New York City has begun hiring a group of 30 lawyers tasked with identifying lawsuits filed in state court against the city’s police department that it can likely win at trial, Reuters reports.

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The U.S. Supreme Court will hear the appeal of a 9^th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision holding that an Arizona law requiring proof of citizenship to vote violates federal law, the Washington Times reports.

An 86-year-old Minnesota woman who voted in a primary via absentee ballot and then again at a polling place several months later is being prosecuted for voter fraud despite the fact that she suffers from Parkinson’s-related dementia. So reports the StarTribune. Read more...