Coal Firm to Pay Obama Mentor $435,000 to Fight Climate Plan

Peabody Energy Corp. is set to pay President Barack Obama's Harvard Law School mentor $435,000 this year to help the bankrupt coal producer challenge the administration's signature environmental law. The payments to Laurence Tribe, a constitutional law expert and legal icon -- spanning May to December this year -- were disclosed in a legal filing tied to Peabody's bankruptcy proceedings.

50 Years After Miranda: A Look At IL’s Juvenile Justice System Monday, June 13

Springfield, Ill Today marks 50 years since the U.S. Supreme Court made Miranda warnings mandatory, and legal experts say Illinois is taking small but positive steps in bolstering those rights for young people accused of crimes. University of Chicago law professor Randolph Stone is praising parts of Senate Bill 2370 , which would require a simplified Miranda warning for minors.

Appeals courts agree on concealed weapons ban restrictions

A federal appeals court's decision upholding California's restrictions on carrying concealed weapons gives lawyers a fourth chance to try to get the U.S. Supreme Court's attention on the subject. Thursday's ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco upheld a law requiring gun applicants to show good reason beyond mere safety.

High court’s bestiality ruling sparks calls for stronger animal-protection laws

Animal-rights advocates - including a Toronto Liberal MP - say a Supreme Court ruling that upheld the bestiality acquittal of a British Columbia man underscores the need for stronger laws. The high court decision Thursday narrowly defines the crime of bestiality as penetration involving a person and an animal - meaning it doesn't cover other forms of sexual activity.

Supreme Court vacancy watch Day 117: No judges for Elizabeth Warren

Donald Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee, which is frightening.We must make sure his hateful rhetoric does not even... Sign if you agree: Presidents do not stop working in the final year of their term. Neither should the Senate.

These Are the Historical Figures in Hillary Clinton’s Victory Video

Democratic presidential candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during a primary night event on June 7, 2016 in Brooklyn, New York. Hillary Clinton claimed victory on primary night Tuesday as the first woman to be a major party's presumptive nominee for president.