Tag: Law

Kansas' Supreme Court on Friday will hear the appeal of a death row inmate for the first time since Election Day. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)

Kansas Supreme Court to hear first death penalty case since justices’ election

Ryan Lovelace · December 16, 2016 4:51 pm

Delaware's high court previously ruled that the state's death penalty law was unconstitutional. (Jason Minto/The Wilmington News-Journal via AP)

Delaware Supreme Court ruling means no executions for inmates on death row

Ryan Lovelace · December 16, 2016 3:37 pm

ConfirmSessions.com launched by conservative legal group

Ryan Lovelace · December 16, 2016 5:01 am

A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked new Texas requirements for aborted infants to be buried or cremated. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Judge blocks Texas fetal burial law

Paige Winfield Cunningham · December 15, 2016 10:30 pm

In this June 18, 2015 file photo, Charleston, S.C., shooting suspect Dylann Storm Roof is escorted from the Cleveland County Courthouse in Shelby, N.C. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)

Jury convicts Dylann Roof

Associated Press · December 15, 2016 8:30 pm

An appeals court upheld a California law requiring a 10-day waiting period for gun purchases. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Appeals court backs 10-day waiting period for gun purchases

Ryan Lovelace · December 15, 2016 5:02 pm

The USNS Earl Warren will be the newest ship named in the John Lewis class of oilers. (U.S. Navy photo illustration/Petty Officer 1st Class Armando Gonzales)

National Security

New Navy ship named after former Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren

Ryan Lovelace · December 15, 2016 4:11 pm

"At this point, the ball's in the city's court," Lynch said. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Lynch: Consent decree with Baltimore police possible soon

Kelly Cohen · December 15, 2016 3:36 pm

Trump supporter apologizes to protester he punched at rally

Caitlin Yilek · December 15, 2016 4:21 am

The District of Columbia also had one of the highest increases in homelessness between 2009 and 2016. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Report: Homelessness worst in nation’s capital

Kelly Cohen · December 14, 2016 10:13 pm

In 2015, Baltimore recorded 344 homicides, making it the deadliest year in city history on a per capita basis. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Baltimore passed 300 homicides for the year

Kelly Cohen · December 14, 2016 6:45 pm

Nearly 74 percent of likely voters with a favorable opinion of Trump support term limits for the justices. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Poll: Two-thirds want to impose term limits on Supreme Court justices

Ryan Lovelace · December 14, 2016 6:41 pm