Emoluments clause lawsuits against Donald Trump face uphill battle

Jun 15, 2017 7:45 AM CDT

Erasing the News: Should some stories be forgotten?

The media and lawyers wrestle with the question: Should some stories be forgotten? An uptick in requests has followed EU support for removing access to online info.

Jan 1, 2017 12:10 AM CST

Police routinely read juveniles their Miranda rights, but do kids really understand them?

Jun 1, 2016 2:50 AM CDT

SCOTUS upholds use of lethal-injection drug; two justices want death penalty re-examined

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an Eighth Amendment claim by Oklahoma death-row inmates who challenged the use of the sedative midazolam in executions.

The court ruled 5-4 (PDF)…

Jun 29, 2015 8:53 AM CDT

Contraceptive mandate is overturned for closely held companies with religious objections

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled 5-4 that closely held corporations can’t be required to provide insurance coverage for contraceptives over their owners’ religious objections.

The contraceptive mandate, enacted as…

Jun 30, 2014 2:25 PM CDT

With the Supreme Court’s OK, states begin imposing new laws to limit the vote

Jan 1, 2014 11:19 AM CST

Gender inequity in pay diminishes women’s prospects—and the law profession

Jun 1, 2013 9:40 AM CDT

Gov’t Lawyer Convicted in Hate-Crime Case re Harassing Calls to Neighbors Gets Prison Time

Updated: A longtime New York state government lawyer until he was embroiled in a criminal case for making racist, threatening phone calls in 2010 to his black neighbors in Albany…

Apr 26, 2012 5:20 PM CDT

‘Devil in the Grove’ Author Discusses Early Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Case

Apr 9, 2012 1:30 PM CDT

NY State Lawyer Resigns from $104K Civil Service Job, Takes Plea in Hate-Crimes Case

A New York state government lawyer accused of making anonymous racial threats over the telephone to his black neighbors in Albany has resigned from his $104,000-a-year civil service job and…

Feb 1, 2012 10:04 PM CST

Why America’s Kids Know So Little About Civics

Parents traditionally worry about what their children are learning in school, but it’s what those students are not learning that’s even more unsettling. Only one state deserved a rating of…

Apr 29, 2011 8:57 PM CDT