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Bryce Dole/OPBThe state鈥檚 high court ruled Gov. Tina Kotek didn鈥檛 have the power to revoke a commutation after a person completed their sentence. The justices wrote that Terri Lee Brown鈥檚 鈥渋mprisonment is unlawful.鈥� Kotek revoked Brown鈥檚 commutation last year. -
Bradley W. ParksIn an opinion that could have reverberations for the upcoming legislative session, the court sided with state elections officials鈥� interpretation of the ballot measure voters approved aiming to end legislative walkouts.
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The Oregon Supreme Court will defer to the U.S. Supreme Court and won鈥檛 hear a court case challenging former President Donald Trump鈥檚 ability to appear on Oregon ballots. -
Court battles and big congressional races set the stage for an intense election year. -
A case before the Oregon Supreme Court seeks to block Trump from the ballot because of his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. -
Five Republican senators are suing to overturn Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade鈥檚 ruling that they can鈥檛 run for reelection. -
鈥淭he problem is institutional, and it is statewide,鈥� U.S. District Court Judge Michael McShane wrote. -
The Oregon Supreme Court late Friday dismissed a case designed to force changes in the state鈥檚 troubled public defense system. -
Attorneys with the Oregon Department of Justice say a case that cuts at the heart of the state鈥檚 overwhelmed public defense system 鈥� and that鈥檚 currently before the Oregon Supreme Court 鈥� could be moot because the attorney at the center of the debate has left his job. But they鈥檝e stopped short of asking the justices to toss out the case.
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The Oregon Court of Appeals on Monday asked the state鈥檚 highest court to decide whether Republican state senators who carried out a record-setting GOP walkout this year can run for reelection. -
A group of public defenders from Marion County asked the Oregon Supreme Court whether trial court judges can force an attorney to take an indigent defendant鈥檚 case. The justices will have to balance the legal protections for a person charged with a crime against the ethical obligations of a public defender. -
GOP senators and state attorneys disagree on what Measure 113 does, but they agree the matter needs to be answered soon. -
In a preliminary ruling, the Oregon Supreme Court found a state court judge erred by forcing a public defender to take a new client, over the objections of the lawyer's employer. -
The proposal would set up an hourly payment system and put public defenders on staff to bolster their ranks to represent the hundreds of people without legal representation
