Court of Appeals
After All That, Could the Bedroom Tax Actually Be Unlawful?
A victim of domestic violence and the grandparents of a disabled teenager won their appeals against the policy – but what does that mean for everyone else effected by it?
Tunisian Appeals Court Hands Down Harsher Sentences to 2012 US Embassy Attackers
The US had criticized an earlier verdict for its leniency towards those involved in protests over the US-made film Innocence of Muslims.
Rogue Ex-Billionaire Is Verbose in Arguing for Release from Prison
Allen Stanford filed a 299-page brief last month with the Fifth US Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, making no fewer than 15 lengthy arguments about why he should be set free. He was convicted in 2012 on 13 felony charges related to America’s...
The Supreme Court Just Made it Harder to Undermine Rape Victims
The Supreme Court of Canada decided unanimously last week that people accused of sexual assault will not get automatic access to their victims' personal records, ending a practice that made coming forward about sexual violence even more difficult.
