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A state lawmaker is questioning why a casino industry association in Pennsylvania that is headed by a former state Supreme Court chief justice is not registered as a lobbying group, despite its apparent attempts to influence debate on gambling legislation.
The Supreme Court rejected final appeals Thursday by five former soldiers sentenced to death in the 1975 killing of Bangladesh's independence leader in a military coup, a government attorney said.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia (AN'-toh-nihn skuh-LEE'-uh) has said in a speech at Ohio State University the Constitution is best treated as an original document within the context of its historical creation, not as a text subject to modern reinterpretation.
More than 150 years after the U.S. Supreme Court issued the notorious Dred Scott decision affirming slavery, a Maryland city unveiled a plaque Tuesday to educate visitors about the opinion and the local man who wrote it — and to quell a local controversy.
Electronic bingo operators in Alabama aren't calling off opening celebrations at multimillion-dollar casino venues despite a state Supreme Court decision that raised questions about the future of the popular games.
Apparently, no one told Sonia Sotomayor that Supreme Court justices are supposed to be circumspect, emerging from their marble palace mainly to dispense legal wisdom to law schools, judges' conferences and lawyers' meetings.
A group of black Connecticut firefighters hopes to block promotions for white firefighters who won a discrimination case before the U.S. Supreme Court.
News blackouts unjustifiably prevented the public from learning why charges were dropped or suspended for some terror suspects, media lawyers told Canada's Supreme Court on Monday.
The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a student who complained that high school officials violated her constitutional rights when they turned off her microphone during her religion-tinged graduation speech.
The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from a group of Native Americans who think the name of the NFL's Washington Redskins football team is offensive.
Canada's federal government is urging the country's top court to overturn a judicial order that obligates the government to seek the repatriation of the youngest detainee held by the U.S. at Guantanamo Bay.
After drug giant Pfizer Inc. announced that it was opening a new research center here, city officials aggressively moved to acquire surrounding land for an economic development project — triggering an epic fight over eminent domain that reached the U.S. Supreme Court and ended with residents being forced from their homes.
The state Supreme Court has ruled that public officials and public employees can keep their personal e-mails private.
A multimillion-dollar coal contract dispute that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court took its latest turn Thursday with another ruling in favor of Massey Energy Co.
A multimillion-dollar coal contract dispute that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court has again resulted in a ruling in favor of Massey Energy Co.
Mississippi Medicaid officials should have asked the Legislature for approval before tinkering with a law that would change reimbursements for pharmacists, the state Supreme Court has ruled.
Sonia Sotomayor heeded White House advice to paint her fingernails a neutral shade during her Supreme Court confirmation process — up to a point.
Should techniques for training horses be eligible for a patent? What about a system for choosing a jury or fail-proof method for speed dating?
The U.S. Supreme Court has reinstated the death penalty against an Ohio man who killed and mutilated a man he met in a gay bar in 1985, rejecting a claim that his lawyers erred during the sentencing phase of his trial.
It's now up to a federal judge in New Orleans to decide whether to put a challenge to campaign finance restrictions on a faster track to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court will not review an $18 million verdict won by a lawyer who served as a co-chairman of the trial judge's re-election committee.
With the technology industry looking on, the Supreme Court on Monday will explore what types of inventions should be eligible for a patent in a pivotal case that could undermine such legal protections for software.
A seemingly divided Supreme Court wrestled Monday with whether teenagers can be locked away forever for their crimes. The question arose in two cases involving Florida men who are serving life prison terms with no chance of parole for crimes they committed as teenagers. Their lawyers argue that the sentences for people so young are cruel and unusual, in violation of the Constitution, because young people have greater capacity to change.
The U.S. Supreme Court is taking a close look at a question individual investors have long asked about their mutual funds, but the courts have largely ignored: Why am I getting charged twice as much as big institutional clients?
South Carolina's Supreme Court ruled Thursday that an ethics investigation into Gov. Mark Sanford's travel must be made public, clearing the way for lawmakers considering impeachment to review a report on the probe.
City aims for balance with Dred Scott plaqueMore than 150 years after the U.S. Supreme Court issued the notorious Dred Scott decision affirming slavery, a Maryland city erects a plaque to educate visitors about the decision.
Justice O’Connor’s Husband Dies at age 79The news of John J. O'Connor III husband of Justce O' Conner sad demise is tragic and shocking. We all grieve with the family of Justice O' Conner i in their hour of grief.
Judges and justices are the epitome of the Courts of Law. Their appearance and actuations are being looked up to by all and they are presumed to know the law and the extent of their authority.
