A Stanford University law professor who urged the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday to suppress evidence of a police search alluded to the deputy in The Andy Griffith Show to make…
John McCain outlined his judicial philosophy in a May speech in which he held up two Supreme Court justices as models: Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Samuel A.…
Cases touching on religion and abortion were among several rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday. One concerns whether anti-abortion activists can force Arizona to issue “Choose Life” license plates,…
Justice Stephen G. Breyer will be able to participate in more business cases before the Supreme Court because he and his wife are selling many of their stocks.
During oral arguments today, two U.S. Supreme Court justices blamed the Federal Trade Commission for misleading consumers about the dangers of light cigarettes. The arguments did not bode well for…
As the U.S. Supreme Court begins its term today, one story describes the docket as less meaty than usual, while another says the number of cases heard by the end…
Former acting Solicitor General Walter Dellinger is predicting that three liberal justices will retire from the U.S. Supreme Court if Barack Obama wins the election.
The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Gregory G. Garre as the solicitor general. He had been acting solicitor general since Paul D. Clement stepped down in June.
Fielding questions after a lecture at Harvard Law School on Wednesday, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia outlined the limits of the court’s decision on the right to bear arms…
For the second straight year, Yale Law School students protested the presence of military recruiters at the school’s career fair because of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on…
In an ad slated to run nationally on the Fox News Channel starting Monday, conservative activists question what kind of judges Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama would appoint should he…
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