At 11 a.m. today, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case challenging the implementation of Title IX in the courts. According to the SCOTUS Blog, the case, Fitzgerald, et vir v. Barnstable School Committee, et al, will decide "whether the passage of Title IX barred future constitutionally based gender discrimination claims against federally [...]

Welcome back to the Manliest Workplace in D.C. Tournament. With the Culture bracket languishing in a statistical dead heat between the Washington Redskins and the Smithsonian Institution, it's time to turn our attentions to the granddaddy of all granddaddy employers: The Federal Government! (See the full 64-workplace bracket here).
Today, one-seed the Supreme Court takes on [...]

Howard University law professor Dawn Martin filed a suit against her former employer after her complaints of being stalked on campus fell on deaf ears—and resulted in her firing, she says. Later this month, the Supreme Court will decide whether it will hear the case. (In March of this year, the U.S. Court of [...]

In a 4-3 ruling today, the Connecticut Supreme Court overturned the gay marriage ban, expanding the definition of marriage to include same-sex couples. The ruling marks the end of a four-year lawsuit waged by eight same-sex couples who sued the state after being denied marriage licenses.
From the Associated Press:
The divided court ruled 4-3 that gay [...]

It's been rumored for a few days now that CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric's interview with Sarah Palin included a clip of the Governor being unable to name a single Supreme Court case. Technically, Palin fails to name a specific case that she disagrees with—let's give her the benefit of the doubt and assume [...]