U.S. Supreme Court

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 28, 2012 - Several years ago, I wrote a column in which I likened lawyers to vampires. The…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 26, 2012 - The road to limiting the severity of the punishments for juveniles convicted of…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 26, 2012 - Politicans, both local and national, have split on the meaning of the Supreme Court's…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 25, 2012 - The U.S. Supreme Court struck down three key provisions of Arizona's immigration law…

Former slave Dred Scott has been inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians.In1846 he filed a lawsuit in St. Louis seeking his freedom, after his master…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 7, 2012 - No matter how expert the lawyer or the health professional or the political analyst, no…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 6, 2012 - The U.S. Supreme Court's recent 5-4 ruling upholding the strip search of a man who…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 30, 2012 - At times, the six hours of oral arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court on the national…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 30, 2012 - The U.S. Supreme Court meets Friday to take its first vote on whether to strike down…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 28, 2012 - When the third and final day of U.S. Supreme Court arguments on the federal health…