The problem of drawing lines became a focus at yesterday’s oral arguments on whether the Constitution bars a sentence of life without parole for juveniles who don’t commit murder.
In a summary disposition, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled a federal appeals court should not have judged a murder defendant’s representation based on ABA standards enacted 18 years after…
Since 1997, Rand Warsaw and Bernie Bilski have been pursuing a patent on their mathematical method that helps utility companies offer uniform energy bills to consumers by hedging transactions against…
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Antonin Scalia questioned yesterday whether courts should be evaluating mutual fund fees when investors can make their own assessments.
Watching his father fight a gut-wrenching legal battle motivated Augustus Mendenhall to go to law school. But the decades-old property dispute still festered, resulting in a bizarre incident this past…
Justices John Paul Stevens and Antonin Scalia disagree with the U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal today to decide whether the statute of limitations bars prosecution of a Klansman convicted of kidnapping…
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. is the 10th most influential person in Washington, D.C., beating out Attorney General Eric Holder, who comes in at No. 13.
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