Grounded: Emotional Support Animals No Longer Guaranteed Free Flights The Department of Transportation won't require airlines to accommodate animals other than legitimate service dogs. The decision comes after reports of fraudulent service animal claims. Dustin Jones
Supreme Court Weighs Whether Non-Unanimous Jury Verdicts Are Unconstitutional In April the justices said future split verdicts in criminal trials are unconstitutional. Now the question is what about such verdicts in the past — potentially several thousand of them. Nina Totenberg
Justice Department Investigating Possible Bribery-For-Pardon Scheme A document filed in federal court seems to show a probe into lobbying for a pardon and a related scheme to offer payment. Large swaths of the document, including names, are blacked out. Ryan Lucas
Climate Case Against Shell Begins In The Netherlands The case was brought by a group of environmental organizations and more than 17,000 Dutch citizens. They demand that Shell be forced to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 45% by 2030. Laurel Wamsley
Supreme Court Backs Religious Challenge To New York COVID-19 Restrictions The U.S. Supreme Court upheld challenges from New York churches and synagogues to state pandemic restrictions on religious services. Amy Coney Barrett voted with the court's new conservative majority.
Death Threats, Even In Writing, Can Be Grounds For Asylum, Appeals Court Says The court overturned a Justice Department decision denying the asylum of a former Colombia police officer who received multiple death threats from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. Matthew S. Schwartz
Supreme Court Blocks Attendance Restrictions Due To COVID-19 In New York David Greene talks to law professor Kim Wehle about the the Supreme Court's ruling preventing New York from enforcing attendance limits on places of worship in areas designated COVID-19 hot spots.
News Brief: Trump Pardons Flynn, Hospitals See PPE Shortage, Diego Maradona Dies President Trump has pardoned Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying about a Russian contact. Hospitals are still short on PPE, months into the pandemic. Also, a filmmaker remembers Diego Maradona.
Trump Pardons Michael Flynn, Who Pleaded Guilty To Lying About Russia Contact President Trump has pardoned his first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with the Russian ambassador. It was announced on Twitter. Ryan Lucas
'Anomalies' Found In Census Could Thwart Trump's Bid To Alter Electoral College The Census Bureau has found routine irregularities in the 2020 census that require more quality checks, throwing into question whether Trump can receive a key set of numbers before his term ends. Hansi Lo Wang