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Supreme Court  Rejects Case Against Redskins Name

Dead end in 17-year-old battle against 'offensive' team name

Nov 16, 09 10:31 AM CST
(AP) - The Supreme Court will not hear an appeal from a group of Native Americans who've been trying for 17 years to get the Washington Redskins to change their name. The high court today turned away an appeal from Suzan Shown Harjo, ending the latest round between the Redskins and a... More »

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Washington Redskins • mascot • US Supreme Court • Native Americans • Suzan Shown Harjo

OBITUARY

Husband of Retired Justice O'Connor Dies

John O'Connor, 79, suffered Alzheimer's complications

Nov 11, 09 9:26 PM CST
(AP) - John J. O'Connor III, the husband of retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, died today at age 79 due to complications arising from Alzheimer's disease. John O'Connor, himself a lawyer, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's nearly two decades ago. His condition deteriorated markedly in mid-decade and when she announced her... More »

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obituary • Sandra Day O'Connor • US Supreme Court • Alzheimer's Disease • Supreme Court justice • John O'Connor

Now Pitching for the Court: Chief Justice Roberts

Start collecting your baseball trading cards of the Supremes

Nov 11, 09 1:46 PM CST
(Newser) - On the heels of Supreme Court justice bobblehead dolls comes, of course, baseball trading cards. The first depicts Chief Justice John Roberts as the pitcher in the stance of famed fellow Indiana native Mordecai “3 Fingers” Brown, with legal stats on the reverse. Why? “First, it's fun,”... More »

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John Roberts • Chief Justice • US Supreme Court • baseball cards • National Law Journal • souvenir • bobblehead

Supreme Court Won't Spare Beltway Sniper

Execution set for tomorrow as request for more time fails

Nov 9, 09 3:47 PM CST
(Newser) - The Supreme Court has rejected an emergency appeal from John Allen Muhammad, also known as the Beltway sniper, clearing the way for his execution tomorrow. Muhammad’s lawyers said he needed more time to prepare his appeals. Although justices Stevens, Ginsburg, and Sotomayor questioned Virginia law for not affording convicts... More »

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death penalty • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • execution • John Paul Stevens • US Supreme Court • sniper • John Allen Muhammad • Lee Boyd Malvo • Sonia Sotomayor • Beltway Sniper

SUPREME COURT DOCKET

 Teens Sentenced to Life: 
 Cruel and Unusual? 

High court will address sentences for kid convicts who didn't kill

Nov 8, 09 11:05 AM CST
(AP) - Joe Sullivan was sent away for life for raping an elderly woman and judged incorrigible though he was only 13. Terrance Graham, implicated in armed robberies when he was 16 and 17, was given a life sentence by a judge who told the teenager he had thrown his life away.... More »

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prison • cruel and unusual punishment • US Supreme Court • teenager • life sentence

GEORGE F. WILL

Stop Lefty Thugs Bullying Gay Marriage Opponents

Supreme Court must step in to keep chill off participation

Oct 31, 09 6:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - A movement in Washington state to force the disclosure of the names of those who supported a referendum on same-sex marriage has George Will up in arms over “thuggish liberalism” and its chilling effect on political participation. Signing one’s name in support of such a measure is akin... More »

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Washington state • George Will • referendum • US Supreme Court • liberal interventionism • Proposition 8 • public disclosure • Referendum 71 • political participation

(AP) - The Supreme Court will hear a new case about the rights of Guantanamo detainees, this time involving prisoners who remain in custody even after the Pentagon determines they're not a threat to the United States, the court said today. Last year, the court said in a 5-4 ruling that federal... More »

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China • Guantanamo Bay • US Supreme Court • Uighurs • Obama administration • Bermuda • Palau

INTERVIEW

Justice Stevens Hints He'll Retire This Term

Liberal stalwart, at age 89, admits, 'I'm not exactly a kid'

Oct 19, 09 6:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - John Paul Stevens, the senior justice on the Supreme Court and the bench's liberal lion, says he gave serious thought to retiring—in the late 1980s, when he was 65 years old. Instead, while younger colleagues have packed their bags, Stevens has become the court's master tactician, cobbling together narrow... More »

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg • retirement • John Paul Stevens • federal judges • US Supreme Court • Sonia Sotomayor • Supreme Court justice

