Clarence Thomas

Justices rule U.S. courts not world forum for human rights suits

2013-04-17 19:15:00

WASHINGTON— U.S. courts will not be the world forum for lawsuits brought by victims of human rights abuses abroad who seek damages from multinational corporations or deposed tyrants, the Supreme Court declared Wednesday. In a decision welcomed...

Supreme Court blocks overseas human rights cases from U.S. courts

2013-04-17 08:34:00

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court declared Wednesday that U.S. courts will not be the world’s forum for deciding lawsuits alleging human rights abuses by corporations and tyrants on foreign soil. In a 9-0 decision, the high court tossed out a...

Antonin Scalia's anti-gay words are poison; so I confronted him

2013-04-14 00:00:00

It seems these days as if everyone is speculating about how Justice Anthony M. Kennedy will approach the two same-sex marriage cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. But I haven't heard anyone wondering which side Antonin Scalia will be on. He has made...

Judging the Voting Rights Act

2013-02-26 00:00:00

Rightly regarded as one of the most lustrous legacies of the civil rights movement, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlaws discrimination in voting nationwide, but it also requires that states with a history of denying minorities the right to vote obtain...

Goldberg: A ruling on racial progress

2013-02-26 00:00:00

I can only hope that the scourge of racism is finally purged from Stewartstown and Pinkham's Grant. These are two of 10 New Hampshire towns covered by Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which requires local officials to get permission, or...

Why North Carolina can't have its own official church

2013-04-05 13:22:00

In recent days my Facebook feed has been littered with links to stories about a bill in the North Carolina Legislature that would allow the state to establish its own religion.� Here was another example, my outraged friends said, of Bible Belt...

Supreme Court seems willing to restore gay marriage in California

2013-03-26 19:25:00

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court, hearing arguments on the emotionally charged issue of gay marriage for the first time, appeared willing Tuesday to restore marital rights to gays and lesbians in California but uncomfortable with legalizing same-sex...

Drone strikes: What's the law?

2013-02-17 00:00:00

In 2011, Anwar Awlaki, a U.S. citizen, was reportedly targeted and killed by our government in a drone attack. Ever since, a chorus of scholars, lawyers and civil and human rights activists has been asking about due process. Now we know they were right to...

Court rules Obama recess appointments unconstitutional

2013-01-25 09:00:00

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court, dealing a defeat to President Obama, has sharply limited the chief executive’s power to bypass the Senate and to make temporary “recess” appointments to fill vacant slots in government...

Feds charge 5 with hate crimes for allegedly imprisoning disabled

2013-01-23 12:53:00

The federal government for the first time has used its hate crime laws to bring charges against five people who allegedly imprisoned mentally disabled people in subhuman conditions as part of a scheme to steal their Social Security benefits. In the...

Natalie Wood death probe found new evidence, sources say

2013-01-17 10:43:31

Reckless photography

2013-01-04 00:00:00

It's both tragic and troubling that a photographer was hit and killed by an SUV as he crossed Sepulveda Boulevard early Tuesday evening after trying to get shots of Justin Bieber's Ferrari, which had been pulled over by the California Highway Patrol. As...

This artist rendering shows attorney Charles J. Cooper, right, addressing the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2013, as the court heard arguments on California's ban on same-sex marriage.

2013-03-26 00:00:00

State Sen. Donne Trotter listens as his lawyer, Thomas Durkin, speaks with reporters outside the Cook County Criminal Court, in Chicago, after a hearing on charges of bringing a handgun into O'Hare International Airport.

2013-01-17 00:00:00

Justice Clarence Thomas

2013-01-15 10:05:33