Doubt Cast on Same-Sex Marriage Ban During Supreme Court Oral Arguments
Oral arguments occurred on Tuesday in front of the U.S. Supreme Court for Proposition 8, the gay marriage ban in…
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Arguments in California Prop 8 Case Began Tuesday
On Tuesday, the United States Supreme Court began hearing arguments in the case of California's ban on same-sex marriage, known…
Supreme Court to Hear Arguments in Race-Related Admissions Case
On Monday, the Supreme Court decided that it would dig further into affirmative action at university admissions, according to…
Line Grows Long at Supreme Court Ahead of Same-Sex Marriage Arguments
There were close to 250 seats reserved for the public at the Supreme Court for both of the same-sex marriage…
Stan Chesley Disbarred for Involvement in Cheating Clients
How discouraging when a rockstar career ends on a sour note. The "master of disaster" Stan Chesley, who has won…
Scalia Calls Voting Rights Act a “Perpetuation of Racial Entitlement”
The Supreme Court's lawyers' lounge gasped when they heard over their audio Justice Antonin Scalia condemn a key provision of…
Obama Considers Getting Involved in Gay Marriage Case
The Obama administration is thinking about urging the Supreme Court to overturn the ban on gay marriage in California, according…
Supreme Court Rules Against Hospital Merger in Georgia
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court ruled that lower courts improperly dismissed complaints filed in regards to a merger of the…
Justice Scalia Explains His Distaste for State of the Union
For the 16th consecutive year, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia did not attend the State of the Union. Scalia does…
California’s Proposition 8 Supporters Urge Supreme Court to Uphold Ban on Gay Marriage
In Hollingsworth v. Perry, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voided Proposition 8, California’s gay marriage ban, on narrow…
Chief Justice Speaks on Fiscal Cliff
This year, Chief Justice John Roberts placed special emphasis on the "fiscal cliff" in his annual year-end report on the…
Weird Electives at Law Schools Raise Questions
In today's struggling legal industry, law students are still forced to take courses that many would never think twice about…