The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in two new cases on Monday. In Burt v. Titlow the court will consider several issues surrounding ineffective counsel under the Antiterrorism and Effective...
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The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases on Monday. First, the court heard McQuiggin v. Perkins and considered if "actual innocence" is an exception to not pursuing...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases on Wednesday. In McBurney v. Young the Court considered, under the Privileges and Immunities Clause of Article IV of...
The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday in Johnson v. Williams that in Tara Williams' case, the California Court of Appeal properly adjudicated her federal Sixth Amendment claim on its merits and...
The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Henderson v. United States that an error is "plain" within the meaning of Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 52(b) so long as the error was...
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled 6-3 in Bailey v. United States that police cannot a detain a suspect a mile away from the premises in the search warrant. The...
The US Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in Bowman v. Monsanto on the scope of a Monsanto patent on genetically-modified seeds that utilizes Roundup Ready ...
The US Supreme Court granted the first two cases of the 2013 term on Tuesday, including one on campaign finance . In McCutcheon v. FEC the court...
A group of eight senators from both parties released a framework Monday of comprehensive immigration reform legislation that they plan to introduce by March. The framework focuses on four "pillars" that the legislation will include:...
Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainee Abu Zubaydah on Monday asked the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to rule on whether Poland violated their client's rights by aiding the US in detaining and...
