When the Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution, they never envisioned how their work, the First Amendment, in particular, would impact today’s state of affairs. They could not have foreseen how Americans would be using smartphones for everything, including students who chatter away online 24/7. It…
Merrick Garland served as the head prosecutor in the Oklahoma City bombing. Ketanji Brown Jackson served as the judge who ruled against President Donald Trump’s legal advisor, denying Don McGahn absolute immunity during the Robert Mueller investigation. Garland attended Harvard University as well as Harvard…
The nation’s highest court refused on June 1 to hear an appeal from household giant Johnson & Johnson. $2 billion was awarded to women who sued the company over its classic talc products, claiming asbestos in the products gave them ovarian cancer. Johnson & Johnson…
It was a scene played out on Snapchat countless times before and since. It was a Saturday in May of 2017. Brandi Levy, a 14-year-old junior varsity cheerleader with a buddy in tow, decided to take a selfie in the parking lot of a convenience…
Ned Manning, an attorney for 30 years in North Carolina, had heard mentions over the decades that another lawyer from his small hometown of Kinston had argued a civil rights case before the U.S. Supreme Court. “Fred Harrison was a general practitioner and did criminal…
In an era of deep political division and more contentious confirmations of the three most recent justices, the arguments for cameras in the U.S. Supreme Court might be stronger than in past decades. It’s not a new idea. The first bill proposing to allow cameras…
As an attorney, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was known for writing an artful amicus brief. Her submissions are credited for helping inform and influence the U.S. Supreme Court to rule women could be called upon to pay alimony, serve on juries and couldn’t be forced to…
In the days after Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, her opinions, dissents and phrases, from eloquent writings to chuckled one-liners, are cementing her as a ferocious defender of the underrepresented, especially women.