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Alito's 'Not True' Was Out of Line; Court Deserves Obama Smack
January 28, 2010
The high court is full of political hacks.
Opinion - John A. Farrell
Supreme Court Ruling Is an Invitation to Scandal
January 22, 2010
Corruption and outrage will follow; transparency is the solution.
Opinion - John A. Farrell
Ted Olson Opens Prop 8 Gay Marriage Trial With Equality Call
January 13, 2010
A respected conservative lawyer makes case for gay marriage rights under law.
Opinion - Mary Kate Cary
Supreme Court to Hear Sex Offender Imprisonment Case
January 11, 2010
Court considers whether prosecutors can hold offenders beyond their original sentences.
Nation & World - Nation
An Iraq Vet Fights For Access to Her Daughter
September 1, 2009
A troubling story of a mother in the Army and her small daughter.
Opinion - Bonnie Erbe
Health Reform Demands That Lawmakers Read the Bills
August 3, 2009
4 details you and your congressman need to know about health reform.
Health
Poll: Americans Believe Background Does Not Determine Judges' Decisions
June 12, 2009
Americans give their take on how important heritage and sex are to judges' decisions.
Opinion
Discuss Fred Strebeigh's <i>Equal: Women Reshape American Law</i>
May 29, 2009
Fred Strebeigh speaks with U.S. News about his new book.
Opinion
How Sleep Sex (and Other Parasomnias) Can Get You in Trouble with the Law
May 8, 2009
Criminal cases sometimes arise when people with these strange disorders act out while asleep.
Health - Family Health
Montana's Cruel Horse Slaughter Law Stumbles
May 7, 2009
Court action and poor planning could nip the Montana horse slaughter industry.
Opinion - Bonnie Erbe
Law School Diversity Rankings Methodology
April 22, 2009
How we calculate diversity at law school.
Education - Best Law Schools
Law School Rankings Methodology
April 22, 2009
How we rank law schools.
Education - Best Law Schools
Student Profile: Trading the Army for Law
April 22, 2009
How military man Paul Marks made the switch to a new career as a lawyer.
Education - Best Law Schools
The Attractions of Part-Time Law School
April 22, 2009
Teacher, police officer, banker: Part-time programs fit many working lives.
Education - Best Law Schools
Law School: Tips and Stats
April 22, 2009
Advice on how to get into law school—and how to make it out.
Education - Best Law Schools
Why Law School Is for Everyone
April 22, 2009
Law isn't as exclusive as it seems.
Education - Best Law Schools
Weak Gun Control Laws Show America is Crazy, Numb to Violence
April 22, 2009
Other countries watch us and think we're nuts, because...we are.
Opinion - Bonnie Erbe
Women's Rights Law in Afghanistan Sent Back to Stone Age After Outcry
April 8, 2009
Stone Age law allowing marital rape and other horrors stopped by international outcry.
Opinion - Bonnie Erbe
Philip K. Howard: A Lawyer Who Says Enough Is Enough
February 12, 2009
The threat of frivolous lawsuits is stifing the nation, writes Philip K. Howard.
Opinion
Revoking Civil Liberties: Lincoln's Constitutional Dilemma
February 10, 2009
His suspension of habeas corpus is part of what some consider the "dark side" of his presidency.
Nation & World - History
Overrated Career: Attorney
December 11, 2008
Most lawyers' lives bear little resemblance to those on Law & Order.
Money - Careers
Best Careers 2009: Mediator
December 11, 2008
If we can't solve a conflict, we tend to give up or hire a lawyer. There can be a better way.
Money - Careers
The Supreme Court and the Rehnquist Thesis: Do Judges Hire Like-Minded Clerks?
December 9, 2008
Do justices hire like-minded clerks?
Opinion - Robert Schlesinger
Rehnquist 1957 Assertion That Clerks Influenced Supreme Court Borne Out by New Study
December 9, 2008
A law review study supports an article Rehnquist wrote in U.S. News 51 years before joining the court.
Nation & World - Nation
Who Writes Decisions of the Supreme Court?
December 9, 2008
The late chief justice wrote in 1957 that law clerks' views could influence Supreme Court decisions.
Opinion
