Supreme Court dedicating portrait of retired Justice Stumbo
December 5, 2022 GMTFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Supreme Court is dedicating a portrait of retired Justice Janet L. Stumbo.
A public dedication ceremony is set for Tuesday afternoon in the Supreme Court Courtroom at the Capitol.
Kentucky’s lawyer disciplinary system to be reviewed
November 18, 2022 GMTFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's lawyer disciplinary system will be reviewed next month by an American Bar Association committee, officials said.
The Kentucky Supreme Court and the Kentucky Bar Association said in a joint statement that they requested the review in an effort to create more efficiency, ensure due process and protect both the public and the integrity of the legal profession.
Kentucky Supreme Court weighs future of abortion access
November 15, 2022 GMTFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A week after Kentucky voters rejected an anti-abortion ballot measure, the state’s Supreme Court on Tuesday weighed the constitutionality of a statewide ban approved by lawmakers in a case that seems destined to become a defining moment for abortion rights in the state.
Abortion rights wins in Kentucky, elsewhere stoke supporters
November 13, 2022 GMTLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Lexie Overstreet logged plenty of miles on foot, knocking on doors to try to persuade Kentuckians not to take away one of the last legal paths to restoring abortion rights in the state.
Keller reelected to Kentucky Supreme Court, beating Fischer
November 9, 2022 GMTLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Michelle Keller has been reelected, overcoming a strong challenge from longtime state lawmaker Joseph Fischer.
In winning another eight-year term, Keller defeated one of the state's most prominent abortion opponents.
Kentucky court suspends prosecutor who asked for nude photos
September 18, 2022 GMTMOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Supreme Court has suspended an Eastern Kentucky prosecutor who promised to help a defendant in exchange for nude photos.
Ronnie Goldy is the commonwealth’s attorney for Bath, Menifee, Montgomery and Rowan counties.
Constitutionality of new law goes to Kentucky Supreme Court
September 14, 2022 GMTFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday over the constitutionality of a new Kentucky law that allows involuntary commitment for violent offenders.
Arguments were heard by justices in two cases out of Jefferson County, a statement from the Supreme Court said.
Kentucky Supreme Court denies request to block abortion ban
August 18, 2022 GMTFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state's near-total abortion ban will remain in place while it reviews arguments by abortion clinics challenging two state laws.
Kentucky clinics appeal order that reinstated abortion ban
August 2, 2022 GMTFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's two abortion clinics filed a quick appeal Tuesday aimed at restoring abortion services in the state, a day after an appellate judge reinstated a near-total statewide abortion ban.
Kentucky abortion clinics in court to block new state law
July 6, 2022 GMTLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Attorneys for Kentucky’s two abortion clinics sought an injunction in court Wednesday to block the state's near-total ban on the procedure, one of numerous such efforts across the country following the U.S.
Kentucky Supreme Court to review monument removal decision
June 19, 2022 GMTLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Supreme Court has agreed to consider a lawsuit that seeks to re-erect a statue of a Louisville civic and military leader who fought for the Confederacy before later renouncing it.
Kentucky court delves into use of cell phones for tracking
June 16, 2022 GMTFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A sharply divided Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Thursday that police violated a robbery suspect's constitutional protections by accessing his cellphone without a warrant, calling use of the phone as a tracking device “profoundly invasive."
Supreme Court to hear arguments over ballot question
March 16, 2022 GMTFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A challenge to Marsy's law is among cases that will be heard this week by the Kentucky Supreme Court.
Justices will hear arguments in four cases on Wednesday and Thursday in their chambers at the Capitol, a statement from the Administrative Office of the Court said.
Kentucky Supreme Court orders expungement fees waived
December 16, 2021 GMTLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Thursday that low-income people should not have to pay fees to have old felony convictions cleared from their backgrounds.
The case was brought by Frederick Jones of Jefferson County.
Fischer launches campaign for Kentucky Supreme Court seat
December 2, 2021 GMTFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican state Rep. Joseph Fischer, a mainstay in legislative efforts to restrict abortion, launched his campaign Wednesday for a seat on the Kentucky Supreme Court.
Fischer, an attorney who has served in the state House for more than two decades, will challenge incumbent Justice Michelle Keller in next year's nonpartisan race in a northern Kentucky district.
Retired Supreme Court justice portrait will hang in Capitol
September 23, 2021 GMTFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The official portrait of a retired Kentucky Supreme Court justice has been dedicated and will hang in the state Capitol.
Daniel J. Venters served 10 years as the justice for the 3rd Supreme Court District before retiring in 2019.
Beshear: Virus surge would have led him to issue mask order
August 26, 2021 GMTFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's governor said Thursday that the latest wave of grim COVID-19 statistics would have triggered a statewide mask mandate indoors if he still wielded the authority to take such action.
Kentucky gov suffers legal defeat in combating COVID surge
August 21, 2021 GMTFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky governor's efforts to aggressively combat COVID-19 suffered a legal defeat Saturday as the state's high court cleared the way for new laws to rein in his emergency powers.
The Latest: Kentucky Supreme Court reins in Gov. Beshear
August 21, 2021 GMTFRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky governor’s efforts to combat COVID-19 have suffered a landmark legal defeat.
The state’s high court on Saturday cleared the way for laws reining in his emergency powers to take effect.
Kentucky Supreme Court to hear oral arguments
August 17, 2021 GMTFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in four cases this week, officials said.
Two cases will be heard on Wednesday and two will be heard on Thursday, a statement from the court clerk said.
Ky. Supreme Court judge to be sworn in after pandemic delay
August 17, 2021 GMTFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky Supreme Court justice is getting a formal swearing-in ceremony that was delayed by the pandemic.
Justice Robert B. Conley of eastern Kentucky was elected in November and joined the high court on Jan.
Justice and Public Safety Secretary Mary Noble retiring
July 2, 2021 GMTFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Secretary Mary Noble will retire July 15, Gov. Andy Beshear announced Friday.
Noble was appointed by Beshear on Dec. 10, 2019, and is the first woman to head the cabinet.
AG asks Kentucky’s high court to rehear DUI case
May 20, 2021 GMTFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A recent Kentucky Supreme Court ruling will create a barrier to prosecuting many DUI cases, making the roads less safe, the attorney general said as he seeks another hearing.
The rehearing petition from Attorney General Daniel Cameron's office came on the same day that the high court's ruling came into play in a Kentucky lawmaker's case Wednesday.
Court to consider if sex offender can be alone with own kids
September 20, 2018 GMTFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Supreme Court has been asked to decide whether a convicted sex offender can spend time alone with his own children.