More From Dan Rivoli
US Appeals Court Rules That Defense Of Marriage Act Is Unconstitutional
Only the Supreme Court can finally decide this unique case, wrote First Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Michael Boudin.
May 31, 2012
Illinois' Same-Sex Couples Sue For Right To Marry
The American Civil Liberties Union and LGBT group Lambda Legal will file lawsuits to challenge Illinois' same-sex marriage ban.
May 30, 2012
Supreme Court Dodges Cases Testing Boundaries Of Taser Use
The U.S. Supreme Court let an appeals court ruling stand that said police used excessive force when tasering two women, though the officers had immunity from lawsuits.
May 29, 2012
Appeals Court Reignites Religious Row Over Ten Commandments In North Dakota
An atheist and agnostic group in North Dakota won the right to sue over a decades-old Ten Commandments display in Fargo.
May 29, 2012
Women Soldiers Sue To Scrap U.S. Military Combat Ban
Two U.S. Army reservists say the ban on women serving in combat roles violates the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution.
May 24, 2012
Maryland Set To Become First State To Uphold Same-Sex Marriage Law At Ballot Box
Maryland voters are set to affirm the state's same-sex marriage law, due in part to a surge of support among black voters, according to Public Policy Polling.
May 24, 2012
Colin Powell Dings Romney On Foreign Policy Chops [VIDEO]
The former Secretary of State and four-star general seemed taken aback by a remark from Mitt Romney about Russia being the top geopolitical threat to the U.S.
May 23, 2012
AG Holder Defends Embattled Voting Rights Act
As the 1965 Voting Rights Act comes under fire from Republican lawmakers and conservative justices on the Supreme Court, Holder explains why it's still needed to fight inequality at the polls.
May 23, 2012
Supreme Court To Decide Whether U.S. Foreign Surveillance Challenge Can Proceed
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case on whether attorneys, journalists and human rights groups have standing to challenge the government's expanded power to spy on international communications.
May 21, 2012
State AGs Urge Supreme Court To Back Montana's Corporate Money Ban [READ BRIEF]
Led by New York's Eric Schneiderman, a group of 23 Democratic and Republican attorneys general asked the U.S. Supreme Court Monday to uphold Montana's ban on direct corporate spending in local campaigns.
May 21, 2012
NYPD Stop-And-Frisk Policy Altered Amid Class Action Suit
New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly made some changes to the controversial stop-and-frisk policy that disproportionally affects young black and Latino men.
May 18, 2012
US Sen. John McCain Trashes Supreme Court's Citizens United Ruling [READ BRIEF]
Sen. John McCain, the Republican author of a bipartisan campaign-finance law at the heart of the Citizens United case, filed a brief with Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse urging U.S. Supreme Court justices to uphold a Montana anti-corruption law that bans independent corporate political spending.
May 18, 2012
Illegal File Sharing Case Poses $675,000 Question For Supreme Court
Inside Joel Tenenbaum's legal crusade against the recording industry and a $675,000 penalty for file sharing.
May 17, 2012
U.S. Lawmakers' Offices Burglarized In House Break-Ins
A rash of late-night break-ins at offices in the House of Representatives has one member suggesting an inside job.
May 17, 2012
JPMorgan Slapped With Shareholder Suits Over $2B Trading Loss
JPMorgan's $2 billion trading loss makes the financial giant an easy target for shareholder lawsuits.
May 16, 2012
Skechers Shape-ups Ads Push Sketchy Claims: FTC
The Federal Trade Commission Wednesday announced a $40 million settlement with Skechers over claims made in advertisements for their Shape-up leg toning shoes.
May 16, 2012
Debt Ceiling Battle II? Boehner Again Links US Debt Ceiling Hike To Spending Cuts
The U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner will again call for spending cuts to match any increase in the debt limit that will allow the U.S. to pay its bills.
May 15, 2012
Voters Slightly Back Romney, But Half Approve Of How Obama Handles Job
A New York Times/CBS News poll shows Mitt Romney leading President Barack Obama, 46-43 percent.
May 15, 2012
After $2B JPMorgan Loss, Senate Candidate Elizabeth Warren Calls For 'New Glass-Steagall Act' [FULL TEXT]
The Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 was a Depression-era law that separated investment and commercial banks. It was repealed in 1999 during the Clinton administration.
May 14, 2012
Death Penalty Causes State-Fed Clash Over Accused Murderer In Rhode Island
Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee said he will petition to Supreme Court to keep in state custody an accused murderer facing federal charges, to avoid the death penalty, which the governor opposes.
May 11, 2012
Harry Reid Calls For Senate Filibuster Reform [VIDEO]
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said the filibuster has been abused, abused, abused after a bipartisan bill to reauthorize a federal export financing bank was stalled Thursday.
May 11, 2012
Gov. Chris Christie Blocks Key Obamacare Provision In New Jersey
The national Republican star and oft-mentioned vice presidential candidate vetoed a bill to set up a health insurance marketplace mandated under the Affordable Care Act.
May 10, 2012
House Republicans Attempt To Hamstring Eric Holder's Justice Department
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives added amendments to a Justice Department funding bill that would restrict taxpayer money from litigation involving voter ID laws, the health care law and other politically-divisive issues.
May 10, 2012
Obama On Same-Sex Marriage: Personal Support, But Not As Civil Right
President Barack Obama made a historic announcement of his support of gays and lesbians marrying, but stopped short of calling it a civil right.
May 10, 2012
Pentagon Steps Up Efforts To Detect Moles
The Department of Defense this week issued information-sharing guidelines aimed to bust insiders who leak information to foreign intelligence entities.
May 09, 2012
Sen. Lugar, After Losing Republican Primary, Issues Blistering Farewell Statement
The six-term Republican senator from Indiana issued a statement more than 1,000 words long after losing a primary battle to Richard Mourdock, a state treasurer.
May 09, 2012
Senate GOP Blocks Democrats' Bill To Keep Student Loan Interest Rates From Doubling
Senate Republicans sustained a filibuster of a Democratic bill to keep some student loan rates from doubling to 6.8 percent in July.
May 08, 2012
America Getting 'Comfortable' With Same-Sex Marriage: Poll
A new poll out Tuesday finds that half of Americans support legal recognition of gay marriage. It's the second year in a row that more Americans favor than oppose the idea in the Gallup poll.
May 08, 2012
Primary Election 2012: Wisconsin, Indiana, North Carolina Vote In Nationally Watched Races
Voters in three big U.S. states Tuesday will weigh in on several closely watched campaigns. Here is what's at stake
May 08, 2012
Accused 9/11 Plotters' Counsel Puts Entire System, Torture On Trial
After the arraignment of the five accused 9/11 planners, their civilian counsel criticized the military commission handling the case.
May 07, 2012
Pages
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- NEXT
