Welcome to Monday, the 46th anniversary of the final performance of A Little Night Music‘s original broadway run. Here are some news items to start your week. — Some lawyers will receive bonuses despite economic hard times. — Vulnerable inmates ...

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Welcome to Monday, the 80th anniversary (birthday?) of Bugs Bunny. Here are some news items to get your week started. — Transgender runner challenges Idaho’s law requiring athletes to compete based on their gender at birth. — Texas lawyer challenges ...

Welcome to Monday, the 35th anniversary of the “Live Aid” concerts in London and Philadelphia to raise money for African famine relief. Here are some news items to get your week started. — Texas Supreme Court upholds Houston’s cancellation of ...

Welcome to Monday, the 37th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Arizona Governing Committee v. Norris decision that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits states from discriminating on the basis of sex in providing retirement benefits. Here ...

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Welcome to Monday, the 43rd anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Coker v. Georgia decision declaring the death penalty unconstitutional for the crime of rape against an adult woman. Here are some news items to get your week started. — Legal ...

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Welcome to Monday, the 46th anniversary of the publication of “All the President’s Men.” Here are some news items to get your week started. — Trump’s claim of being a New Yorker could hurt his defense. — Social media activity ...

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Welcome to Monday the 67th anniversary of the Supreme Court upholding the District of Columbia’s criminal prohibition on restaurant’s refusing to serve black customers. Here are some news items to get your week started. — Criminal defense lawyers call resuming ...

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Candidates for political office never need help with victory speeches: They have those prepared months in advance. But woe to those candidates who lose. Often they are just winging it, trying to be gracious after a devastating defeat. So for ...

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Welcome to Monday, the 217th anniversary of mortally wounded Navy Capt. John Lawrence’s  last command on the U.S.S Chesapeake: “Don’t give up the ship.” Here are some news items to get your week started. — Is the federal government playing ...

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Welcome to Tuesday, the 22nd anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision that most of Ellis Island is in New Jersey, not New York. Here are some news items to get your holiday-shortened week started. — Spain expects chaos when ...

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