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On April 12, 1936, the Supreme Court ruled in NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, embarking on a nearly sixty year road of a broad interpretation of Commerce Clause powers.

In a recent ruling, the Second Circuit held that a federal law that provides criminal sanctions to those possessing a firearm in furtherance of “any crime of violence or drug trafficking crime” is constitutional.

Just as people have different personality types, so do lawyers. Here are the major types of attorneys you’ll encounter in the courtroom and how to deal with them.

On April 5, 1999, the Supreme Court ruled on Wyoming v. Houghton, holding that law enforcement may search the belongings of car passengers while searching for evidence against the driver.

New York’s highest court recently found impropriety in the prosecution of a judge’s ex-lover who the judge accused of harassing her. The prosecution refused to offer a single plea.

Nothing may make newer attorneys quite as apprehensive as a court appearance. Here are some things to bear in mind to ease some of the tension.

Commentators seem to agree that Justice Kennedy will be central to the Supreme Court’s decisions in the same-sex cases. But how will he vote?

On March 29, 1875, the Supreme Court ruled in Minor v. Happersett, holding that the right to vote is not one the Fourteenth Amendment’s “privileges or immunities,” and therefore, women may lawfully be excluded from that right.

After the dust settled from oral arguments, the Court seems very likely to strike down DOMA’s Section 3, but we don’t know why — a point that is very important to the legality of same-sex marriage

In its recent Florida v. Jardines ruling, the Supreme Court held that a police drug-sniff on an individual’s front porch without a warrant violated the Fourth Amendment.