By: Don Sutherland | 2010-04-04 | Politics On April 2, in "Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency," the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) currently possesses the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act and that it cannot evade its statutory responsibility to exercise that authority. The majority opinion written by Associate Justice John Paul Stevens resolved the issue of whether the EPA has authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. On account of that decision, the political and economic landscape has moved farther away from the scientific debate in a direction toward laying a framework for stemming greenhouse gas emissions. read more
By: August Noble | 2010-04-04 | Politics In a surprising turnabout, the Supreme Court ruled that every citizen has the right to bear arms. What did not get as much press was the fine print in the decision. read more
By: Maury Beaulier | 2010-05-20 | Criminal Minnesota Supreme Court requires prosecutors to turn over computer source codes for the intoxilyzer 5000 when certain conditions are met? Can test results be suppressed and DWI offenses be dismissed? read more
By: Dywon Erick Dylon | 2011-01-21 | Real Estate The Massachusetts foreclosure ruling did not affect much on Wall Street. The decision could send the housing market into a spin again. read more
By: Jerome Grossman | 2010-04-02 | Politics The nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the United States Supreme Court reminds us that politics is paramount in a democracy even when the control of the highest court in the land is at stake. Exercised by both parties, the politics obviously seeks control of the court and also appeals to major voting constituencies for support. read more
By: John Young | 2010-10-21 | Law the Indiana Supreme Court has amended the rules on Attorney conduct regarding direct solicitations. Rule 7.03, of the Rules of Professional Conduct, have been amended to restrict the practice of direct solicitation for 30 days from the date of the injury. read more
By: Wayne Nolen | 2010-04-04 | Politics Mr. Scalia somehow concluded that the amendment's opening clause about the need for a ready militia was only one of the reasons that the Framers recognized as a preexisting right to bear arms. I guess the Founding Fathers neglected to include the other reasons, figuring that Mr. Antonin Scalia could add these later. read more
By: Health Insurance | 2010-12-16 | Insurance and that it will likely be a 5–4 majority—but which way that majority will go is unclear. Although it garnered less attention, the ACA has been upheld as constitutional by two district courts. (Those cases, one in Virginia and one Michigan, were lower profile because they were filed by conservative organizations rather than a state government.) If lower-court decisions had consistently upheld the law, there would have been a possibility of the Supreme Court read more
By: rudsontren | 2010-12-15 | Business The Nevada Supreme Court is giving the public the chance to immediately know amendments to the state's foreclosure mediation program. The state court is considering changing some parts of the program rules. read more
By: Megan Clayton | 2011-06-09 | National, state, local In a landmark decision, the United States Supreme Court announced on April 27, 2010 that under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) compelling parties to submit antitrust claims to class arbitration pursuant to an arbitration agreement indisputably silent on the subject "is fundamentally at war with the foundational FAA principle that arbitration is a matter of consent." The case arises from a partial final award governed by Article 1 of the FAA that required client Stolt-Nielsen and other shipping read more
By: Joe Hunley | 2010-04-04 | Politics I, for one, was really happy about the Supreme Court's decision regarding "Heller vs DC". For once---the Anti-Gun crowd has taken a hit, in their claim that the 2nd Amendment wording "Right of The People", does not in fact mean "The People--Citizens--Just Me and You". The Supreme Court has determined otherwise. read more
By: Greg Mitchell | 2010-12-18 | Free The Supreme Court of Canada overturns previous decision by the BC Court of Appeal holding general contractor's insurance policy's responsible for subcontractor work. read more
By: rudsontren | 2010-12-22 | Business Nevada Supreme Court is considering changing some provisions in the current Foreclosure Remediation Program in the state. The court is expected to decide on such changes in a few days. read more
By: Taimur Malik | 2010-04-21 | News and society Military commissions were always outside the legal ambit of international law and IHL. In its June 29 judgment, the US Supreme Court as the guardian of the legality of the country has reiterated just that. read more
By: jeffry | 2011-03-31 | Online promotion The Supreme Court began considering Tuesday a bid by Wal-Mart to stop as many as 1.5 million female workers from proceeding with the largest discrimination class-action lawsuit in US history. If the ... read more