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Supreme Court examines a prisoner’s right to a jury trial in specific exhaustion cases

Supreme Court examines a prisoner’s right to a jury trial in specific exhaustion cases

by Victoria Ryan | Mar 6, 2025 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday about who decides if prisoners have exhausted all of their available remedies when filing grievances, weighing the scopes of the Seventh Amendment and the Prison Litigation Reform Act.  Kyle Richards, an...
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 seems likely to rule for straight woman in reverse discrimination case

Supreme Court seems likely to rule for straight woman in reverse discrimination case

by Zoe Singer | Feb 26, 2025 | Featured, Politics, Topics

WASHINGTON — U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared nearly unanimously aligned during oral arguments Wednesday that lower courts applied an unfair burden of proof to an Ohio woman who filed a reverse discrimination claim against a state employer. Having worked at the...
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...
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