Courts

Family of 'Affluenza' Teen Will Pay $2 Million

By Dan Kedmey

Supreme Court Ruling Will Force Power Plants To Stem Downwind Pollution

By Denver Nicks

Egyptian Court Doles Out Death

By Karl Vick

NY Super PAC Limits Abolished

By Noah Rayman
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Supreme Court Weighs Truth in Politics

The justices appear ready ahead of the midterm elections later this year to knock down laws in 16 states that aim to prevent lying in political races, likely claiming they violate the First Amendment's guarantees of free speech

By Massimo Calabresi

Signals Fuzzy In Aereo Case

The justices considered arguments around a tech startup that is capturing free over-the-air broadcast signals and selling them to consumers on the cheap, without paying networks the hefty retransmission fees they get from cable companies

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Group Challenges Georgia Same-Sex Marriage Ban

Lambda Legal has filed a lawsuit in federal court to overturn the state's same-sex marriage ban, passed in a constitutional amendment in 2004, which also prohibits the recognition of unions performed in other states

By Denver Nicks

Court Reporter Officially Hates His Job More Than You Do

A Manhattan stenographer allegedly typed "I hate my job" over and over again in the transcripts for criminal trials

By Eric Dodds

Court Rejects Sandusky’s Appeal of Sexual Abuse Conviction

An appeals court won’t be reviewing the convicted child rapist’s appeal

By Denver Nicks

Former FEC Commissioner: Decision Restores First Amendment

If the government wants to regulate speech, it better have a very good reason.

By Bradley A. Smith

Court Tosses $1.2B Ruling Against Johnson & Johnson

An Arkansas jury previous found the pharmaceutical company liable for downplaying the risks of the antipsychotic drug Ripserdal.

By Noah Rayman

NJ Teen Suing Parents For Child Support Loses First Round

Rachel Canning, 18, wanted $600 a month in support as well as tuition fees paid for her private schooling

By Sam Frizell

Kentucky Gov Will Defend Gay Marriage Ban After AG Refuses

Forced to seek outside counsel after attorney general says he won't "defend discrimination"

By Dan Hirschhorn

Jury Acquits Kerry Kennedy of Impaired Driving

The daughter of the late New York Sen. Robert Kennedy said she took a sleeping pill and did not remember causing an accident in July 2013. Her lawyers argued the behavior was accidental, not criminal

By David Winograd

Kentucky Must Recognize Gay Marriage

U.S. District Judge John Heyburn II issued a ruling Thursday that struck down parts of Kentucky’s 2004 ban on gay marriage

By Noah Rayman

Court Orders Google To Remove Anti-Islamic Movie From YouTube

"The Innocence of Muslims" sparked protests in the Middle East in 2012

By Maya Rhodan

Kerry Kennedy: I Took Sleeping Pill By Mistake On Night Of Accident

The daughter of assassinated Sen. Robert F. Kennedy testified in her impaired driving trial on Wednesday

By Maya Rhodan

Gay Marriage Rulings Could Ripple Across the South

And back to the Supreme Court

By Michael A. Lindenberger

How Not to Lose Another Jordan Davis

Now is not the time to dare The Man to beat us down

By John McWhorter

Judge: Woman Officially Sexy

Ruled that Sheila Ranea Crabtree had "reasonable and proper cause" to rename herself Sexy

By Sam Frizell
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