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The U.S. Supreme Court banned teen executions, but the United States still locks up more juveniles for life without the possibility of parole than all nations combined.
The ultimate featfor an ambitious law student is a U.S. Supreme Court clerkship, anopportunity bestowed on only the top graduates - often from IvyLeague law schools.
Federal prosecutor Daniel Zachem has a lot riding on a pro se civil suit against him that alleges he participated in a conspiracy to violate the rights of a Washington, D.C., grand juror. But the suit has far-reaching implications for all federal prosecutors, so Zachem's lawyer, Crowell & Moring partner Michael Martinez, wants the U.S. Supreme Court to pick up the case and reverse a federal ...
How to discredit a church: Be "pro life"or "go somewhere else."
Their complaint alleged that they were being forced to pay $600,000 annually and receiving inadequate value.
By MICHAEL KIRKLAND WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Sometime soon, the U.S. Supreme Court again will be obliged to rule on the constitutionality of a religious symbol on public land.
A judge’s ruling in a Manhattan case is viewed as a groundbreaking push to get state courts to focus on evidence over procedure when deciding claims of innocence.
Two very different cases, the Jose Padilla case and the "balloon boy" case, cast new light on a legal issue that has been simmering for years: when, whether and how defendants should be informed about the collateral consequences of pleading or being found guilty.
Norman Vincent Peale Award Recipient is Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas
Nov. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Students from Harvard University won five Rhodes Scholarships and those from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology were awarded three, leading the 32 U.S. recipients of the award for 2010.
Nov. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Students from Harvard University won five Rhodes Scholarships and those from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology three, leading the 32 U.S. recipients of the award for 2010.
Illinois Supreme Court Justice Thomas L. Kilbride has been named Judge of the Year by the Illinois Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA).
The U.S. Supreme Court justice speaks at a dinner for the Creighton University School of Law.
By JIM PROVANCE BLADE COLUMBUS BUREAU CHIEF COLUMBUS — Gov. Ted Strickland Friday embraced discussions about jettisoning special-interest money from the selection of Ohio justices but stopped short of endorsing the end of popular elections. In the meantime, he plans to campaign in 2010 to get at least one Democrat elected to the all-Republican state Supreme Court. Three of seven seats will be on ...
From the marbled corridors of Congress to the tony salons of Georgetown, liberal lawmakers are abuzz with ideas on how to rein in U.S. corporations. Yet over in the courts, two conservative lawyers are mounting a serious challenge to a law, enacted earlier in the decade, that imposed tough restrictions on American businesses. A ruling in their favor could deal a serious blow to the pro ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia (AN'-toh-nihn skuh-LEE'-uh) has said in a speech at Ohio State University the Constitution is best treated as an original document within the context of its historical creation, not as a text subject to modern reinterpretation.
