Three women brought their case to the Supreme court today, arguing that Wal-Mart discriminated against them and potentially 1.5 million other women, paying them less and passing them over for promotions over a 10-year period. Wal-Mart has argued that the women’s situations are different enough that they should be…

The Supreme Court Justices left little doubt on Monday regarding how they will decide the latest case on campaign finance. The case is a challenge to Arizona’s public election financing system, which provides additional funding to candidates who participate in the program when their opponents, or third party interest groups,…

Corporations cannot shield documents against public disclosure by claiming a “personal privacy” right, according to the U.S. Supreme Court. AT&T had sued the FCC to prevent the it from releasing internal AT&T documents in response to a Freedom of Information Act Request from AT&T competitors. The FCC had obtained the…

A criminal prosecution of a woman for attempting to poison her neighbor may shape upcoming challenges to President Obama’s health care reform law.  The woman, Carol Bond, placed toxic chemicals stolen from her workplace on the doorknob, car door handles, and mailbox of Myrlinda Haynes after learning that Haynes was…

The Tea Party caucus is holding a seminar on the Constitution Monday with Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Caucus chair Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) said in a statement released last month that Scalia, a conservative, was chosen for the seminar based on his “’originalist’ approach to constitutional interpretation.” Monday’s event…

AT&T argued in the Supreme Court today that it has a personal privacy right that protects internal documents from public disclosure. The FCC has been asked by some of AT&T’s competitors to release case files relating to a 2004 investigation of AT&T for overcharging customers. The request from the competitors…

Today the Supreme Court said that the federal government is free to require background checks of all federal contractors. The checks include asking questions about past drug use and treatment, and asking references and former landlords open-ended questions about the contractor’s honesty and trustworthiness. The background checks were challenged by…

This morning the Supreme Court heard arguments in a testy dispute between defense contractors and the U.S. government. In the late 1980s the government signed a contract with General Dynamics and Boeing to design a stealth aircraft for the Navy, but after several missed deadlines, the government cancelled the contract….

The Supreme Court said today that medical students in residency programs are employees for tax purposes, and they must therefore pay Medicare and Social Security taxes. Doctors in residency have already graduated from medical school, and the residency programs provide 3 to 5 years of hands-on training. According to Chief…

In Justice Elena Kagan’s first opinion for the court, the Supreme Court today ruled that debtors in bankruptcy who own their cars outright may not exempt “ownership costs” when calculating their disposable income. Chapter 13 bankruptcy laws allow debtors with car loan or lease payments to subtract a standard amount…