Law & Society

Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant has selected Chancery Judge Dawn Beam for the state Supreme Court, replacing Justice Randy Pierce who will be stepping down from office on January 31, 2016.

The presidentially-appointed head of the US Attorney's Office will be stepping down by the end of the year following a mixed verdict against the former coal mining executive Donald L. Blankenship.

A couple from New Hampshire’s appeal to undo their divorce has been turned down by the Supreme Court which upheld the ruling of its lower court refusing to grant divorces.