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06/22/09

17:15:33, Categories: News, US Supreme Court

Though the Supreme Court by a wide margin today formally rejected a challenge to the constitutionality of Section 5, the reality is far different.  The decision unambiguously served notice that the Justices are prepared to invalidate the statute as it stands.  Congress is now effectively on the clock:  it has the period between now and the date that a follow-on challen (read more)

06/20/09

23:00:25, Categories: News, Italy

(AHN) - The body of an American boy who fell into a waterfall popular with tourists in Switzerland was found this week.

06/19/09

15:15:14, Categories: News, US Supreme Court

With a little over a week left in this Term, there are 10 merits opinions left to be released. The Court will hold its next public session on Monday at 10 a.m.  The last scheduled day of the Term is Monday, June 29. Below are links to SCOTUSWiki pages, where case filings, oral argument transcripts, analysis and summaries can be found.
From the November sitting:

Melendez (read more)

11:45:07, Categories: News, US Senate

S. 1287 would provide for the audit of financial statements of the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2017 and fiscal years thereafter....

11:45:07, Categories: News, US Senate

S. 1301 would direct the Attorney General to make an annual grant to the A Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center to assist law enforcement agencies in the rapid recovery of missing children....

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