Tag: Law

Dutch Supreme Court: Doctors can euthanize dementia patients

Andrew Mark Miller · April 24, 2020 9:05 pm

Beltway Confidential

Hawaii ‘clean water’ case shows why conservatives chafe at Justices Kavanaugh and Roberts

Quin Hillyer · April 24, 2020 8:35 pm

Green River Killer Gary Ridgway listens during his arraignment on charges of murder in the 1982 death of Rebecca "Becky" Marrero, Friday, Feb. 18, 2011, at the King County Regional Justice Center in Kent., Wash. Ridgway already confessed to killing Marrero as part of a 2003 plea deal that spared him the death penalty.

Washington Supreme Court denies release for serial killer and others in 5-4 vote over coronavirus

Zach Halaschak · April 24, 2020 7:21 pm

Jeff Hulbert, of Annapolis, Md., protests U.S. handling of Ebola cases outside of the White House Friday, Oct. 17, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump administration weighs options for protecting businesses from liability for infections

Nihal Krishan · April 24, 2020 4:32 pm

Members Congress clinb the steps of the House of Representatives for final votes, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 31, 2014. Congress ran full-tilt into election-year gridlock over immigration Thursday and staggered toward a five-week summer break with no agreement in sight on legislation to cope with the influx of young immigrants flocking illegally to the United States. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

‘Several cottage industries’: Coronavirus lawsuits a boon to plaintiff lawyers

Kerry Picket · April 24, 2020 3:00 pm

Patent protection is needed, now more than ever

Ross Marchand · April 24, 2020 2:15 pm

The White House is preparing to expand protections for a swath of the Pacific Ocean that would bar energy development, fishing and other activity in the area. The epicenter is the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, a marine sanctuary designated in 2009 by former President George W. Bush, in the south-central Pacific Ocean. (Thinkstock)

Energy and Environment

Supreme Court says Trump view of key Clean Water Act provision would create ‘obvious loophole’

Abby Smith · April 23, 2020 7:44 pm

Supreme Court rules green card-holding immigrant subject to deportation

Anthony Leonardi · April 23, 2020 6:17 pm

‘One of the really dumb ideas of all time’: Andrew Cuomo slams McConnell for suggesting states declare bankruptcy

Madison Dibble · April 23, 2020 5:08 pm

China's President Xi Jinping has pledged the world's top emitter will reach carbon-neutrality by 2060.

‘Must not be allowed to act with impunity’: Mississippi joins Missouri in suing Chinese government over spread of coronavirus

Dominick Mastrangelo · April 23, 2020 3:58 pm

Small government advocates raise concerns over contact tracing in coronavirus fight

Kerry Picket · April 23, 2020 2:21 pm

A person reaches out of his cell at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif.

Pair of inmates released under California coronavirus emergency order arrested for carjacking, setting fires

Dominick Mastrangelo · April 23, 2020 11:17 am