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  • June 2007

    • Supremes Will Hear Gitmo Cases

      Reuters  |  Jun 29, 07 10:25 AM CDT

      Supremes Will Hear Gitmo Cases

      (Newser) - Two Guantanamo Bay detainees will have their say before the Supreme Court, which today unexpectedly agreed to hear their cases in the term that begins this fall. The prisoners want permission to challenge their indefinite confinement in federal court. The high court had rejected an identical appeal in April, and the reversal is the first such action in decades, Reuters reports. More »

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      Bush administration  • US Supreme Court  • White House  • Guantanamo Bay  • detainee  • habeas corpus

    • Dems Fret Over School Ruling

      Washington Post  |  Jun 29, 07 8:10 AM CDT

      Dems Fret Over School Ruling

      (Newser) - The Supreme Court decision limiting the role of race in public-school assignments was the talk of the town yesterday—even at the Democratic debate. The agenda at historically black Howard University was minority issues, and although attention naturally fell on Barack Obama, his seven competitors also had their moments in the spotlight, the Washington Post reports. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Election 2008  • Democrats  • US Supreme Court  • Joe Biden  • race  • AIDS  • poverty  • discrimination  • Mike Gravel

    • Supremes Halt Execution of Insane Inmate

      Washington Post  |  Jun 28, 07 2:29 PM CDT

      Supremes Halt Execution of Insane Inmate

      (Newser) - The Supreme Court voted 5-4 to block the execution of a schizophrenic condemned killer because Texas criminal courts had not taken his mental health into account. Anthony Kennedy joined the court's liberals and wrote the decision, which reaffirmed previous injunctions against executing the insane; Kennedy wrote that the "punishment could serve no proper purpose." More »

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      murder  • Texas  • US Supreme Court  • death penalty  • capital punishment  • execution  • schizophrenia  • Anthony Kennedy

    • High Court Limits Use of Race in School Assignments

      CNN  |  Jun 28, 07 12:06 PM CDT

      High Court Limits Use of Race in School Assignments

      (Newser) - Taking race into consideration in school assignments is unconstitutional because it violates students' rights under the equal protection clause, the Supreme Court ruled today in a landmark decision that could cause upheaval in K-12 education. The decision, by an increasingly familiar 5-4 vote, invalidates diversity plans in Louisville and Seattle but affects systems across the country. More »

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      US Supreme Court  • race  • student  • school  • Seattle  • John Roberts  • discrimination  • Louisville  • equality

    • Scalia Joins Majority, but Not Happily

      New York Times  |  Jun 28, 07 8:24 AM CDT

      Scalia Joins Majority, but Not Happily

      (Newser) - The high court may have a new conservative majority, but it's not exactly a lovey-dovey one, judging from Antonin Scalia's withering concurring opinions on two recent decisions, the New York Times reports.  Although he voted with the majority, Scalia blasted Chief Justice John Roberts for downplaying the impact of the decisions. "This faux judicial restraint is judicial obfuscation," he snarked in one. More »

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      US Supreme Court  • court  • law  • John Roberts  • Antonin Scalia

    • Supremes Let Up on Political Ad Limits

      Washington Post  |  Jun 25, 07 2:30 PM CDT

      Supremes Let Up on Political Ad Limits

      (Newser) - Conservatives on the Supreme Court weakened one of the major strictures of the McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Law today, relaxing the definition of prohibited ads in the run-up to federal elections. An increasingly familiar 5-4 majority declared that "issue ads," which stump for political platforms without explicitly endorsing a candidate, are protected speech. More »

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      US Supreme Court  • campaign finance  • John Roberts  • First Amendment  • Samuel Alito  • McCain Feingold

    • Court Limits Student Speech

      Reuters  |  Jun 25, 07 10:41 AM CDT

      Court Limits Student Speech

      (Newser) - Schools may limit student speech that advocates criminal activity, even off campus, the Supreme Court ruled today. The case centers on a banner reading "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" displayed across the street from a school; writing for the 5-4 majority, Chief Justice Roberts said the school principal's understanding of the banner as encouraging drug use was "plainly a reasonable one." More »

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      US Supreme Court  • student  • John Roberts  • free speech  • First Amendment

    • High Court Raises Bar for Investors' Suits

      New York Times  |  Jun 21, 07 3:14 PM CDT

      High Court Raises Bar for Investors' Suits

      (Newser) - Investors who accuse companies of fraud based on executives' misdeeds must show that they acted intentionally, the Supreme Court ruled today, making it easier for corporations to have shareholder lawsuits dismissed. The decision helps protect companies against frivolous suits by clarifying a 1995 law, the Times reports, but critics say the existing limits are sufficient. More »

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      lawsuit  • football  • US Supreme Court  • business  • high school  • shareholders  • investors  • free speech  • sentencing  • telecom

    • Supremes Side With Banks in Antitrust Action

      Bloomberg  |  Jun 18, 07 2:40 PM CDT

      Supremes Side With Banks in Antitrust Action

      (Newser) - The Supreme Court has broadened the shield protecting companies from antitrust lawsuits, ruling in a 7-1 decision this morning that investors cannot sue 16 banks they accuse of rigging Internet-boom-era IPOs. The majority said the SEC had adequately regulated banks' actions and that opening them up to this type of action would pose a "substantial risk of injury" to US capital markets. More »

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      US Supreme Court  • Goldman Sachs  • bank  • IPO  • investors  • antitrust  • Credit Suisse  • Stephen Breyer

    • Court Curbs Unions' Political Spending

      Associated Press  |  Jun 15, 07 8:31 AM CDT

      Court Curbs Unions' Political Spending

      (Newser) - The Supreme Court yesterday upheld a Washington State law forcing public-sector unions to win consent from workers before spending their dues on politically-charged activities. The law applied to workers who opt out of joining a union but still have to pay the dues, some of which are spent supplying (mainly Democratic) political coffers. More »

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      US Supreme Court  • Washington  • labor unions

    • Courts Debate Definition of 'Retarded'

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 11, 07 11:02 AM CDT

      Courts Debate Definition of 'Retarded'

      (Newser) - Sentencing the mentally retarded to death is unconstitutional, and individual states set the cut-off between disabled and competent—sounds simple, but in practice, the Supreme Court's 2002 ruling has proven nearly impossible to enforce. At issue, the LA Times reports, is the gray area between low IQ and retardation, a moving target for lawyers and courts alike. More »

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      US Supreme Court  • death penalty  • death row  • constitutionality  • disabled  • mental retardation

    • Anti-abortion Groups Split by Late-Term Ban

      Washington Post  |  Jun 4, 07 7:16 AM CDT

      Anti-abortion Groups Split by Late-Term Ban

      (Newser) - The recent Supreme Court ruling against partial-birth abortions has ignited a battle among anti-abortion groups, the Washington Post reports. The bickering highlights a divide between groups working for a wholesale ban and those seeking limits. In newspaper ads, a religious coalition ripped the ruling as "wicked" and slammed longtime ally James Dobson of Focus on the Family for praising the decision.