In a case accepted for review today, the U.S. Supreme Court has asked lawyers to address whether the justices should overrule a 2001 decision involving government officials’ qualified immunity from…
The U.S. Supreme Court has summarily rejected an appeal by a group that wants to buy ads promoting an anti-Hillary Clinton movie without complying with campaign finance laws.
Justice Clarence Thomas doesn’t believe it’s his job to compensate for years of misinterpretation by reinterpreting the Constitution in a distorted way.
An editorial writer at the Wall Street Journal is taking legal thriller writer John Grisham to task for supporting merit selection of judges over judicial elections.
Justice Antonin Scalia showed his familiarity with Oscar the Grouch in a dissenting opinion on Tuesday that supported the right of political parties to affiliate with candidates of their choosing.
The U.S. Supreme Court issued an important decision yesterday emphasizing the importance of eliminating racial bias in jury selection, according to the lawyer for a black murder defendant who won…
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled a trial court erred when it allowed a prosecutor to remove a black juror partly on the ground that he appeared nervous.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s apparent embrace of an individual right to bear arms during oral arguments yesterday leads to the next question: How far does the right…
A phone call from a wealthy social acquaintance led to what presumably must be the biggest case in one 37-year-old Washington, D.C., lawyer’s professional life. Alan Gura was arguing yesterday…
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review a federal appellate ruling that found a Seattle man convicted in state court of a drive-by shooting deserved a new trial because…
A former prison camp guard who says he was forced to persecute others in Africa will get a chance to press his case for asylum with the U.S. Supreme Court.
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