National | SAYING THE CASE OFFERED THE "RAW MATERIAL from which legal fiction
is forged," the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit this
month affirmed the conviction of Arizona murderer Warren Summerlin.
That raw material…
National |
IN A NEW BOOK, FORMER SOLICITOR GENERAL AND federal judge Robert
Bork shows how judges have expanded their power at the expense of
legislatures, not just in…
National |
A federal judge in Alabama has ruled that the state may force
abortionists to give patients information favoring childbirth over
abortion. The state may not,
National |
The extraordinary Supreme Court review of the McCain-Feingold
campaign-regulation law, actually, is a consolidation of 12
separate cases. The court will…
National |
The full U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals will not reconsider an
April decision by a three-judge panel striking down the Virginia
Military Institute's…
National |
THE SENATE THIS WEEK RETURNS from its August recess, but as far as
federal-court nominees are concerned, senators might just as well
have stayed on vacation.
National |
Insisting that "the adoption statutes are to be construed
liberally," the California Supreme Court last month used a
decades-old rule meant to support the…
National |
Sometimes it takes a lot for track and field to grab the spotlight.
American sprinter Jon Drummond sure found a way. After being
disqualified on a false start…
National |
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit upheld a Kentucky law
designed to prevent ambulance-chasing. The law restricts access to
police accident reports…
National |
Opposition to President Bush's appeals-court nominations is causing
some unexpected rifts. Mr. Bush nominated Los Angeles Superior
Court Judge Carolyn Kuhl to…
National |
Increasing numbers of Americans defy racial categories, but the
American Bar Association wants the government to keep trying to
count us by race. At its 2003…
