By The Editors
Once the sentencing rules for an offense are changed to lesser terms, is it fair to still subject some individuals to the old, harsher rules?

By The Editors The U.S. Supreme Court late Thursday stayed the scheduled execution by the state of  Texas of Duane Buck in order to review the appeal of Buck’s attorneys that his sentencing was tainted by racial bias. Buck, 48, who is African American, was convicted of the 1995 murder of his ex-girlfriend, Debra Gardner, [...]

By Lee A. Daniels
Given the fresh proof that the woeful neglect of American history in the schools has helped produce an astonishing ignorance of basic details of American history, it’s clearly foolish to expect that many today would recognize the name of Richard H. Poff.

The Court’s ruling makes it more difficult for workers to collectively enforce their right to a discrimination-free workplace.

By The Editors
A Supreme Court ruling last week has made it easier for prisoners to sue for access to DNA evidence that might prove their innocence – but not by much.

By The Editors
Elena Kagan, the United States Solicitor General and former Dean of Harvard Law School, was confirmed by the Senate Thursday as the nation’s newest Justice of the Supreme Court.

By The Editors
Solicitor General Elena Kagan, President Obama’s second nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, moved a step closer to confirmation Tuesday when the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to send her nomination to the full Senate.

By Khalil Gibran Muhammad
In the coming weeks, as Chicago officials extend handgun rights to its citizens in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision, and politicians debate whether or not urban residents will be better protected by armed soldiers, important lessons from the past should not go unheeded.

By The Editors
For the second time in two years, the Supreme Court narrowly ruled that gun-control laws cannot abridge the right to bear arms the Second Amendment grants individuals. The decision came in a case challenging the gun-control laws of Chicago and a nearby suburb, Oak Park, Illinois, McDonald v. Chicago, No. 08-1521.