Three men charged with plotting to bomb an apartment complex in western Kansas, where Muslim immigrants from Somalia lived and had a mosque, wanted to kill as many as possible and send a message they were not welcome in the U.S., a federal prosecutor said...
Every year the lawyer research and ranking company Chambers & Partners puts out a list of top appellate lawyers and firms. (In a previous post, I looked at some of the listed firms’ cert performance.) Chambers uses a mix of qualitative and quantitative methodology to...
Leaders in Missouri’s GOP-controlled House issued a stinging rebuke of Republican Gov. Eric Greitens on Tuesday evening, calling on the state’s chief executive to resign as scandals continue to consume his administration, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. “When leaders lose the ability to effectively lead...
After almost a year of doubt and weeks of waiting for movement at the Oklahoma Capitol, lawmakers advanced seven bills that would mark the state’s next step in criminal justice reform, The Oklahoman reports. Senate Floor Leader Greg Treat said the proposals that could reach...
The killing of a Massachusetts police officer has some Republicans calling for the reinstatement of the state’s death penalty for the murder of law enforcement officers, the Associated Press reports. Recent attempts to restore capital punishment in the state have faltered, most recently after the...
The Supreme Court has posted transcripts of today’s oral arguments: Lagos v. United States (case page at this link) Washington v. United States (case page at this link) The post Argument transcripts appeared first on SCOTUSblog....