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Bloomberg : "Kagan and Roberts are part of a quartet of relatively centrist justices, along with Anthony Kennedy and Stephen Breyer, who at times can turn their chemistry into a consensus and avert a sharp divide." "The group will be tested during what could be a divisive stretch starting next week, when the court reconvenes after a month-long recess.
On January 18, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reinstated the Washington Redskins' federal trademark registrations originally cancelled by the Trademark Trials and Appeals Board in 2014 in light of the Supreme Court's ruling that disparaging trademarks are protected by freedom of speech under the First Amendment in Matal v. Tam .
Mildred Jeter and Richard Loving met in high school and fell in love in Caroline County in the 1950s. They decided to marry when Mildred became pregnant at 18. At the time, they couldn't wed in Virginia: Mildred was of African American and Indian descent, Richard was white and the state prohibited interracial marriages.
The leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee want to know how the agency overseeing the operation of federal courts is addressing sexual misconduct and harassment in the judiciary. Chairman Chuck Grassley, an Iowa Republican, and top Democrat Dianne Feinstein of California wrote in a letter to the head of the federal courts' administrative agency that they were "deeply troubled" by news reports and allegations of sexual harassment and inappropriate workplace behavior in the court system.
Pro-life demonstrators march towards the US Supreme Court during the 44th annual March for Life in Washington, DC, on January 27, 2017. Anti-abortion advocates descended on the US capital on Friday for an annual march expected to draw the largest crowd in years, with the White House spotlighting the cause and throwing its weight behind the campaign.
West Virginia's Senate on Friday voted to end abortion rights under the state constitution. The measure approved by senators 25-9 would require passage by two-thirds of the House and a voter referendum to amend the West Virginia constitution and take effect.
An Oklahoma woman convicted of using a counterfeit check has received a reduced sentence after getting medically sterilized at the suggestion of the judge. The Oklahoman reports that U.S. District Judge Stephen Friot showed leniency to 34-year-old Summer Thyme Creel during her sentencing Thursday because she had surgery to prevent pregnancies.
The first chief justice of the United States, John Marshall, firmly established the principle of judicial review in Marbury v. Madison, an 1803 decision that was the first to overturn an act of Congress as being unconstitutional.
Brand will report to President and CEO Doug McMillon. She will be responsible for the organization's Legal, Global Ethics and Compliance and Global Investigation, Security, Aviation and Travel departments, along with her role as corporate secretary.
Republicans in control of the Pennsylvania Legislature gerrymandered the state's congressional districts, seeking to entrench their party in power. Now that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that the state's partisan gerrymandering was unconstitutional , we're seeing an unprecedented assault on the rule of law.
An old legal anecdote-attributed to such legal notables as Mae West and the Earl of Birkenhead -depicts a frustrated judge asking an obstreperous lawyer, "Are you displaying contempt of court?" I sometimes think simple politeness-a willingness to conceal contempt for other parties, judges, and even law itself-is all that differentiates true lawyers from thugs in contrast-collar shirts. But like other areas of public etiquette, this habitual courtesy is showing strain in the era of Donald Trump.
Tony Mauro, based in Washington, covers the U.S. Supreme Court. A lead writer for ALM's Supreme Court Brief, Tony focuses on the court's history and traditions, appellate advocacy and the SCOTUS cases that matter most to business litigators.
Teacher's unions are hell bent on keeping the agency fees they collect from government workers whether they want to join the unions or not. "Later this month the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case of Janus v.
Three candidates for the Wisconsin Supreme Court are pursuing what's supposed to be a nonpartisan job, but they demonstrated during a Monday forum that voters have a trio of distinct ideologies to choose from in two weeks. There's a conservative judge who draws inspiration from late Justice Antonin Scalia.
The U.S. Supreme Court will soon hear a case that has the potential to rock the world of unions that represent public sector employees throughout the country. The court will decide whether state government workers who do not wish to belong to a union and pay union dues must still pay a "service fee" to cover the union's costs in negotiating and enforcing the terms of collective bargaining agreements.
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS - A pair of abortion clinics claiming hardships related to Ohio's escalating restrictions on the procedure lost separate fights in the state's high court on Tuesday.
A Nunavut judge has written a passionate objection to the Supreme Court's time limits for criminal trials, saying they do not respect Inuit culture or the geography of northern Canada. Judges are usually bound by Supreme Court precedents.
The U.S. Supreme Court late Tuesday rejected some but not all of the North Carolina legislative districts that federal judges redrew for this year's elections. The justices partially granted the request of Republican lawmakers who contend the House and Senate maps they voted for last summer were legal and didn't need to be altered.
It's important for people to get involved and participate in the lawmaking process by lobbying for changes they want to see, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Tuesday in Atlanta.
Roughly two weeks ago, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court handed down a landmark ruling that invalidating the Congressional Districts drawn up by the state legislature in the wake of the 2010 Census. Under the terms of that ruling, which was based on state law and the state Constitution, the state legislature has until the end of the week to submit a new map to the Governor and a new map must be approved within ten days.