9+ mon, 3+ week ago  (659+ words) Religion and the Law An important church'state question likely headed to the Supreme Court. Luke Goodrich | 8. 4. 2025 12: 04 PM This is the question presented in a spate of new cases now hitting appellate courts nationwide and likely, eventually, landing in the Supreme…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago  (19+ words) 5/25/1861: John Merryman arrested. Chief Justice Taney ruled that his detention was unconstitutional in Ex Parte Merryman....

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (433+ words) When Justice Neil Gorsuch recently described America as a "creedal nation"one defined by ideas rather than bloodlinesit sparked a debate. But Gorsuch is right about this: America is based on the ideas of the Declaration of Independence, not heritage....

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (693+ words) Walk into three different bars in Tokyo, and you may have three completely different experiences: one bar thick with cigarette smoke, one with a sealed glass smoking room humming in the corner, and one entirely smoke-free. Like many other countries,…...

23+ hour, 49+ min ago  (14+ words) The General Assembly tests the courts to see what it can get away with....

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (719+ words) When Barret Hansen, better known as Dr. Demento, recently ended his weekly show, he had spent 55 years spinning weird, silly, or otherwise strange songs on the radio or online. No mere fringe figure, he was an influential figure in American…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago  (7+ words) 5/24/1870: Justice Benjamin Cardozo's birthday....

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (334+ words) A short excerpt from yesterday's 15 K-word opinion by Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil (S. D. N. Y.) Friday in Wolff v. Trump: In this. .....

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (20+ words) In most states, child custody matters are decided by judges; but in Texas, they are in large part decided by. .....

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (924+ words) The Trump/DOJ Settlement Agreement:"Utterly stupid, morally wrong."...