Transgender Girl in Maine Seeks Supreme Court’s Approval to Use School’s Girls Room
The latest battle for gender equality is happening in the bathroom. Where should transgender schoolgirls be permitted to pee? While…
NSA Whistleblower Snowden Emerges from Hiding to Discuss Extradition
Edward Snowden, the man responsible for releasing National Security Agency documents revealing the existence of the PRISM data collection project…
Supreme Court Rules that Human Genes Cannot be Patented
Discovery is not invention. That is the final decision of the Supreme Court over whether human DNA can be patented.…
Woman Arrested in Family Court after Accusing Marshal of Sexual Assault
Monica Contreras was finalizing a divorce case in August 2011, when a court marshal suddenly searched her for drugs in…
Orrick Cuts Sacramento Jobs as Part of Cost Reduction
Cost cutting measures at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe have potentially cost three of the firm’s Sacramento employees their jobs.…
Bird-Beheading Law School Grad Pleads Guilty
Bird isn’t the word for University of California, Berkeley law school graduate Justin Teixeira; the word is guilty. Teixeira, who…
Thursday Thoughts
Hey everyone, I hope you’re all having a great week! My week is pretty good seeing as we don’t have…
Federal Court Removes Ban on Protests Organized on Supreme Court Plaza
On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell declared a 1949 legislation banning demonstrations on the marble plaza in front…
Secret Court Opinion Warning DOJ of Unconstitutional NSA Surveillance Isn’t Protected by Secret Court Rules
On Wednesday, in a public ruling quite foreign to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, the court’s chief judge Reggie Walton…
Drinkers across the Nation React to NTSB Recommendation to Lower Legal BAC Limit for Drivers
Following the recent recommendation by the National Transportation Safety Board for states to lower the legal blood alcohol level limit…
NSA Officials: Surveillance Justified by Vapid and Uninteresting Nature of Majority of American Data
In a statement released earlier today, officials from the NSA responded to public outrage over data mining leaks, arguing that…
Opinion: Big Banks Do Not Engage in Price-Fixing Assuming You All Want to Keep Your Jobs
by Antony Jenkins, CEO of Barclays Here at Barclays, we’ve received a great deal of complaints lately that we’ve been…