Confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Roberts set to start
The US Senate Judiciary Committee will begin its confirmation hearings Monday for John Roberts , nominated by President Bush to serve as the 17th Chief Justice of the United States in the wake...
Supporters push Gonzales conservatism as high court nomination looms
The Washington Post reported Saturday that a group of former aides and other Republicans are quietly boosting the Supreme Court nomination of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales by shoring up his reputation among conservatives. Former...
Federal court upholds Ohio parental consent law for abortions
The US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio upheld on Thursday a state law that requires minors to get parental consent for an abortion and for all women to meet with a doctor 24 hours before the...
Appeals court refuses rehearing of Virginia late-term abortion case
The US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Friday refused a request by Virginia Attorney General Judy Jagdmann to have the full court rehear a June ruling by a three-judge panel striking down Virginia's...
JURIST Guest Columnist Craig Bradley, a former law clerk to the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist, says that Rehnquist's thirty-three year legal legacy is complex and must be examined from multiple perspectives... No one person can adequately assess Chief Justice...
US Supreme Court nominee Judge John Roberts has completed the last of ten practice sessions held to prepare him for his confirmation hearings, set to begin next week. The grueling sessions, which have been...
FDA official resigns over delay in morning-after pill approval
A high-level Food and Drug Administration official resigned Wednesday to protest the agency's delay in deciding whether to approve emergency contraception pills for over-the-counter sale. Susan Wood, director of the FDA Office of Women's Health ,...
A Texas law requiring doctors to get parental consent for minors seeking abortions will take effect Thursday even though the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners hasn't finalized the specifics of how...
Scalia blasts morally driven judicial appointments, decisions
US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia denounced the increasingly large role politics and moral issues have played in recent judicial appointments and decisions in a speech Monday at Chapman University . Scalia blasted "judge...
JURIST Contributing Editor William G. Ross, Professor of Law at Samford University's Cumberland School of Law in Alabama, says that in his upcoming Senate confirmation hearing US Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr. may not reveal how he'll decide...
