As long as you are obeying traffic laws, driving safely, and adhering to the tenants of defensive driving, surviving a road trip will be no problem. Surviving with your sanity intact, now that is a very different matter. In general, people tend to romanticize road trips. They love the idea of driving along wide...

There has never been a shortage of legal shows on television. Law & Order is one of the longest standing series ever to grace the silver screen. It is currently in its 20th season! Its success has spawned ahost of spin-offs and imitations. One thing is very clear—Americans are obsessed with legal television shows....

The United States’ court system is large and complex. One of the arms of this labyrinthine organization is the court of appeals, also known as the circuit courts. These courts play a very important role in the overall structure of our court system. In today’s blog, we will learn more about the function of...

Clarence Thomas was once dubbed, “The Justice Nobody Knows” by CBS news. Hastings & Hastings’ Get to Know a Supreme Court Justice series doesn’t overlook anyone. Although he may not stand in the spotlight as much as his fellow justices, Clarence Thomas is none the less an important part of the Supreme Court. Justice...

It has been a while since we checked in with the Supreme Court. Welcome back to our Get to Know a Supreme Court Justice series! Today, we will be checking in with Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, the current longest-serving justice on the Supreme court. Without further ado, let’s learn about his distinguished life. Justice...