RSS FeedsBreaking from a tradition of rarely giving interviews, members of the high court are making themselves more accessible. Granted, sometimes there is a book to promote.
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Its ruling on Indiana's voter ID law signals that the justices want evidence of actual violations of constitutional rights. >>
The high court's ruling that a photo can be required is a victory for Republicans. >>
They fail to overturn a threatened GOP filibuster in the Senate on legislation that would allow more time for employees to file lawsuits in such cases. >>
Duane Giles' lawyer says secondhand testimony that he'd threatened his ex-girlfriend wasn't admissible because the dead woman couldn't be cross-examined. >>
The campaign finance law provision was intended to level the playing field in political races. A decision in June could affect the fall campaign. >>
The 7-2 ruling shows strong support for the death penalty among justices and sets a high bar for future challenges. >>
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling aside, the state faces a number of legal hurdles before it can resume capital punishment. >>
Part of the Supreme Court majority that reinstated capital punishment in the U.S. in 1976, he says it no longer serves any purpose. >>
Justices will consider whether ex-D.A. John Van de Kamp can be sued over the conviction of Thomas L. Goldstein, who was freed after 24 years. >>
The Supreme Court has been asked to rule where responsibility lies in instances of wrongful convictions. >>
Must a city park that displays one monument also permit others'? >>
In refusing to consider a Wisconsin man's appeal, the Supreme Court says jurists can issue prison sentences even if the jury has cleared a defendant of certain crimes. >>
FBI agents had seized documents in Louisiana Rep. William Jefferson's office as part of a graft investigation. >>
But court refuses a new trial in 1981 killing of a Philadelphia officer. >>
Saying he does not have 'unilateral authority' to force states to comply with an international treaty, justices vote 6-3 to reject presidential order to reopen cases of foreign nationals. >>
Justices sound as if they will rule on the side of the Bush administration in case of the 'Millennium Bomber' and a U.S. citizen who was arrested by U.S. forces in Iraq. >>
The high court properly rebuked Bush. But it should have given a Mexican man his day in court. >>
Employers may coordinate with Medicare on healthcare provisions for seniors. An AARP legal challenge is turned away. >>
The former member of the SLA, paroled last week, is back in prison. State officials say she has to serve one more year. >>
The justices rule that racial bias played an improper role in the 1996 Louisiana murder case. Prosecutors may retry the case. >>
A majority signals that it thinks the 2nd Amendment is not limited to arms for 'a well-regulated militia.' >>
The justices will weigh whether federal regulators may levy large fines on broadcasters who let expletives on the airwaves during daytime and early evening hours. >>
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to block a lawsuit that accuses billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian of selling more than 7 million DaimlerChrysler shares based on inside information that the automaker's cash flow was declining. >>
The justices' decision on the individual right to keep and bear arms under the 2nd Amendment could reverberate throughout the U.S. >>
The Mississippi lawyer famed for the huge 1990s tobacco settlement conspired to influence a judge deciding how to divide legal fees in Katrina insurance cases. >>
The ruling says a detainee who later died of penile cancer was denied a biopsy of a lesion though several doctors said the procedure was urgently needed. His family will be allowed to seek damages. >>
As the high court considers the legality, couples who wed in the Bay Area savor the joy of the institution. >>
The Supreme Court greets with skepticism arguments that power contracts are unfair. >>
The Pentagon is bound by tightened rules in prosecuting detainees. >>
The group backing 'Hillary: The Movie' says promoting it is a simple free-speech issue and wants the Supreme Court to scrap disclosure rule for political ads. >>
Patients under doctor's care can be dismissed, even if marijuana use occurs during off hours, high court rules. >>
States have kept the execution process shrouded in secrecy. That could change when justices hear arguments today. >>
Two decisions object to narrow federal prison guidelines that have led to disparities, especially in cocaine cases. >>
For years, federal judges have been critical of strict sentencing guidelines, saying the rules tied their hands. >>
A federal appeals court in San Francisco on Thursday excoriated a federal immigration judge and a Los Angeles lawyer for their conduct during a deportation hearing in 2003. >>
The justices appear split, with Kennedy in the middle. Regardless of the ruling, which may be months away, the prisoners' fate may rest with the next president. >>
Justices rebuff a quest for services in a library, along with a Catholic group's effort to avoid paying for employees' birth control. >>
The Supreme Court will also consider drug sentences, workplace fairness and how lethal injection is carried out. >>
The Supreme Court will look at strict rules that are a holdover from the 1980s war on drugs and that legal activists say are unfair. >>
Justices may ban commonly used chemical concoctions that may cause dying inmates suffering, but ruling would not prohibit practice. >>
A GOP-backed Indiana law requires photo identification to be shown at the polls. In their appeal, Democrats say the policy discourages voters. >>
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