the execution method's constitutionality.

The Supreme Court allowed Alabama Republicans to use a congressional map that removes the state’s second majority-Black district for the midterms, with a 6-3 vote. The decision criticizes a lower court for blocking the map, enabling Republicans to pursue a potential electoral gain.

A pharmaceutical company producing mifepristone has petitioned the Supreme Court to overturn a lower court's decision that prohibits health providers from mailing the abortion pill.

The Supreme Court struck down a lower court's block on Texas' congressional redistricting map, delivering a victory for the Republican Party. The decision relied on reasoning from a previous case, Abbott v. League of United Latin American Citizens, with Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson dissenting.

An appeals court upheld a lower court's decision, blocking the Trump administration's policy to restrict asylum applications at the U.S.-Mexico border. The ruling reaffirmed that the administration cannot bypass federal laws allowing individuals to seek asylum.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court's decision, allowing Texas to require public schools to display the Ten Commandments if posters are donated to the district. The 9-8 ruling permits the law mandating classroom displays under specific conditions.

An appeals court has allowed the White House ballroom construction project to proceed temporarily, despite the Trump administration's challenge to a lower court's requirement for congressional approval. The estimated $300-million project remains under legal scrutiny.