In a 6-3 ruling this morning, the U.S. Supreme Court closed the door, but didn’t slam it shut in the case involving a former Enron executive who is fighting government…
In a sharp 5-4 split, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled this morning that an individual whose conviction is already final doesn’t have the right to access evidence to do DNA…
Judge Sonia Sotomayor provided hints that she has concerns about some aspects of the war on terrorism—including expanded government wiretap authority—during a 2003 law school lecture.
Federal appeals courts hearing gun rights cases after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Second Amendment ruling last year in District of Columbia v. Heller are…
Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., was denied a seat on the federal bench in 1986 when Democratic critics accused him of racial insensitivity—charges he denied, Jun 16, 2009 11:59 AM CDT
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether student loans can be dismissed in bankruptcy absent proof that repayment constitutes an “undue hardship.”
In something of a surprise cert grant, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether Florida’s battle against beach erosion amounts to an unconstitutional taking of private owners’ coastal…
The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down a tax on cargo ships imposed by the city of Valdez, Alaska, as a violation of the Constitution’s tonnage clause.
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against an alien fighting his deportation on the ground that his bank fraud conviction wasn’t based on a statute requiring proof of losses above…
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told judges at a federal appeals conference on Friday that she was “cheered” to hear that Sonia Sotomayor had been nominated to replace David H. Souter.
Don Blankenship, the chief executive of Massey Energy Co., questions whether the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling this week that a judge he supported should have recused himself will ultimately stifle…
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