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Eugene-based sneaker business owner pleads guilty in $80M fraud scheme
Zadeh Kicks' owner Michael Malekzadeh and Chief Financial Officer Bethany Mockerman were charged with falsifying information on multiple bank loan applications, and receiving more than $15 million in the process.
Law and Justice
Roberts rejects Trump's call for impeaching judge who ruled against his deportation plans
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts rejected calls for impeaching federal judges shortly after President Donald Trump demanded the removal of a judge who ruled against his deportation plans.
Law and Justice
Early voting in Wisconsin Supreme Court race tests enthusiasm on both sides, with key cases likely
Republicans and Democrats fighting for control of Wisconsin’s Supreme Court will get a sense of how energized their sides are with the start of early in-person voting for the hotly contested race

Oregon immigration advocates decry Trump’s use of wartime law to speed deportations
On Saturday, President Donald Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, a wartime authority that would allow the executive to speed deportations, targeting a Venezuelan gang. The act requires the president to declare the country is at war, giving him the power to speed deportations.

Law and Justice
Legal organizations alarmed over Trump’s targeting of Seattle law firm Perkins Coie
Trump’s order, titled “Addressing Risks from Perkins Coie LLC,” seeks to punish the firm, in part over its representation of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign, and its involvement in commissioning the anti-Trump dossier compiled by former British intelligence agent Christopher Steele in 2016.
Law and Justice
Oregon is in the midst of an ‘unrepresented crisis’ of public defender shortage, but why?
“You have a right to an attorney. If you can’t provide one, one will be provided for you” is no longer guaranteed in this state. The number of Oregonians without counsel has reached an all-time high.
Politics
Marion County judge warns she may start forcing public defenders to take more cases
Marion County judge warns she may start forcing public defenders to take more cases

Northwest advocates, immigrants on edge following flurry of contradictory, confusing executive orders
Attorneys for unaccompanied minors ordered to stop work without explanation, followed by sudden reversal.

Housing
Oregon lawmakers target high screening fees, deposits for renters
Oregonians hoping to move into a new rental home can spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars on application fees and deposits.

Hip-hop star A$AP Rocky is found not guilty in firearm case, avoiding prison
Jurors found A$AP Rocky, a rapper and the longtime partner of Rihanna, not guilty of firing a gun at a former friend on a Hollywood street in 2021. He could have faced up to 24 years in prison.