Advocates for the legalization of marijuana apparently may be gaining traction with a perhaps-unlikely ally to their cause—the Republican governor of California.
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal by convicted media baron Conrad Black that challenges the reach of the law barring honest services fraud.
Citing pending litigation under the Freedom of Information Act, the CIA has declined a request by Richard Cheney to declassify two documents that the former vice president contends would show…
A special prosecutor who is investigating accusations related to the claimed political firings of at least nine U.S. Attorneys during the Bush administration is scheduled to question former senior White…
The University Club’s discounted club memberships for federal judges—offered, apparently as a way around a federal ban on honorary club memberships worth more than $50—are also likely verboten.
Sentenced yesterday to 33 months in federal prison for obstruction of justice in a case related to alleged sexual abuse of courthouse employees, a federal judge was in new trouble…
Abandoning his earlier opposition, the governor of Maine today immediately signed new legislation allowing same-sex couples there the legal right to marry.
As the U.S. Department of Justice gets ready to release a legal ethics report on two government attorneys involved in the drafting of what some term “torture” memos authorizing the…
Announcing new accusations today against the so-called Craiglist suspect involving a third claimed assault victim, the Rhode Island state attorney general also fired a verbal salvo at the website accused…
As President Barack Obama mulls possible nominees for the upcoming vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court, there’s no shortage of advice about the factors he should taken into consideration.
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