Exasperated by a long-running fight over judicial nominees, a Republican senator pleaded with his colleagues to confirm Merrick Garland to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, often considered the second most important court in the nation. ...
Read More »High court’s tie vote upholds loan bias ruling
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued its first tie vote since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, leaving in place a lower court ruling that barred two Missouri women from suing a bank for loan discrimination. The justices divided 4-4 ...
Read More »FBI might have way to unlock attacker’s iPhone without Apple
A much-anticipated court hearing on the federal government’s effort to force Apple Inc. to unlock the iPhone used by one of the shooters in the San Bernardino terror attack was abruptly vacated Monday after the FBI revealed it may have ...
Read More »Memorial with religious symbol moved from courthouse grounds
After almost two years of controversy, a veterans’ memorial that bears a religious symbol has been moved from the Boone County Courthouse grounds to a private cemetery. The memorial that includes an ichthus, often called a “Jesus fish,” was moved ...
Read More »Apple’s new iDevices say: Small is beautiful, too
As it struggles to match the success of its big-screen iPhones, Apple is now contending that small can be beautiful, too. The giant tech company showed off downsized versions of its signature iPhone and iPad Pro tablet on Monday, hoping ...
Read More »Anthem slaps lawsuit on Express Scripts over drug pricing
Blue Cross-Blue Shield health insurer Anthem is suing pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts over prescription drug prices. Express Scripts runs prescription drug coverage for Anthem, the nation’s second-largest health insurer. Anthem said Monday that it wants to recover damages for ...
Read More »Missouri lawmakers worry police technology invades privacy
Missouri lawmakers are looking at changing the ways police collect and store the enormous amount of data that comes from relatively new technology, including video, audio and location. Lawmakers have filed at least 10 bills, though most have not yet ...
Read More »As 2016 race goes on, states debate election costs
Arizona officials are getting tired of footing the $6 million bill for the state’s presidential primary and want to foist the cost onto the political parties as states around the country weigh the cost of the contests. Colorado may go ...
Read More »Man jailed for Missouri sports editor’s death seeks freedom
A 31-year-old man whose dreams led him to confess to the slaying of a Missouri journalist says he had nothing to do with the killing and is planning to appeal. Charles Erickson is serving a 25-year sentence in the death ...
Read More »How far would Garland move Supreme Court to left?
Merrick Garland’s judicial record over nearly two decades indicates he would side more often than not with the Supreme Court’s liberal justices on a range of cases splitting the court along ideological lines. The real question, to be answered definitively only ...
Read More »What nomination? Business as usual at Supreme Court
It’s business as usual at the Supreme Court this week, no matter that confirmation politics is on everyone’s mind in Washington. The justices are entering their second month of life without longtime Justice Antonin Scalia. They could be without a ninth ...
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