Tag: Law

Supreme Court Justices Stephen Breyer, top, Clarence Thomas, center, and Anthony Kennedy, leave St. Mathews Cathedral, after the Red Mass in Washington. The Supreme Court's new term starts Monday. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Archbishop tells Supreme Court justices to commit to an ‘America that welcomes the immigrant and refugee’

Ryan Lovelace · October 1, 2017 7:53 pm

Former football legend O.J. Simpson signs documents at the Lovelock Correctional Center in Nevada. Simpson was released early Sunday after serving nine years for a botched hotel room heist. (Brooke Keast/Nevada Department of Corrections via AP)

O.J. Simpson out of prison after 9 years for armed robbery

Associated Press · October 1, 2017 6:19 pm

The philosophical assumption at the heart of this system of executive overreach is the idea experts are better equipped to parse the minutiae of specific policy questions and are better educated and trained to recognize the correct course of action. Although innocent enough in theory, this assumption fails to account for certain flaws in the mechanism, for problems surrounding both incentives and information. (Kuzma / iStock)

Can freedom survive in the era of the administrative state?

David D'amato · October 1, 2017 4:01 am

9 cases to watch in the Supreme Court’s upcoming term

Ryan Lovelace · October 1, 2017 12:01 am

A circuit court judge granted a teachers union a restraining order against Project Veritas, an organization run by conservative activist James O'Keefe, and one of its alleged operatives. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Teachers union granted restraining order against Project Veritas

Melissa Quinn · September 30, 2017 3:18 pm

Marijuana currently is in the most restricted category, Schedule I, making it difficult to research. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)

Trump Drug Enforcement Administration choice to light up pot politics

Steven Nelson · September 30, 2017 4:01 am

The Association for Accessible Medicines did not succeed in obtaining an injunction against the new law. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Judge allows drug ‘price gouging’ law to go into effect in Maryland

Kimberly Leonard · September 29, 2017 5:20 pm

The first amendment says so. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Beltway Confidential

Schools can’t ban students from kneeling during the national anthem

Tom Rogan · September 29, 2017 4:38 pm

One thing Trump hasn't screwed up is nominating the right people for federal judgeships. (Screenshot/CSPAN)

Beltway Confidential

Here come Trump’s judges

Nicole Russell · September 29, 2017 4:04 pm

Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., speaks during a news conference, in Union Beach, N.J. Menendez is charged with accepting bribes from Florida eye doctor Salomon Melgen in exchange for lobbying for Melgen's personal and business interests. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Beltway Confidential

18 counts of bribery can’t stop Bob Menendez. The disgraced New Jersey Democrat is still asking for campaign donations

Philip Wegmann · September 29, 2017 2:09 pm

The Supreme Court's term, which starts Monday, is loaded with blockbuster challenges. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Supreme Court’s 5 most contentious cases and how experts think they’ll rule

Ryan Lovelace · September 29, 2017 4:01 am

Deez Nuts became an Internet and media sensation when Brady Olson filed under that moniker in July 2015. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Feds cracking down on ‘Deez Nuts’

Daniel Chaitin · September 29, 2017 3:52 am