Man who faked his way into cockpit pleads guilty to fraud The man who conned his way into the cockpit of an US Airways flight in March pleaded guilty Wednesday in Philadelphia to one count of fraud in connection with an identification document. More
Guantanamo hunger strike renews debates over indefinite detention, ethics of force-feeding Twice a day at the military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, guards take a number of detainees from their cells, one at a time, to a camp clinic or a private room on their block. The detainees are offered a hot meal or a liquid nutritional supplement and, if they refuse, they are strapped into a chair. More
Mubarak ordered back to prison Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has been ordered back to prison from military hospital. Mr Mubarak's retrial will open on 11 May, a Cairo appeals court says. More
Reporter faces possible jail-time for refusing to reveal who provided her with Aurora mass shooter James Holmes’ notebook. ... Winter is currently facing a jail sentence for refusing to reveal the sources who provided her with alleged Aurora shooter James Holmes’ notebook, which he had sent to a psychiatrist and which was"full of details about how he was going to kill people." Holmes’ defense attorneys subpoenaed Winter to testify about who told her about the notebook and a Colorado judge has said that he will rule on April 10th whether Winter must reveal her source or face jail time for refusing to testify. More
The Fidelity of ‘Originalist’ Justices Is About to Be Tested Mr. Lund is a professor at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University and has written widely on constitutional law, including the Second Amendment. The Supreme Court reputedly has a ... 04/8/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Supreme Court slow to resolve potentially election-altering cases as justices inch toward final arguments As the Supreme Court turns toward a series of politically charged disputes in its final arguments later this month, it is wrestling with a backlog of controversies on guns, elections and ... 04/5/2024 - 11:31 pm | View Link
Retired Justice Stephen Breyer warns "law will turn into chaos" if Supreme Court overturns too many cases Breyer says disagreements among the Supreme Court justices remain civil, especially in private when the nine justices meet to discuss the cases. In those meetings, he says, nobody speaks twice ... 03/25/2024 - 5:26 am | View Link
The biggest 2024 Supreme Court rulings so far, and what’s still to come In a Supreme Court term that coincides with the 2024 presidential primary season, the justices are at the center of many of the nation’s most politically sensitive debates. At the top of the ... 02/25/2024 - 10:00 pm | View Link
Reproductive Freedom The state used the case as a vehicle to ask the Supreme Court to take away the federal constitutional right to abortion it first recognized 50 years before in Roe v. Wade. On June 24, 2022, the ... 10/18/2022 - 5:50 pm | View Link