Sam Hananel

April 16, 2014 | Daily Report Online

As political campaigns begin to heat up, the Supreme Court is deciding whether false accusations and mudslinging made during an election can be punished as a crime.

By Hope Yen and Sam Hananel

5 minute read

March 26, 2014 | Daily Report Online

The Supreme Court appears likely to block protesters' free-speech claims against two Secret Service agents who were guarding President George W. Bush during a 2004 visit to Oregon.

By Sam Hananel

1 minute read

February 26, 2014 | Daily Report Online

The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that victims of former Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford's massive Ponzi scheme can go forward with class-action lawsuits against the law firms, accountants and investment companies that allegedly aided the $7.2 billion fraud.

By Sam Hananel

4 minute read

October 14, 2009 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - The Supreme Court seemed receptive Tuesday to reinstating the death sentence of a flamboyant neo-Nazi convicted of murdering three men in Ohio more than a quarter century ago.Ohio attorney general Richard Cordray told justices during oral arguments that Frank Spisak had a fair trial and deserves death.

By SAM HANANEL

3 minute read

June 12, 2009 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - A group of Democratic senators on Thursday urged the Labor Department to reverse a Bush administration policy by extending federal wage and hour laws to home health care workers.Most domestic workers are covered by laws governing minimum wage and overtime pay, but home workers that care for the elderly and disabled have long been considered exempt.

By SAM HANANEL

2 minute read

October 06, 2009 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - Democrats in Congress are trying to counter another Supreme Court decision on employment discrimination, this time taking aim at a ruling that makes it harder for older workers to prove age bias.A measure introduced Tuesday would effectively reverse a 5-4 decision from earlier this year that said workers must show age was the decisive factor in a demotion or layoff.

By SAM HANANEL

2 minute read

October 30, 2006 | National Law Journal

A Michigan judge whose nomination to the federal bench is stalled over her appearance at a lesbian commitment ceremony says she attended as a friend, not to give legal sanction.

By Sam Hananel

3 minute read

July 16, 2009 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is considering new rules to protect older workers from job discrimination after a spate of recent Supreme Court decisions made it harder to prove age bias in the workplace.The action comes as age discrimination complaints to the agency, which enforces federal employment discrimination laws, rose 29 percent last year, more than any other type of bias claim.

By SAM HANANEL

3 minute read

August 28, 2013 | Daily Report Online

Veterans and disabled workers who often struggle to find work could have an easier time landing a job under new federal regulations.

By Sam Hananel

4 minute read

May 06, 2007 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - The National Rifle Association is urging the Bush administration to withdraw its support of a bill that would prohibit suspected terrorists from buying firearms.Backed by the Justice Department, the measure would give the attorney general the discretion to block gun sales, licenses or permits to terror suspects.

By Sam Hananel

2 minute read