Poll: Many Americans uninformed about Obamacare
NBC News - A new poll indicates many Americans are still unclear about the details of the new law and, in some cases, unaware it’s actually law of the land...
Prior cases show danger of terrorism 'overreach'
OPINION - The fact that we're having the debate at all could be seen as progress in itself, given that in the previous administration, cases like that of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev -- were often handled quite differently....
theGrio's 100: Benjamin Crump, lending a legal hand for victims
theGRIO'S 100 - Crump has helped to publicize cases of alleged police brutality or other misconduct that might have gone unnoticed...
theGrio's 100: Barbara Arewine, keeping civil rights front and center
theGRIO's 100 - Arnwine is president and executive director of the Lawyers Committee on Civil Rights Under Law, which works on issues like racial profiling and voter protection...
Robert Bork, whose failed Supreme Court nomination made history, dies
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - Robert H. Bork, who stepped in to fire the Watergate prosecutor at Richard Nixon's behest and whose failed 1980s nomination to the Supreme Court helped draw the modern boundaries of cultural fights over abortion, civil rights and other issues, has died. He was 85...
Louisiana to have 1st black chief justice
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Louisiana Supreme Court resolved a racially tinged power struggle inside its own ranks, ruling Tuesday that Bernette Johnson should be the state's first black chief justice....
Law professor examines Jay Z’s '99 Problems'
theGRIO REPORT - Caleb Mason, an associate professor of law at Southwestern Law School has written a legal review of Jay Z’s infamous hit song '99 Problems'...
GOP senator suggests impeaching Obama
Think Progress reports Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) suggested impeaching President Obama, due to his policies on immigration during an appearance on Bill Bennett’s radio show...
Fla. task force begins 'Stand Your Ground' review
LONGWOOD, Fla. (AP) — A Florida task force will hold its first public meeting just miles from where 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was killed to examine a state self-defense law being used by the man who shot him...
Zimmerman back in jail
George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer accused of second degree murder in the killing of Miami teenager Trayvon Martin reported back to jail …
