The Supreme Court has announced that it will take on Heller v. District of Columbia, the D.C. handgun case, and decide whether our city’s ban on handguns violates the Constitution. The Court will likely hear the case sometime in March, with a decision to come later in the session. The case will mark the first time the Court has taken up the meaning of the Second Amendment in almost 70 years, and the decision could…

We’ve always wondered:Where the police have reason to believe that a suspect is concealing cocaine between his buttocks cheeks, is it reasonable under the Fourth Amendment for the police, at the scene of the arrest, to reach into the suspect’s undershorts and seize the cocaine as a search incident to the suspect’s arrest?While this might sound like a late-night joke between first-year law students, it’s actually a question the U.S. Supreme Court is set to…

…ummm, nothing yet. According to the Associated Press, the Supreme Court failed to reach a decision on whether or not to hear a case related to the District’s gun laws. Though a verdict from last week’s conference discussion was possible today, it seems that the nine justices haven’t yet decided if they want to take the case, which stems from a March decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District Circuit that ruled…

Part of DCist’s continuing coverage of Deluge ’06. When you headed out in your car yesterday, you probably felt a bit like Noah boarding the ark. You checked your two headlights, two windshield wipers, two pairs of shoes, and, if you were Rush Limbaugh, two Viagra. As the rain takes a breather, let’s learn about two D.C. cases involving flood victims that, together, will be necessary for anyone considering suing the city when the…

MONDAY >> Who can forget T.C. Boyle’s memorable turn in the movie Kinsey? Most of you, probably. Well, look: if you’re an enthusiast of short stories, stop by Olsson’s in Arlington this evening to meet T.C. Boyle, whose recent collection, Tooth and Claw, travels to the four corners of the globe to reveal men and women on the edge of primal fear, weird nature, and the threat of untimely death. 2111 Wilson Boulevard, 7 p.m….

So you’re young, you’re fun (by your own definition), and you’ve moved to what’s been called, suspiciously, an up-and-coming neighborhood in the District. Your block has been diagnosed as early-stage gentrification, with one or two spruced up apartment buildings dispersed between the dilapidated early 20th century houses, one of which houses you. The stair railing’s broken, the bricks are chipping, and the window bars need to be replaced. By someone else. Not you. Javins v….