Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe says a high tax on bonuses paid to executives by companies receiving bailout funds could likely be structured in a way to avoid constitutional problems.
In the wake of widespread anger over news of big bonuses paid to executives at American International Group in the midst of a taxpayer-funded bailout that could hit $185 billion,…
There’s growing public outrage over news that some $165 million of a taxpayer-funded $180 billion bailout of American International Group is being paid out in bonuses to those who helped…
As one member called a Louisiana doctor who at one point was accused of criminally euthanizing patients in her care a hero, a panel today recommended that the state should…
In the first revision since 1992 of the conduct code for federal judges, the Judicial Conference of the United States today enacted a streamlined set of rules for the nation’s…
Another federal appeals court has been heard from in an ongoing controversy over the constitutionality of crime registries, weighing in on the side of the proponents.
Reportedly under consideration for a top post at the U.S. Treasury Department, the chairman of Sullivan & Cromwell has apparently stepped away from the possible appointment.
Those who suffered extensive longtime losses under Bernard Madoff’s alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme aren’t likely to see most of their money again, at least anytime soon.
A iconic American childhood activity could be headed for the same fate as the dodo bird if medical researchers get their way. Tree houses are the source of some 2,800…
In an initially little-known practice, President George W. Bush not infrequently signed federal legislation but then, in effect, countermanded some provisions in so-called signing statements.
Since a gag order was lifted that prevented lawyers involved from talking about the federal criminal case against U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent, his attorney, Dick DeGuerin, has had much…
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that an anti-dilution provision of the Voting Rights Act does not protect minorities in redistricting fights where they make up less than half of…
Attorney General Eric Holder indicated a few weeks back that the Drug Enforcement Administration will end raids on medical marijuana clinics, but the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles appears…
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