The Supreme Court announced this Monday that they will try another religious concern, this time the use of prayers to open public meetings. They will review an appeals ruling…
It’s that wonderful time of year again! Flowers are blooming, young love is burgeoning, and the United States Supreme Court is preparing to make several hugely important rulings in…
The United States Supreme Court declined to hear a case that would partially determine whether the carrying of concealed weapons is a right granted by the constitution or something…
This year, Chief Justice John Roberts placed special emphasis on the “fiscal cliff” in his annual year-end report on the federal judiciary. The 16-page report, which is traditionally released the…
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the application by anti-abortion group Personhood Oklahoma to review the decision of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, which struck down the ballot initiative termed…
The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in Wiley v. Kirtsaeng, a significant copyright case that pits John Wiley and Sons, a textbook publisher, against Supap Kirtsaeng, a Thai-born student entrepreneur…
On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the degree of liability of the federal government and the extent to which it must pay damages for temporarily flooding…
While the decision over the matter is expected in June, what took place on Tuesday at the U.S. Supreme Court over the federal government’s liability under the law in printing…
The Supreme Court on Monday privately discussed the prospects of handling two same-sex marriage disputes, one seeking to appeal 1996′s DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act), and the other to question…
In an early order on Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court curtly informed, “The application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Scalia and by him referred…
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