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Supreme Court Rules on Climate Change

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

Surprising Fallout From the Supreme Court's Handgun Ruling

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

Minnesota DWI - Supreme Court Rules Source Codes Must Be Turned Over

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

Foreclosure Ruling by Massachusetts Supreme Court may have Huge Impact

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

Expand the Supreme Court

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

Indiana Supreme Court Releases New Advertising Rules For Personal Injury Attorneys

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

The Activist Supreme Court Justice

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

Supreme Court Overturn Health-Care Reform

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

Nevada Supreme Court Considers Foreclosure Mediation Program Changes

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

White & Case Wins Landmark Supreme Court Decision on Class Arbitration

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

Heller Vs DC - Supreme Court Decision - The Reality

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

Vancouver Leaky Condos – Supreme Court of Canada Reaches Landmark Decision

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

Nevada Supreme Court Considers Modifying Foreclosure Remediation Program

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

A View On US Supreme Court and Military Commissions

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

Us Supreme Court Hears Landmark Wal-mart Class-action Case

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