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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.
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 ...
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.
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. A model law tackling the issue will go before the American Bar Association for endorsement in February, and then would be put before ...
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 ...
By JIM PROVANCE BLADE COLUMBUS BUREAU CHIEF COLUMBUS - Even North Carolina state Rep. Chris Heagarty knows the name Alice Resnick and can recite the attack ad allegations made against the former Ohio Supreme Court justice nine years ago. "I'm from almost a time zone away, and I saw how awful those ads were," he told a crowd of justices, judges, lawyers, politicians, and citizen group ...
BENNINGTON — Brandeis University professor Anita Hill, who rose to national prominence in 1991 during the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, has been appointed to serve as a member of Southern Vermont College's board of trustees, the independent college announced on Thursday. ... - By PATRICK McARDLE Staff Writer
Back when the Constitution was being drafted, there was no way to account for modern issues like abortion or sodomy, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said on Tuesday.
"Don't resolve your dispute in the street, bring it to court."Judge Timothy C. Evans has spent the better part of his professional career championing that point of view, first as a litigator and assistant corporate counsel for the city of Chicago, then as deputy commissioner and alderman, later as a judge and finally as chief judge of the Cook County Circuit Court.
WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 19, 2009 - Based on the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 22,295,000 Americans with disabilities are of working age; however, only 36.9 percent were employed, compared to the 79.7 percent of the non-disabled.
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts visited the University of Oklahoma College of Law Tuesday."This is the first time in history that a sitting chief justice has come to Oklahoma," Dean Andrew Coats said.
When Cook County's Chief Judge Timothy Evans is honored at the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday, it will be a landmark moment for the once-disgraced local Circuit Court. CBS 2 Political Editor Mike Flannery reports.
COLUMBUS -- The Constitution is best treated as an original document within the context of its historical creation, not as a text subject to modern reinterpretation, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said Tuesday.
The Irish Legal 100 is a celebration of Irish Americans and their success in the legal industry. Honorees flew in from as far away as Los Angeles to celebrate at this prestigious event. Despite the heavy rain, there was an exceptional turnout.
Comments made by Justices during a Nov. 9 hearing on Bilski v. Kappos — a case that could end up impacting the patentability of genes — suggest that the US Supreme Court is struggling to define the circumstances under which processes not linked to a machine or to the transformation of physical matter are patentable.
