Religion & Law

JNC Lists Applicants for Superior Court Vacancy
The Judicial Nomination Commission has announced the applicants for the vacancy on the D.C. Superior Court bench that was created when Judge Odessa Vincent retired on April 6. Of the 21 people with their hats in the ring, eight are...

Applicants Announced to Fill Superior Court Vacancy
A deputy director in the public defenders? office and a former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Spouses are among the 34 applicants vying to fill the District of Columbia Superior Court judgeship vacated by now-U...

Applicants Announced for D.C. Superior Court Vacancy
The District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission released the names Wednesday morning of 20 applicants vying for retiring Judge Joan Zeldon's seat on the District of Columbia Superior Court bench...

D.C. Superior Court Looking to Fill New Vacancy
The D.C. Superior Court is accepting applications for a vacancy on the bench. Judge Odessa Vincent has retired effective April 6, after serving on the court since 2001, when she was appointed by President George W...

JNC Seeking Comment on Superior Court Judicial Applicants
Twenty-two lawyers, including eight D.C. Superior Court magistrate judges, have applied to fill the vacancy created by retiring Superior Court Judge Rafael Diaz, the D.C. Judicial Nomination Commission announced this week...

Applications Sought to Fill D.C. Superior Court Vacancy
The District of Columbia Judicial Nominating Commission announced today that it is seeking applications from members of the D.C. Bar interested in filling a judicial vacancy on the D...

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz (Supreme Court): Does Obama meet the constitutional requirements to be President

Heart of Atlanta v United States
Supreme Court Decision: Civil Rights Act Protected by Interstate Commerce Clause

Unwed Fathers' Rights in Adoption
Landmark Cases in Adoption Law Shape Law with respect to Unwed Fathers

Lake Superior Center Authority
$275,000 settlement reached in construction dispute.

Mobile Content Class Action Settlement Announced
Mobile Content Class Action Settlement Announced

Fly Ash Class Action
Potential $45 Million Settlement Announced

Ebay Fined
French Court Sets Fine at $61 Million

Personal Injury
Appeals Court Upholds Congressional Legislation

Pork BBQ Products Recalled
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Oct 20 that the Murphy House in Louisburg, N...