WASHINGTON, March 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This weekend President Obama announced a number of recess appointments of critical nominees whose confirmations had been stalled in the Senate. Among these appointments were three commissioners and the general counsel of the U.S.

NEW YORK, April 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court will hear a constitutional challenge to a core provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. Holder.