Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia passed away this past weekend. He died of natural causes on Feb. 12 at his Texas ranch, at the age of 79.Scalia, appointed by former President Ronald Reagan...
WASHINGTON The Supreme Court on Monday kicked off its 2015 term with an argument over a Northern California woman who lost both legs in an Austrian railroad accident.And with that gruesome set of facts,...
On June 26, the Supreme Court determined marriage equality was the law of the land in a 5-4 ruling, and Portage County Public Records subsequently made changes to marriage licenses. The license, previously...
An estimated 1.2 million drug-addicted people are currently involved in the justice system. “Drug courts” provide effective intervention, save money and significantly reduce drug use and crime through...
Louis Stokes, former Ohio congressman and the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion’s current President’s Ambassador, told social science students about what it will take to change the relationship...
WASHINGTON-In a major anti-pollution ruling, the Supreme Court on Tuesday backed federally imposed limits on smokestack emissions that cross state lines and burden downwind areas with bad air from power...
Pro-Russian militants in eastern Ukraine marched out eight kidnapped European military observers before the media Sunday to assure the public that the captives weren’t being mistreated. The gesture came...
WASHINGTON (AP) —Two Supreme Court cases about police searches of cellphones without warrants present vastly different views of the ubiquitous device.Is it a critical tool for a criminal or is it an...
The Supreme Court upheld Michigan’s ban on affirmative action on Tuesday. In a 6-2 ruling. The court said voters had the right to rework the state constitution to prohibit public colleges from using...
WASHINGTON The Supreme Court appears to be highly skeptical of laws that try to police false statements during political campaigns, raising doubts about the viability of such laws in more than 15 states.Justices...
WASHINGTON A state's voters are free to outlaw the use of race as a factor in college admissions, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in a blow to affirmative action that also laid bare tensions among the...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Floridian with an IQ as high as 75 may be diagnosed as mentally disabled and be eligible for help getting a job. But on death row, the state says having an IQ higher than 70 categorically...
