The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide the constitutionality of a federal law that bans gun ownership by people subject to domestic-violence restraining orders.
To combat the American public’s loss of faith in the intelligence community, agencies must make reforms and create a culture of compliance and concern, according to panelists at “Lost Trust: Politics and Intelligence,” a webinar hosted by the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Law and National Security.
For decades, politicians, scholars and activists have debated whether there should be reparations for slavery, and if so, what form that compensation would take. In The Black Reparations Project: A Handbook for Racial Justice, authors William A. Darity Jr., A. Kirsten Mullen and Lucas Hubbard work to answer all questions and move the reparations discussion from theory to action, tapping an interdisciplinary team to create a framework to advance the cause.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday overturned the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness plan, holding that it was not authorized by a law allowing modification of student-aid programs during national emergencies.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that the First Amendment protects a web designer who refuses to create websites for same-sex weddings.
Paul Campos, a University of Colorado Boulder law professor known for his writings about the legal academy being based on an unsustainable economic model, has filed a federal complaint against his employer alleging discrimination and retaliation.
Workers seeking a religious accommodation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act may have an easier time in the courts as a result of a decision Thursday by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson “has hit the ground running,” says Ralph Richard Banks, a professor at Stanford Law School and faculty director of the Stanford Center for Racial Justice. “She seems to have already found her voice, both literally in oral arguments and in her opinions.”
Citing the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina.
Lawyers who support former President Donald Trump deserve sanctions for their lawsuit alleging that Michigan officials “fraudulently manipulat[ed] the vote” in November 2020 through a “wide-ranging interstate—and international—collaboration” to ensure a win for now-President Joe Biden, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.