Could Justice Sandra Day O’Connor win reappointment to the U.S. Supreme Court? Why do some conservative justices drift to the left while others stay the same?
In two of the Supreme Court’s most important cases this year, the justices agreed that history and the original meaning of the Constitution were critical in interpreting constitutional guarantees.
Personal identifying information about U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer and several lawyers was inadvertently exposed when an employee of an investment firm used file-sharing software on a company…
The U.S. Justice Department has admitted it erred when it failed to inform the U.S. Supreme Court that a law adopted in 2006 authorized the death penalty for child rape…
An Air Force accident report that was shielded from litigants because of the state secrets privilege turned out to carry no secrets but instead information indicating negligence.
A blogger has pointed out an important fact missed by Justice Anthony M. Kennedy and the authors of 10 Supreme Court briefs: The military has a law authorizing the death…
A Massachusetts appeals court has affirmed an order requiring a former big law firm lawyer to pay his ex-wife more than $700 a week in alimony even though he is…
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