Administration officials have three days to draft arguments opposing a federal magistrate’s suggestion that they should copy e-mails on the hard drives of executive office computers.
Contrary to what we now tend to think, bad behavior was common among the Puritans during the 1660s, according to Diane Rapaport. And she should know: Long-ago court records have…
The National Archives invited reporters to see the unveiling of the Magna Carta yesterday, a document back in its possession thanks to the generosity of a lawyer who founded a…
Conspiracy theorists, fasten your seat belts. A document found with other items about a year ago in an old safe in a Dallas courthouse bolsters the theory that President John…
Thanks to an Indiana attorney who decided to go back to school to study forensic anthropology, a 100-year-old murder mystery may be on the brink of resolution.
Although he is most famous as a U.S. president elected—and assassinated—during the Civil War era, Abraham Lincoln practiced law as an Illinois attorney for 25 years.
It still is possible, in a handful of states, for an individual to pass the bar and work as an attorney without ever actually having attended law school.
Last week, a federal magistrate gave White House officials a five-day deadline to answer a question at the center of two consolidated lawsuits: Had they, or had they not, retained…
An Oregon drunken driving case has made international news after authorities said they arrested a woman for driving under the influence whose blood alcohol level registered at .72. That is…
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