Diversity Has Come a Long Way at the University of Oklahoma Law School
Summary: Since a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 1946 requiring equal access to the University of Oklahoma’s law school, the…
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Senate Republicans Forced to Ignite “Nuclear Option”
Summary: After Democrats blocked the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, Republicans have decided to follow the Harry…
Supreme Court to Rule on Pivotal Insider Trading Case
Summary: On Wednesday, the federal Supreme Court will hear an insider trading case that will affect who can get prosecuted in the…
Supreme Court Dismisses Former Virginia Governor’s Conviction
Summary: The federal corruption charges against former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell have been vacated by the Supreme Court 8-0. In…
Connecticut Law Banning High Capacity Guns Stands
Summary: The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take on a constitutional challenge to a gun law banning some semi-automatic guns…
Donald Trump’s Potential SCOTUS Nominees
Summary: Should Donald Trump win the presidential election, he has provided a list of candidates that he would consider to…
Texas Voter Law Moves Back to Court of Appeals
Summary: The U.S. Supreme Court denied taking control over the Texas Voter Law, SB 14, and sent it back to…
Supreme Court Shuts Down Alabama’s Attempt to Take Away Gay Parental Rights
Summary: Alabama was refusing to give a lesbian woman parental rights over the children she legally adopted with her partner…
Why a Would-Be Lawyer Is Stuck With a $260K Student-Loan Debt
Summary: The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal of a would-be lawyer’s attempt to escape $260,000 in student-loan…
Idaho’s Attempt to Ban Gay Marriage Cost them $715,000
Summary: Idaho has spent $715,000 trying to defend a ban on gay marriage. Before the U.S. Supreme Court decided gay…
University of Texas Has Supreme Court at Odds Over Affirmative Action
Summary: An affirmative action policy at the University of Texas may get the cut if the U.S. Supreme Court determines…
Same-Sex Divorce Just as Legal as the Marriage
Summary: With the U.S. Supreme Courts same-sex marriage ruling from months ago, divorce cases sitting in appeals from before the…