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Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Wednesday, April 20.The US Supreme Court hears oral arguments in two cases beginning at 10 AM ET today. In the first, Merck...

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee remained stalled Tuesday afternoon on a confirmation vote for US ambassador to the UN nominee John R. Bolton . Republicans continued to move toward a vote on the nomination despite attempts...

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Tuesday that a proposed Senate rule change to ban filibusters would only apply to the process of confirming judicial nominees , and would not extend into other...

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Tuesday, April 18.The US Supreme Court hears oral arguments in two cases beginning at 10 AM ET today. In the first, Bradshaw...

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Monday, April 18.The US Supreme Court hears oral arguments in two cases beginning at 10 AM ET today. In the first, Grable...

The US Senate unanimously approved a measure Thursday evening that would bar government agencies from using taxpayer funds to produce video press releases disguised as real news. The amendment , whose purpose is to "prohibit...

JURIST Guest Columnist Paul Goda S.J. of Santa Clara University School of Law says that the procedures adopted for the election of a pope are founded on the conviction that there is a higher good to be served beyond the...

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Friday, April 15.The US Senate convenes at 9:30 AM ET today, when it will consider H.R. 1268 , the Iraq/Afghanistan Supplemental...

AP is reporting that the US House has approved the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 by a vote of 302-126 . The legislation, designed to make it harder for those in...

Former top Senate staff lawyer Thomas Griffith won bipartisan support Thursday from the Senate Judiciary Committee , putting him in line to become the first of President Bush's second term appellate nominees to be confirmed. The...