Curtis Dawkins, a Michigan prisoner and publishing sensation, could be forced to repay the costs of his incarceration from the proceeds of his literary work, The Guardian reports. Dawkins is serving a life sentence for a 2004 crime spree on Halloween night that left one...
The transcript in Currier v. Virginia is available on the Supreme Court’s website; the transcript in City of Hays v. Vogt is also available. The post Argument transcripts appeared first on SCOTUSblog....
Louisiana’s parole board on Monday denied freedom to 71-year-old Henry Montgomery, a Baton Rouge man convicted of killing a sheriff’s deputy whose case was central in a U.S. Supreme Court decision that juvenile offenders be given a chance at release, The Advocate reports. A three-member...
Ohio v. American Express Co., which is set for argument on February 26, may simply reinforce the burden-shifting approach that has been developed and applied in civil antitrust cases, or it could announce a particular new approach defining markets and assessing competitive harm in multi-sided...
New York City narcotics officers, moving in on a seeming crack deal, seized two packets, which turned out to contain little more than a residue of the drug. Two men were arrested, and the charges against one of them was dismissed. What the officers got...
House Republicans will begin hearings next week as the first step in an effort to pass bipartisan bills tackling the opioid crisis, the Wall Street Journal reports. A plan from the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which will hold the first hearing Feb. 28, will...