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U.S. Supreme Court justices of all stripes appeared sharply critical on Tuesday of the federal law that makes it a crime to "deprive another of honest services," leaving the often-used prosecutorial tool in serious doubt.
Supreme Court justices fired hard questions at attorneys on both sides of the aisle Wednesday, but the state left feeling that they had a slight edge over the property owners. “I think the judgment will be in favor of the state,” said Yale law...
U.S. Supreme Court justices fired hard questions at attorneys on both sides of the aisle last week, but the Florida’s representatives left feeling that they had a slight edge over the property owners. “I think the judgment will be in favor of the...
Joan Biskupic's new biography of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia explores his widening influence on the Supreme Court as he advances the legal philosophy of "originalism."
Ironically on the same day that a shooter went on a rampage at Fort Hood and shot 13 people dead and wounded 29, oral arguments were taking place in two cases before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court challenging state gun control laws.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Enron's Jeffrey Skilling, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, jailed media baron Conrad Black -- all their high profile cases, and many more, could be affected or even gutted by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling later this term that could hogtie federal prosecutors and void convictions.
Longtime Butler County politician Michael Fox is in notorious company as he faces federal corruption charges of depriving the public of its right to “honest services.”
A House judiciary subcommittee has scheduled a hearing for Thursday on the recusal of judges. Lawmakers have shown a renewed interest in the issue, with plans to examine the process that federal judges use to decide recusal motions. The hearing will mark the first time Congress has addressed recusals in a significant way since 2004, when Democrats criticized Justice Antonin Scalia for declining ...
While attorneys on both sides of the sandbox argued the beach restoration case before the U.S. Supreme Court, a higher power was delivering a definitive closing argument. As pundits and reporters scrambled to analyze the hearing, a winter storm that...
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- A U.S. Supreme Court case may prompt Congress to scale back the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley law, the measure that tightened oversight of financial disclosure after the Enron Corp.
ALBANY — Jurors will begin a sixth day of deliberations today in the federal corruption trial of former Sen. Joseph L. Bruno after spending much of Thursday focused on whether Bruno received the proper clearance to do consulting work and if he publicly disclosed his business relationships.
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- To hear waterfront homeowners tell it, the state of Florida embarked on a scheme to create a public beach alongside their private property, smack between their land and the Gulf of Mexico.
Florida homeowners argued Wednesday before the U.S. Supreme Court that they should be compensated for a beach restoration project that leaves their private beachfront property open to the public.
Tennessee executed a man Wednesday who had served nearly three decades on death row for killing three people during a shooting spree at a Nashville convenience store.
Florida took up a seven-mile-long beach restoration project, and some beach property owners say it violates their rights. On Wednesday, a lawyer for waterfront landowners encountered both skepticism and support at the Supreme Court.
An interesting case came before the U.S. Supreme Court today: Stop the Beach Renourishment v. Florida. It may sound more like a trendy diet than a case for the nation's highest court, but the issue at stake is a serious ...
