A federal judge’s ruling last year that an Oregon county had violated the First Amendment by restricting jail mail to postcards resulted in a $15,000 payment to the plaintiff, Prison…
The nation’s top court has refused to hear an unusual appeal by the Delaware Court of Chancery of a federal appellate court’s ruling that secret corporate arbitration hearings involving the…
The federal judge who found that Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s department was illegally profiling Latinos and ordered remedial measures, with court oversight, hauled Arpaio and Chief Deputy Jerry…
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday in the two most high-profile cases of this term to consider whether it violates the religious freedom of secular corporations to force…
Fred Phelps Sr., who tested the boundaries of free speech as the founding pastor of the Westboro Baptist Church, known for its picketing of military funerals and opposition to homosexuality,…
An Illinois law that made it a crime to record a conversation without the consent of all the parties has been struck down by the Illinois Supreme Court.
Relatives of a Delaware courthouse shooter could get as much as life in prison if they are convicted in an unusual federal cyberstalking case that has been brought against them.
The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled this month to consider the First Amendment rights of protesters forced to move away from President George W. Bush as he dined on a…
“Truthiness” and political satire are imperiled by an Ohio law that makes it a criminal offense to tell political lies, according to a U.S. Supreme Court amicus brief filed by…
The Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate has its supporters, but it faces a legal challenge that will come before the Supreme Court this term. Photo courtesy of SEIU International.
" />
The ABA Journal wants to host and facilitate conversations among lawyers about their profession. We are now accepting thoughtful, non-promotional articles and commentary by unpaid contributors.