Lawyers

• Chief Justice Uses Sign Language As Deaf Lawyers Swear In Court

  U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts used sign language to welcome 12 deaf lawyers from DHHBA who sworn in front of the court.

• US Supreme Court Begins To Hear President Barack Obama's Immigration Plan, Justices Seem To Be Divided

  US President Barack Obama's bid to save his proposal to spare millions of immigrants in the country illegally from deportation and give them work permits hit a wall on Monday at the U.S. Supreme Court in a case testing the limits of presidential power.

• Attorney General Loretta Lynch Asks Not To Be Considered For US Supreme Court Seat

  The death of Justice Antonin Scalia has opened a United States Supreme Court seat and Attorney General Loretta Lynch is being considered to fill in the vacant spot. However, she has opted out from the list saying that she wants her named to be removed.

• Bill aims to restore consumers’ legal rights stripped away by Supreme Court rulings

  Proponents of cunsumer's rights will be disappointed to hear that the proposed bill that would restore the right to sue corporations was rejected by the Supreme Court.

• Juvenile Criminals Can Challenge Life Sentence without Parole Says Supreme Court

  US Supreme Court says 2012 ruling is retroactive. Juveniles can challenge life sentence without parole to have a one.

• Pharmacists File Petition to the US Supreme Court to Protect Their First Amendment Rights

  As the United States enacts more and more progressive laws, some secular communities protest as they claim protection for their First Amendment rights, as in the case of pharmacists forced to stock abortion-inducing pills in their pharmacies.

• Appeals Court To Delay Decision until Supreme Court Ruling on Right of Public Sector Union to Collect Representation Fees

  A case before the United States Supreme Court that pits the California Teachers Association against 10 public school teachers could delay the resolution of a parallel case before the First U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

• U.S. Supreme Court keeps ban on assault weapons intact, encourages gun control advocates

  The ongoing firearms debate rages on in the United States after the Supreme Court kept the ban on assault weapons intact following legal challenges presented by gun rights groups. An ordinance banning various firearms was passed in Highland Park, Illinois in 2013.

• Federal Judge strikes down North Dakota 'Heartbeat' abortion ban

  US District Judge Daniel Hovland said that the North Dakota law on abortion, which allows women to terminate pregnancies as early as into their sixth week, is unconstitutional and invalid, The Bismarck Tribune said.