Law & Society

President Obama has urged the congress to have a fair hearing to approve the closure of Guantanamo and transfer the 9-11 detainees to the U.S. Obama offered his plan despite the intial resilience of the lawmakers over his proposal.

Ted Cruz said he would appoint a justice like Antonin Scalia to the Supreme Court, if given the opportunity. But a law expert said a few more Scalias on Supreme Court would put U.S. democracy at risk.

A former food pantry coordinator who was dismissed from her job has reached after her same-sex marriage was mentioned in a newspaper report has reached a settlement with her lawsuit against the Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph. The settlement resolves the case before it was supposed to begin trial on February 29.