At The National Law Journal (subscription or registration required), Marcia Coyle reports that, in a brief opposing cert in Frank v. Gaos, “Google Inc. has told the U.S. Supreme Court there was nothing unfair or unreasonable about the tech company’s $8.5 million settlement of a...
Despite unrelenting criticism from the White House on the course of the investigation into Russia’s election interference, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein offered unqualified support for special counsel Robert Mueller. “The special counsel is not an unguided missile,” Rosenstein told USA Today. “I don’t believe...
An Australian cruise passenger, Mr. Sun, sued Carnival Australia after the cruise line falsely accused him of exposing himself to two young girls on the Carnival Spirit. According to an Australian new station, the incident occurred during a cruise from Sydney to New Caledonia in December...
The petition of the day is: Connecticut v. Torres 17-1112 Issue: Whether the due process clause requires judicial prescreening of first time in-court identifications in criminal trials, and, if it does, what test applies for determining their admissibility. The post Petition of the day appeared first on SCOTUSblog....
President Trump pardoned a Navy submariner sentenced to prison for taking photos inside the classified engine room of a nuclear submarine, reports Politico. Petty Officer First Class Kristian Saucier pleaded guilty in 2016 to two felonies, unlawful retention of national defense information and obstruction of...
When a young man well-known to police and neighbors for bizarre and scary behavior suddenly stabbed a former schoolmate to death in Winchester, Ma., last month, many people asked why someone so seemingly dangerous was allowed to roam freely. It’s a natural question that has...