The US Supreme Court grappled with whether its own precedent bars an evangelical street preacher from bringing a federal civil rights challenge against a local protest ordinance under which he was convicted.

The political maneuvering leading up to this week's nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court could set a precedent — possibly a dangerous one, according to legal experts versed in the process. "We're seeing norms, informal practices ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court next week weighs the legality of Donald Trump 's firing of a Federal Trade Commission member in a major test of presidential power over agencies set up by Congress to be insulated from White House control in a case that could imperil a 90-year-old legal precedent.

A federal judge shared his concerns on Monday about Jefferson County's appeal of a routine procedural order in a constitutional rights case, which the plaintiffs argued was a move that could spawn appeal-related delays in countless lawsuits against the government.

Luigi Mangione's defense attorneys have argued intense pretrial publicity, including comments from President Donald Trump and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, have undermined their client's rights. But prosecutors say the Manhattan-based Southern District of New York is familiar territory to highly publicized criminal matters,

A column in The New York Times this week caught our attention. Adam Cohen wrote about number of recent conferences on the Rehnquist Court and its legacy. They have a particular prohibition built in. Participants in the conferences are told they're not to ...

On July 18, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an interpretive rule (Proposed Rule) applying the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) and Regulation Z (collectively referred to hereafter as Regulation Z) to earned wage access (EWA ...

The Supreme Court has swept aside long standing legal precedent in its ruling overturning the Chevron doctrine, majorly curtailing the power of federal agencies to interpret the laws they regulate. The decision is expected to have far-reaching implications ...

The Michigan prosecutor who won convictions against the mother and father of teenage school shooter Ethan Crumbley said Friday her goal was not to ensure that the sins of other criminally convicted children are visited on their parents in court, but to ...

With debates over the application of stare decisis taking center stage in recent Supreme Cout arguments regarding the viability of Chevron deference—an issue which we will likely revisit in June—it was notable that the Law Court recently engaged in its ...

Several leading international press freedom organisations have stated their opposition to a provision in the US "peace plan" on amnesty for war crimes, including those committed against journalists, warning that it would create a "dangerous legal precedent".