The US Supreme Court today denied a petition for review filed in August by the gun company Remington Arms, which had been hoping the justices would help it dodge a bullet in the form of a lawsuit.
US Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor is usually quick on the draw at oral arguments, peppering attorneys with questions. Today, however, she waited to weigh in, only to then make a scathing characterization of the government’s case for rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
Today (Nov. 12), the Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments about an immigration policy that protects Dreamers, young people born abroad and raised in the US without proper documentation.
In the coming week, the impeachment inquiry into US president Donald Trump’s Ukraine dealings goes public. Hearings that have until now been restricted to House representatives on certain committees will be opened up beginning Nov. 13.
Today, Republican representative Devin Nunes, ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, sent Democrat Adam Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, a very angry letter in response to his Nov. 6 correspondence (pdf) on the presidential impeachment-inquiry process.
War is hell. But some US military veterans enjoy the benefit of believing the fights they sacrificed so much for were worthwhile, like those who fought in World War II and were dubbed “the greatest generation” after having battled Adolf Hitler and fascism.
The Montana Supreme Court must answer a question that it’s never before faced in a case about the ownership of dueling dinosaurs discovered on private property in 2013. It will decide whether the fossils are minerals or just plain old bones, and the answer will determine who owns a find valued at more than $15 million.
This week, as Democrats were focused on an impeachment inquiry in the House, Republicans were celebrating a victory that went mostly unnoticed but could have long-term consequences for all.
On Nov. 6 the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in an environmental case pitting the County of Maui against the Hawaii Wildlife Fund. It’s a fight over pollution and the Clean Water Act (CWA) that could have far-reaching implications for the environment.
The pirate Blackbeard is a real historical figure who wrecked his stolen flagship, the Queen Anne’s Revenge, off the coast of North Carolina in 1718. The pirate Captain Hook is a fictional character, the antagonist of the 1904 play Peter Pan. Today, after arguments in a US Supreme Court case about video piracy, the two pirates’ tales merged into one fantastical reality for Frederick Allen, the petitioner.
US Supreme Court justice Neil Gorsuch can get grumpy on the bench. If a lawyer’s answers annoy him, he’s curt. Yet today (Nov. 4), at arguments in a case about cops, traffic stops, and the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution, Gorsuch was amused and amusing.
The US Supreme Court heard arguments today in an immigration case that’s spawned debate over a two-word phrase that, on its face, seems simple enough. The term is “renders inadmissible” and, based on the debate in the courtroom, it’s actually nearly incomprehensible.
Today (Nov. 4), the US Supreme Court hears arguments in a case about cops, traffic stops, and the Constitution. Officially, the issue before the justices is whether it is reasonable for an officer to suspect that a person driving a car is its registered owner.
What could be better than having a house party at a home that is not your own? You get all the intimacy and coziness of festivities in your abode and few of the woes. However, don’t count on throwing your next bash at an Airbnb because the company today announced that it’s cracking down on festivities. The move follows a Halloween party shooting in Orinda, California at a short-term rental listed on its platform.
It is often said that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Nonetheless, Senate Republicans are increasingly aiming to change the focus of the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump’s Ukraine dealings to the executive’s intent, rather than his actions.
It is hardly headline news when a New Yorker moves to Florida—tens of thousands of people make the migration every year. But when the US president, Donald Trump, a Republican, changes his official residence in the year before an election from the blue state that’s given him a chilly political reception to the hotly contested purple one he could yet clinch, it’s worth considering the timing of such a switch.
The pirates of yore didn’t care about ownership rights. They took to the high seas and stole what they pleased from vessels unlucky enough to encounter them. No one is better known for such roguery than Edward Teach, aka the pirate Blackbeard, “the most notorious of sea robbers.”
Just how friendly should US Supreme Court justices be with friends of the court, the amici who file briefs based on their interests in a case where they aren’t litigants?
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman to serve on the United States’ highest court, died on Sept. 18, 2020, from pancreatic cancer complications. She was 87. Over the course of her career, Ginsburg shared many lessons in how she saw and navigated the world. Here is one of them.
Once, sometimes twice a term, an orphaned case in need of a defender makes it to the US Supreme Court, and the justices appoint a lawyer to stand on behalf of a position the original litigant quit.
Pop goddess Taylor Swift was last year blessed with good fortune in court. She managed, in its early stage, to shake off a copyright case claiming she lifted some lyrics in her song “Shake It off.” But today, Swift’s luck ran out, at least for now. It seems players are indeed going to play, insofar as it comes to this case.
Imagine if you were a parent in Mexico whose teenage son was killed while playing on his home turf by an American government agent shooting across the border. Naturally, you’d want justice.
The current US Supreme Court justices are an unusually lively bunch. With the notable exception of one, Clarence Thomas, the bench is especially “hot” right now, and that’s not necessarily a good thing.
Climate change can seem like an abstraction if you’re not living in places like Qatar, where the outdoors are being air-conditioned, or Miami, where flooding is increasingly common. But for many athletes and sports fans, environmental woes are already hitting home.