Obama's Nomination for Iowa U.S. Attorney CriticizedEleventh-hour criticism is arising over President Obama's nomination for United States attorney in northern Iowa of a prosecutor who had a leading role in the criminal cases against hundreds of illegal immigrants arrested in a May 2008 raid at a meatpacking plant in Postville, …
McCarthy explains why the Bush administration was unable to try the Guantanamo prisonersMcCarthy explains why the Bush administration was unable to try the Guantanamo prisoners
Pfizer took their homes and said "err sorry were going somplace else" The town is on the hook. People lost their homes and the Supreme Court said it all legal. Now the land sits vacant and Pfzier is relocating.
Sotomayor adds celebrity to Supreme CourtSince becoming the first Hispanic justice, Sonia Sotomayor has mamboed with movie stars, exchanged smooches with musicians and thrown the first pitch for the New York Yankees.
Supreme Court rejects appeal from Nevada student who gave religious graduation speechThe justices said Monday they will not revive a lawsuit filed by Brittany McComb of Henderson, Nev. challenging the actions of Clark County school officials. A federal appeals court ruled previously ruled against her.
Obama Administration Blocks Release of Detainee Abuse PhotosDefense Secretary Robert Gates has blocked the public release of any more pictures of foreign detainees abused by their U.S.
Husband of former high court justice O'Connor dies at 79 WASHINGTON (CNN) – John J. O'Connor III, the husband of former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, died Wednesday, a statement from the court said. He was 79 and had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
The Famous 'Kelo House' Property Is Now A Vacant LotA decade ago, the town of New London, Connecticut claimed Kelo's house by right of eminent domain. The plan was to demolish the residential neighborhood so that Pfizer could built a massive research and development plant on the adjacent land.
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy Asks School Paper to 'Tidy Up' Remarks - NYTimes.comThe school newspaper at Dalton, a private school in Manhattan, contained a cryptic note from its editors last Friday.
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy Needs time to 'Tidy Up' Remarks made at High School AssemblyWASHINGTON — The school newspaper at Dalton, a private school in Manhattan, contained a cryptic note from its editors last Friday.
Can Teen Killers Be Rehabilitated?Today the Supreme Court hears arguments in a case that could make it unconstitutional to sentence juveniles to life without parole. Science tells us the adolescent brain isn't fully formed—and experience shows many teen murderers kill the adults who abuse them.
Justices Weigh Life in Prison for Youths Who Never Killed There are just over 100 people in the world serving sentences of life without the possibility of parole for crimes they committed as juveniles in which no one was killed. All are in the United States. And 77 of them are here in Florida
Barack Obama has been too milquetoast in his support for gay rights. That is an explanation given for why gay marriage legislation was repealed by the voters of Maine last Tuesday. Never mind that VOTERS in 31 states in a row have rejected gay marriage as state law.
Antonin Scalia: Judicial Activist and Constitutional RelativistIn oral arguments this month in the case of Salazar v. Buono, which concerns the constitutionality of a 5-foot cross on federal government land in the Mojave National Preserve, Justice Antonin Scalia suggested that the cross is a universal, rather than a Christian, symbol.
Prosecutors: We can frame you with impunityProsecutors trying to put you in prison for a crime you didn't commit can fabricate evidence, coerce witnesses into lying on the stand, and enjoy absolute immunity. They cannot go to prison. They cannot even be sued.
Supreme Court Reviews California Woman's 1982 Murder A Third Time Fernando Belmontes was sentenced to death in 1982 for murdering a 19-year-old woman. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned his sentence three times. The case is back yet again before the U.S. Supreme Court.
From Capital Eye Opener: Monday, November 2 Published by Lindsay Renick Mayer on November 2, 2009 9:46 AM
Honduran Opposition Leader (Presidential Candidate Lobo) Key to Ending Conflict"The front-runner in Honduras' presidential race has become a key to resolving a four-month conflict between a president ousted in a coup and the de facto leader who replaced him."
US president Barack set a January. 22 deadline to close Guantanamo. There is still much debate over his plan to hold some prisoners indefinitely.
Omar Khadr case cost Ottawa $1.3 millionOttawa has spent more than $1.3-million fighting against Toronto-born captive Omar Khadr, who has been held at the U.S.-run Guantanamo Bay detention centre for seven years, the government has revealed.
Gay marriage fights fuel debate over petitioners' rightsThe Supreme Court voted last week to block release of the names of more than 138,000 people in Washington state who signed petitions seeking to repeal a same-sex domestic partner law in a ballot scheduled for Nov. 3.
Clarence Thomas To Other Supreme Court Justices: Be QuietClarence Thomas, the justice long known as the silent member of the Supreme Court, criticized his colleagues Friday for badgering attorneys rather than letting them speak during oral arguments.
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