9+ mon, 3+ week ago  (659+ words) Religion and the Law An important church'state question likely headed to the Supreme Court. Luke Goodrich | 8. 4. 2025 12: 04 PM This is the question presented in a spate of new cases now hitting appellate courts nationwide and likely, eventually, landing in the Supreme…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago  (19+ words) 5/25/1861: John Merryman arrested. Chief Justice Taney ruled that his detention was unconstitutional in Ex Parte Merryman....

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (433+ words) When Justice Neil Gorsuch recently described America as a "creedal nation"one defined by ideas rather than bloodlinesit sparked a debate. But Gorsuch is right about this: America is based on the ideas of the Declaration of Independence, not heritage....

1+ mon, 23+ hour ago  (693+ words) Walk into three different bars in Tokyo, and you may have three completely different experiences: one bar thick with cigarette smoke, one with a sealed glass smoking room humming in the corner, and one entirely smoke-free. Like many other countries,…...

16+ hour, 53+ min ago  (14+ words) The General Assembly tests the courts to see what it can get away with....

10+ mon, 1+ week ago  (7+ words) 5/24/1870: Justice Benjamin Cardozo's birthday....

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (334+ words) A short excerpt from yesterday's 15 K-word opinion by Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil (S. D. N. Y.) Friday in Wolff v. Trump: In this. .....

2+ day, 43+ min ago  (20+ words) In most states, child custody matters are decided by judges; but in Texas, they are in large part decided by. .....

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (924+ words) The Trump/DOJ Settlement Agreement:"Utterly stupid, morally wrong."...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago  (318+ words) They also have an unlikely person to thank, at least for the moment: Gov. Abigail Spanberger, who vetoed collective bargaining legislation last week. Yet there was much less ambiguity when it came to public sector collective bargaining. During the campaign,…...