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Supreme Court hears arguments over Mexico’s suit against U.S. gunmakers

Supreme Court hears arguments over Mexico’s suit against U.S. gunmakers

by Lenna Peterson | Mar 5, 2025 | Featured, Living

WASHINGTON – Supreme Court Justices heard oral arguments on Tuesday about whether U.S. gun manufacturers can be held accountable for the production and sale of firearms and the proximate harm their products cause in Mexico by contributing to drug cartel violence.  In...
Supreme Court to decide about supervised release

Supreme Court to decide about supervised release

by Jeremy Fredricks and Samanta Habashy | Feb 25, 2025 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON – Supreme Court justices heard arguments Tuesday on which factors courts can consider when revoking supervised release for criminal defendants when not all possible factors are explicitly listed under federal law. Supervised release is when someone follows...
SCOTUS debates a death-row inmate’s request for DNA testing

SCOTUS debates a death-row inmate’s request for DNA testing

by Valerie Chu | Feb 25, 2025 | Featured, Health & Science, Topics

WASHINGTON — In 1998, Ruben Gutierrez and two others were arrested after 85-year-old Escolastica Harrison was found beaten and stabbed to death with two screwdrivers and around $600,000 in cash stolen from her home in Brownsville, Texas. The prosecution argued that...
Money Makes the World Go Round Roundtable

Money Makes the World Go Round Roundtable

by Samanta Habashy | Jan 28, 2025 | Featured, Politics, Topics

WASHINGTON – On the 15th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s ruling on Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, and one day after President Trump’s inauguration, House Democrats made one thing certain: money determines politics, not the other way around. “One of...
SCOTUS justices appear divided over upholding federal fraud charges

SCOTUS justices appear divided over upholding federal fraud charges

by Raj Ghanekar | Dec 10, 2024 | Business, Featured

WASHINGTON– Supreme Court justices appeared split over whether to uphold a federal mail and wire fraud conviction Monday, questioning a Pennsylvania-based construction business’ misrepresentations in using federal funding. Stamatios “Tom” Kousisis and his company...
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