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Mojave cross (courtesy ACLU of Southern California) WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Despite reports of a divided court, an indication of how the court may rule in the Mojave case comes from the decision in last term's Pleasant...
The American Association of University Professors released a report earlier this month in response to a 2006 Supreme Court case that could potentially have direct ramifications in higher education. The report, "Protecting an...
Gun rights advocates have sketched out arguments they hope will convince the U.S. Supreme Court that no state can be a Second Amendment-free zone. In a 73-page legal brief filed on Monday, the groups representing four Chicago...
In brief comments at the opening of the Supreme Court's session Monday, Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. expressed "profound sympathy" to retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor for the death Nov. 11 of her husband, John O'Connor...
As Sonia Sotomayor wraps up her second full argument cycle as a U.S. Supreme Court justice, it has become clear that she is a prolific and fearless questioner. She can be tenacious and direct, bordering on harsh. She can be...
The White House's top lawyer is returning to private practice and being replaced by a longtime adviser to Barack Obama. White House counsel Greg Craig, who's leaving in early January, has been the subject of repeated questions...
George Tiller was murdered on Sunday. Just outside the church where he served as an usher, in Wichita, KS. Back in the nineties, this physician already survided one bombing and one shooting. The murderer* will probably get a...
Typically, observers of the U.S. Supreme Court focus on what the justices definitively ruled. Faculty leaders believe that is what happened three years ago, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that First Amendment protections do...
Published: Nov. 8, 2009 at 2:15 AM By MICHAEL KIRKLAND WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Prisoner advocates such as the Equal Justice Initiative say Sullivan is one of only two 13-year-olds in the United States sentenced to life...
More than 10 months into President Obama's term in office, he and the Democratic-controlled Senate have been notably slow to confirm judges to the nation's courts, particularly when compared with recent administrations. To...
