Oyez has posted the aligned audio and transcripts from this week’s oral arguments at the Supreme Court. The court heard argument this week in: Wisconsin Central Ltd. v. United States WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp. South Dakota v. Wayfair Inc. Lamar, Archer & Cofrin, LLP v. Appling Lagos v....
Two Florida sheriff’s deputies were shot and killed while eating in a restaurant Thursday afternoon by an attacker found dead outside shortly after, the Washington Post reports. Authorities did not immediately have a motivation for the sudden, shocking burst of violence in Gilchrist County, Fl.,...
Cuba remains a popular tourist attraction, especially for Canadians who visit the island. But there are dangers there which few tourists may realize. Newspapers in Canada are reporting that a 47 year old Canadian tourist from Quebec, who was on vacation in Cuba with his wife...
Two weeks after New York City police officers fatally shot a mentally disturbed man they thought was armed with a gun, Mayor Bill de Blasio launched a task force aimed at improving city responses to emergencies involving the mentally ill, the Wall Street Journal reports....
Could Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Clarence Thomas be the new Scalia/Ginsburg? At an April 3 lecture at Vanderbilt Law, Sotomayor mused that Thomas was the justice “with whom I probably disagree the most.” However, The Tennessean quoted Sotomayor as saying, “I can stand here and...
As Attorney General Jeff Sessions refuses to distribute Byrne Justice Assistance grants to states and localities to exact punishment against about 30 “sanctuary” districts that have stymied the Trump administration’s deportation efforts, Sessions’ war is catching hundreds of other agencies in the crossfire even though...