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…
If you think the hottest ticket for lawyers inside the Beltway is the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner or the latest opening at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, think again.
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a chemical maker and a landlord are responsible for cleanup costs of a site contaminated by a company that leased the…
Updated: The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to grant a rehearing of its decision holding it is unconstitutional to impose the death penalty for child rape, SCOTUSblog reports.
Solicitor General Paul Clement was on the winning side in 20 out of 25 Supreme Court cases in which the Justice Department filed an amicus brief last term.
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