The Supreme Court said on Monday that it would not hear an appeal in a case that could have resolved whether a federal law prohibits employers from discriminating against gay and lesbian workers.
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A divided U.S. Supreme Court let President Donald Trump’s travel ban take full effect while legal challenges go forward, handing him a major victory and suggesting the court ultimately will uphold the restrictions.
Read MoreRuling could open up more of the country to wagering and generate up to $15 billion a year.
Read MoreOn Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard what could become the most important electronic-privacy case of the 21st century.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court refused Monday to hear an appeal from gun owners and dealers in Maryland challenging the state’s ban on military-style rifles and detachable magazines.
Read MoreThousands of times a year, the nation's police departments get phone company records allowing them to plot the movements of individual customers. On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether access to that data should require a search warrant issued by a judge.
Read MoreA three-judge Michigan Court of Appeals panel heard arguments Tuesday in the case of Does v. Michigan Department of Corrections, a civil rights lawsuit filed on behalf of young men sent to adult prisons in Michigan when they were under the age of 18. Once inside, the said they were sexually assaulted by adult male prisoners and female prison guards. Corrections officials did little to protect them from harm, the suit says. Attorneys for the state argue that Michigan prisoners have no right under state law to claim civil rights violations.
Read MoreTwo county judges have been appointed to preside over the county’s circuit and probate courts by The Michigan Supreme Court.
Shalina Kumar has been appointed chief circuit court judge and Kathleen Ryan has been named chief probate court judge. The judges will begin serving their two-year terms on Jan. 1, 2018.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court has rejected Samsung's appeal of court rulings that it impermissibly copied features of Apple's iPhone.
Read MoreDriving offenses stemming from drug and alcohol use have continued to evolve in recent years. These cases may also involve prescription drugs, property damage, or weapons charges.
Read MoreIt’s not an overstatement to characterize the attorney-client privilege as the cornerstone of criminal law, an inviolable right that can and must withstand all manner of legal aggression.* It’s also one of the small handful of criminal procedural notions sewn directly into our pop culture fabric. Even if all your legal knowledge comes from watching Law & Order, you’re still likely aware of your Miranda rights; that law enforcement needs probable cause to search your apartment and maybe (but maybe not) your car; and most especially that when you meet with your lawyer, you can tell her the whole ugly story because she can’t be forced to testify against you or even to divulge what you’ve discussed to anyone. Period. Right?
Read MoreThe city of Grand Rapids is spending $72,216 to pay MLive Media Group's legal bills after an appeals court ruled the city was on the wrong side of the law in refusing to release phone recordings linked to police officers' handling of a suspected drunken driving crash by an assistant county prosecutor.
Read MoreOn November 29, 2017, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear argument in one of the most important digital privacy cases in recent years.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear another major case on digital privacy, this time pitting the federal government against Microsoft in a battle over emails held overseas.
Read More"That's glaze from a Krispy Kreme doughnut!" he explained. "I get one every other Wednesday."
But officers weren't buying it. Rushing was booked on charges of possessing methamphetamine while armed with a weapon.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court dismissed a major challenge to President Trump's travel ban on majority-Muslim countries Tuesday because it has been replaced by a new version, sending the controversy back to the starting block.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court should drop its review of President Trump's immigration travel ban and wipe lower court decisions against it off the books, the Justice Department said Thursday.
Read MoreOne of the most buttoned-up institutions in the country will wrestle with the free-for-all culture of the house party as the Supreme Court hears a case set for Wednesday that began in a brick duplex in the District.
The weighty legal matters involve policing, arrests and searches in private homes.
But those issues are packaged in a case that includes a mystery hostess named Peaches, women in garter belts stuffed with cash and party guests who weren’t certain who owned the house they were in, but told police that “Peaches” was a renter who had invited at least some of them.
Read MoreThe state is opening up the medical marijuana business to big-time grow operations, according to an advisory released Thursday.
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