Tag: Law

Everyone wants a civil court system in which those genuinely harmed can seek fair compensation from those who caused them harm. But opportunistic lawsuits targeting the deepest pockets threaten to cannibalize the national economy and sap the vitality of its industry.

The public nuisance that is the plaintiff’s bar

David Freddoso · December 11, 2016 5:01 am

The bill will "help ensure that justice for Holocaust survivors and their families is achieved." (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Senate passes bill to help recover Nazi-stolen art

Gabby Morrongiello · December 10, 2016 3:12 pm

A federal judge could force the Dakota Access oil pipeline to be completed after last week's decision by the Obama administration to halt the project near an Indian reservation . (AP Photo/ Blake Nicholson, File)

Energy and Environment

Federal judge could force completion of Dakota Access pipeline

John Siciliano · December 9, 2016 6:47 pm

Legend joins a handful of other criminal justice reform advocates who are urging Obama to grant clemencies. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

John Legend asks Obama to free non-violent drug offenders

Kelly Cohen · December 9, 2016 5:41 pm

Approximately 52 percent of voters told PPP they trust Obama compared to 45 percent for Trump. (AP Photos)

Poll: Trump’s popularity grows, but Obama still favored to pick Supreme Court judge

Ryan Lovelace · December 9, 2016 4:20 pm

Democrats are threatening a tough confirmation battle for Sessions because of his stance on illegal immigration. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

Attorney General Sessions would be good for black Americans

Horace Cooper · December 9, 2016 3:58 pm

For every story in which a person gets the opportunity to exercise autonomy, we hear a story from someone who is sick or vulnerable about how their autonomy was taken away. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

Physician-assisted suicide often steals the autonomy it promises to deliver

Cullen Herout · December 9, 2016 5:02 am

Justice Clarence Thomas granted Ronald Smith Jr.'s request for halting the execution. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

4-4 Supreme Court split permits execution of Alabama man to proceed

Anna Giaritelli, Ryan Lovelace · December 9, 2016 12:49 am

It would require any country whose government sponsors forced labor to be ranked as a Tier 3 country. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Rubio, Menendez push to reform U.S. human trafficking report

Kelly Cohen · December 8, 2016 11:26 pm

The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday reversed a lower court's ruling that would have allowed same-sex couples to put the names of both spouses on the birth certificates of their children without a court order. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Top Arkansas court reverses ruling on same-sex couples on birth certificates

Ryan Lovelace · December 8, 2016 10:42 pm

Mother of the self-avowed wife supremacist who is accused of gunning down nine black parishioners collapsed. (Grace Beahm/The Post and Courier via AP, Pool

Dylann Roof’s mother has heart attack in court

Kelly Cohen · December 8, 2016 10:28 pm

The justices will hear arguments on whether the name of "The Slants" is too offensive for a trademark. (Courtesy of The Slants Facebook)

Asian-American rock band sings about its Supreme Court case

Ryan Lovelace · December 8, 2016 6:34 pm