Tag: Law

A district court dismissed the case and a split decision of the 8th Circuit upheld the state's ban. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Right-leaning group asks Supreme Court to review apparel restrictions at voting places

Ryan Lovelace · May 31, 2017 3:15 pm

Silk Road founder loses appeal of life sentence and conviction

Ryan Lovelace · May 31, 2017 1:57 pm

The best result would be for the state high court to vindicate the right of speech and set a precedent for similar challenges in other states. (Twitter)

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Does a Kentucky printer have to print gay pride messages if they conflict with his religious beliefs?

William Duncan · May 31, 2017 12:00 am

All three men were investigating Ganzhou Huajian International Shoe City Company's factory in Jiangxi province. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Men investigating Ivanka Trump-brand working conditions in China arrested, missing

Mandy Mayfield · May 30, 2017 11:51 pm

This Nov. 25, 2014, file photo, shows demonstrators blocking Public Square in Cleveland, during a protest over the police shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice. Police Chief Calvin Williams announced the discipline against officers Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback, who were involved in the fatal shooting of the boy at a recreation center as he held a pellet gun. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)

Cleveland police officer who shot and killed Tamir Rice fired

Associated Press · May 30, 2017 5:29 pm

Gorsuch and Ginsburg found a quick point of easy agreement in the new justice's first case. (AP)

Beltway Confidential

Gorsuch, Ginsburg agree, crack down on lawsuit venue-shopping

David Freddoso · May 30, 2017 5:17 pm

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court scrapped the provocation rule because of its inconsistency with existing court precedent. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Supreme Court overturns 9th Circuit’s ‘provocation rule’ involving police use of force

Ryan Lovelace · May 30, 2017 3:47 pm

At issue in Husted v. Randolph Institute is whether Ohio's voter registration list-maintenance process -- using a voter's inactivity as reason to send a confirmation notice -- is lawful. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Supreme Court grants Ohio voter registration case

Ryan Lovelace · May 30, 2017 2:19 pm

Beltway Confidential

Alan Dershowitz: Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s roving commission to investigate ‘evil’ is a danger to civil liberties

Alan Dershowitz · May 28, 2017 6:23 pm

Strain said charges have not yet been filed against the suspect, who was arrested in Brookhaven, and that it would be "premature" to discuss a motive. (Therese Ape/The Clarion-Ledger)

Police say 8 dead in 3 Mississippi shootings

Associated Press · May 28, 2017 3:32 pm

Christian was reportedly screaming at two women in a commuter train, one of whom was wearing a hijab and both were Muslim. (Jim Ryan/The Oregonian via AP)

FBI joins Portland double homicide investigation: ‘Too early to say’ if it’s a hate crime

Kyle Feldscher · May 28, 2017 12:18 pm

The Senate's lack of action on pending nominees has become a problem, conservative legal experts say. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Conservatives: Trump ‘disappointingly slow’ to fill lower court nominations

Ryan Lovelace · May 28, 2017 4:01 am