More litigation is likely to follow Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision on behalf of white firefighters who sued over a decision to throw out a promotional exam.
Headlines proclaiming the reversal of a federal appeals court ruling by U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor are off the mark, according to a journalist who has covered the high…
The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled a special September session to consider whether it should overturn earlier rulings upholding limits on corporate and union campaign contributions.
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled on behalf of white firefighters challenging a decision to throw out a promotional exam because no blacks got top scores.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia warned lawyers to avoid Latin words, legal jargon and clichés in a meeting of the State Bar of Texas on Friday.
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. doesn’t see a conflict in two recent Supreme Court rulings on the authority of high school administrators to regulate students’ conduct.
The U.S. Supreme Court will issue a decision today in a case brought by white firefighters challenging a decision to throw out a promotional exam because no blacks got top…
In a report reviewing past decisions of U.S. Supreme Court Nominee Sonia Sotomayor, the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service determined she’s difficult to categorize.
Veteran Supreme Court reporter Tony Mauro observed…
In yesterday’s high court ruling that opens the door to direct examination of crime lab personnel, Justice Antonin Scalia quipped that, “the sky will not fall after today’s decision.”
In an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman on Tuesday night retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor took a playful shot at the firm who offered…
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