A federal appeals court in Denver today gave a green light to a lawsuit over an Oklahoma voter initiative that approved a state constitutional amendment banning state courts from looking…
Court-packing and other devices legislators employ to control their justice systems are almost as old as the Constitution itself. In 1801 the lame-duck Federalist Congress and outgoing President John Adams…
As football fans prepare to descend on Indianapolis for Super Bowl Sunday on Feb. 5, the city’s lawyers are busy prepping contingency plans to ensure legal business continues as normal.
A group called Move to Amend is calling for a one-day “Occupy the Courts” demonstration to protest the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision finding that corporations have a First Amendment right…
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. supported his court’s recusal procedures on Saturday amid calls for two justices to bow out of a case on the constitutionality of the Obama…
A Nevada defense attorney has been criminally charged as an alleged ringleader in a claimed scheme that provided certificates of completion to individuals in misdemeanor cases concerning court-ordered community service…
A Wisconsin district attorney is pondering whether to ask the state supreme court to reconsider a controversial ruling over a state collective bargaining law for public employees, following news that…