President Barack Obama still intends to close the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. But in the meantime, he has eliminated a ban he imposed nearly two years…
Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal’s defense of former Attorney General John Ashcroft went so smoothly before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday that he ended his main oral argument 10…
President Obama has concluded that the federal law barring recognition of same-sex marriages is unconstitutional, and has decided the administration will no longer defend the statute in court.
The U.S. Justice Department’s proposed budget for fiscal 2012 includes proposals to beef up national security with five more lawyers and 71 law enforcement agents.
A member of the Federal Trade Commission is raising concerns that the new health care law could reduce competition by allowing collaboration between hospitals and doctors.
Harvard law professor Charles Fried testified before Congress on Wednesday that he’s “quite sure” the health-care law’s insurance requirement is constitutional.
Fried, who was solicitor general in the Reagan administration,…
Imprisoned former Illinois Gov. George Ryan deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for halting executions in the state, according to a University of Illinois law professor who nominated him for the…
The U.S. Supreme Court under the leadership of Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. is more likely to reach a conservative result in business cases, according to a study of…
A new Department of Justice office announced today will oversee discipline for career prosecutors who recklessly or intentionally violate ethical rules and will be headed by Kevin Ohlson, who until…
Sidley Austin partner Virginia Seitz is expected to be tapped to head the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel after President Obama’s controversial prior nominee withdrew from consideration.
Legal attacks on the insurance mandate in the new health care law are “troubling” and could have devastating consequences if they succeed, according to an op-ed by Attorney General Eric…
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