Conservative group asks US Supreme Court to end John Doe probe
A conservative group and its director asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to end an investigation into Gov. Scott Walker's 2012 recall campaign and more than two dozen supportive organizations, arguing that the probe was an unconstitutional infringement of their free speech rights.
US Supreme Court rules in favor of fired whistleblower
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a former air marshal who was fired after leaking plans to the media about security cutbacks can seek whistleblower protection.
High court sharply divided over housing bias cases (UPDATE)
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared sharply divided Wednesday in a debate over a decades-old strategy for fighting discrimination in housing.
US high court sets stage for historic gay rights ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court is getting back in the marriage business.
US high court to hear gay marriage cases in April
The U.S. Supreme Court says it will decide whether same-sex couples nationwide have a right to marry under the Constitution.
US justices sympathetic to man deported for minor drug crime
The U.S. Supreme Court has been receptive in recent years to immigrants who are fighting deportation from the United States over minor drug crimes.
US high court finds fault with job bias cases
The U.S. Supreme Court seemed troubled Tuesday by the Obama administration's aggressive defense of its strategy for targeting job discrimination in the workplace.
US Supreme Court clarifies rules for rescinding mortgages
A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that home buyers don't need to file a lawsuit, but may simply write a letter if they want to back out of a mortgage because they claim their lender violated the federal Truth in Lending Act.
Justices appear to favor small church in sign law case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday appeared likely to side with a small church in its fight with a Phoenix suburb over limits on roadside signs directing people to Sunday services.
US high court case to clarify pregnancy discrimination
A pregnancy discrimination case argued last month to the U.S. Supreme Court is compelling employers to take a closer look at whether pregnant employees should be offered light-duty work, just like employees who suffer on-the-job injuries.
US high court still mulling gay marriage
The U.S. Supreme Court has quietly engineered a dramatic increase in the number of states that allow gay and lesbian couples to wed. That increase also has raised the chances the justices soon will settle the legal debate.
Attorney general asks court to strike down gun lock ordinance
Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel has joined 25 other states in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down a San Francisco ordinance requiring people to keep their guns locked up at home.
Legal News
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- Madison protesters disrupt UW commencement in violation of agreement, attorney says
- Trump may face $100 million-plus tax bill if he loses IRS audit fight over Chicago tower
- Court rejects Avid Telecom’s attempts to dismiss illegal robocalls case
- Madison protesters reach agreement to comply with state law
- Madison protests turn violent, hate crime probes follow
- Hyundai to pay $333,941 over alleged violations of Civil Relief Act, repossessing 26 servicemembers vehicles
- Federal judge tosses Democrats’ lawsuit challenging Wisconsin absentee voting requirements
- Wisconsin woman who argued she legally killed sex trafficker pleads guilty to homicide
- Gov. Evers to become first Midwest governor to join U.S. Climate Alliance’s Executive Committee
- Wisconsin lacks clear system for tracking police caught lying
- Police confirm ‘Heil Hitler’ salute during Madison pro-Palestinian protests, suspect identified
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