Home Daily News Ex-justice sought Holy Spirit compassion… Sentencing/Post Conviction Ex-justice sought Holy Spirit compassion before sentencing of ‘land the tuna’ politician husband By Debra Cassens Weiss June 25, 2024, 10:26 am CDT Former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke walks with his wife, former Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Anne Burke, after being sentenced Monday in…
Home Daily News 5th Circuit rejects nationwide injunction… Health Law 5th Circuit rejects nationwide injunction in challenge to task force’s insurer mandates By Debra Cassens Weiss June 25, 2024, 1:02 pm CDT A task force that issued preventive care mandates for insurance companies under the Affordable Care Act had “unreviewable power” that violated the Constitution,…
Home Daily News SCOTUS could be next stop after top Oklahoma… Religious Law SCOTUS could be next stop after top Oklahoma court rules on state-funded religious school By Debra Cassens Weiss June 25, 2024, 3:29 pm CDT A contract providing for state funding of an online Catholic charter school violates the First Amendment’s establishment clause,…
Home Daily News Judge arrested outside nightclub is ousted… Judiciary Judge arrested outside nightclub is ousted from bench, partly for jailing litigant By Debra Cassens Weiss June 26, 2024, 9:09 am CDT A Georgia judge arrested outside an Atlanta nightclub June 20 for allegedly obstructing a police officer won’t be returning to the bench. (Image…
Home Daily News Conspirators allegedly tracked juror before… Criminal Justice Conspirators allegedly tracked juror before leaving $120K cash at her home By Debra Cassens Weiss June 27, 2024, 9:23 am CDT The offices of Feeding Our Future are shown Jan. 27, 2022, in St. Anthony, Minnesota, a week after an FBI raid. Earlier this year,…
Home Daily News How did Scalia Law respond to seduction complaints… Law Schools How did Scalia Law respond to seduction complaints against law prof? Lawmaker wants answers By Debra Cassens Weiss June 27, 2024, 9:25 am CDT A lawmaker who chairs the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce wants George Mason University to…
Can lawyers remain detached under the pressures of practice? Stay cool? Do our work without getting fazed? I’m not so sure. Napoleon said something like, “The genius in war is the one who can do the usual thing when those about him grow hysterical with panic and fright.” Sounds good, but unfortunately, most of us…
In our time of national crisis, we need a Supreme Court that displays and exemplifies fidelity to constitutional norms and ideals. Yet, as its current term ends, the Court we have seems to have lost its way and the American people’s confidence. This is not the first time in this country’s history that the Court…
Home Daily News Leader of hacked ‘Panama Papers’ law… White Collar Crime Leader of hacked ‘Panama Papers’ law firm is one of 28 people acquitted By Debra Cassens Weiss July 1, 2024, 9:37 am CDT A Panamanian judge has acquitted 28 people, including a founder of Mossack Fonseca, in a money laundering case partly stemming…
Feeling a bit overloaded? It’s the new plague. And a highly contagious epidemic, from which no one is immune. Are you showing any symptoms? I feel like: I’m working all the time, but not getting that much accomplished. I’m working on 10 projects at once, but none get finished. My ‘to-do’…