The Supreme Court often releases a list of rulings it expects to post. While it says may and there have been a few times when an expected case was not released, it usually means will.
So here is the list for Thursday:
The Supreme Court often releases a list of rulings it expects to post. While it says may and there have been a few times when an expected case was not released, it usually means will.
The Supreme Court often releases a list of rulings it expects to post. While it says may and there have been a few times when an expected case was not released, it usually means will.
So here is the list for Thursday:
With no legal fix immediately in the offing for Washington state’s estate tax, the Department of Revenue is moving ahead and issuing $13 million worth of refunds plus interest starting Thursday. The refunds are necessary under a 2012 Supreme Court ruling that in effect left an exemption for certain married couples’ estates. The agency had been waiting for the Legislature to plug the loophole but can wait no longer, and additional refunds are expected in the coming weeks while waiting for lawmakers to act.
In a landmark ruling 20 years in the making, the Washington State Supreme Court this morning struck down Initiative 1053 as unconstitutional. The court majority said the constitution controls the majority needed for tax hikes and the constitution requires only a majority of the members of the House and Senate.
A year ago, Pakistan’s Supreme Court ordered the country’s military to produce seven men who’d been held in a secret prison after the civilian terrorism charges against them had collapsed. It was a dramatic scene, as the men, who hadn’t been seen in years, appeared in court – emaciated, ill, with one carrying a colostomy bag.
The U.S. Supreme Court says women in America can terminate a pregnancy and that every citizen has an individual right to own a firearm, but those rulings have done little to settle political arguments over abortion and guns.
The swan song of a lame duck rarely enchants. So, few expected Gov. Chris Gregoire’s final budget to receive rave reviews. It didn’t.
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