 Sotomayor: 
 White House 
 Picked My 
 Clothes 

Justice describes grueling nomination process at Yale

Oct 19, 09 1:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Every aspect of Sonia Sotomayor's nomination procedure to become the newest Supreme Court justice was so controlled that she was even told what to wear at the acceptance ceremony, she said in a talk at Yale yesterday. Sotomayor, who appeared on campus for her 30th Yale Law School reunion, wanted... More »

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New Haven • Yale Law School • US Supreme Court • Sonia Sotomayor • Supreme Court justice

 Ginsburg Hospitalized Again 

Justice suffers adverse reaction to medications, released after overnight stay

Oct 15, 09 1:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ruth Bader Ginsburg is out of the hospital after suffering an adverse reaction to medication last night. While waiting for takeoff on a plane bound for London, Ginsburg because extremely drowsy and fell from her seat because of a reaction between a prescription sleeping aid and an OTC cold medication,... More »

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg • cold medicine • US Supreme Court • sleeping pills • hospitalization • drug interaction • Supreme Court justice

'Svengali Sex Slave' Case Heads for Supreme Court

Web porn trafficker claims mutilation of woman was consensual

Oct 14, 09 4:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court yesterday agreed to hear a case involving a sex trafficker, nicknamed the "S&M Svengali," who whipped and mutilated a "sex slave" and then posted photos of it on his for-profit website. Glenn Marcus claims that the acts were consensual, but the woman... More »

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pornography • US Supreme Court • sex slave • Sonia Sotomayor • 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals

Supreme Court to Hear Enron CEO's Appeal

Jeff Skilling challenges 'honest services' law, says trial was unfair

Oct 13, 09 9:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court has agreed to hear former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling’s appeal of his fraud conviction in connection with the company's collapse. The appeal argues that the federal “honest services” statute, a favorite for prosecutors tackling white collar criminals, is flawed because the government needn’t prove... More »

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Conrad Black • Enron • white collar crime • US Supreme Court • Jeffrey Skilling

Justices Cite Free Speech in Animal Abuse Videos

They seem ready
to strike down law

Oct 6, 09 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court seems likely to back an appellate court ruling that said depictions of animal cruelty are protected as free speech by the First Amendment. In arguments today, the justices considered the case of a man convicted of selling dogfighting videos under a 1999 law that equates videos of... More »

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Antonin Scalia • John Roberts • free speech • censorship • dogfighting • John Paul Stevens • US Supreme Court • justices • dog fighting

Roberts Court Disappoints O'Connor

Moderate justice sees legacy 'dismantled'
by conservative turn

Oct 5, 09 2:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sandra Day O’Connor is none too pleased with the conservative turn the Supreme Court has taken since she retired. Asked at a conference how she felt about the court overturning or undermining rulings she’d helped make on issues like abortion rights, campaign finance and race, she replied, “... More »

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Samuel Alito • Sandra Day O'Connor • US Supreme Court • Sonia Sotomayor

 Animal Cruelty Case 
 Hits Supreme Court 

Landmark case to decide 1st Amendment as it applies to cruelty

Oct 5, 09 1:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Animal cruelty takes the floor of the Supreme Court tomorrow, as the justices consider whether to overturn an appeals court judgment that allows the depiction of animal cruelty under the auspices of the First Amendment. The lower court wasn’t keen on animal cruelty, but found that our furry friends—... More »

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free speech • US Appeals court • First Amendment • animal cruelty • video • child pornography • US Supreme Court • fetish porn • 1st Amendment

TV Review

Rare Documentary Offers Intriguing Peek at Court


Oct 3, 09 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - C-SPAN's new documentary on the Supreme Court is both "unprecedented and surprisingly moving," writes Hank Stuever, and even court junkies are bound to learn something new. Bombshells? Not so much, but it's the first time that all current and retired living justices have given individual interviews for the... More »

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documentary • US Supreme Court • C-SPAN • documentary film • Supreme Court justice

Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge to Local Gun Laws

Challenge to Chicago handgun ban could neuter local gun control measures

Sep 30, 09 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court will take up a case that could radically alter legal precedent regarding gun ownership and Second Amendment rights. The case is an appeal brought by Chicago-area gun owners who challenged the city’s ban on handguns. The high court overturned such a ban last year in Washington,... More »

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Chicago • US Constitution • Second Amendment • US Supreme Court • constitutionality • handgun • handgun ban • Fourteenth Amendment

Interview

 Sotomayor 
 Reminisces About 
 Life-Changing Call 

Says she burst into tears when Obama gave her the news

Sep 25, 09 12:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sonia Sotomayor sat by the phone for 12 hours waiting for the call. When it finally rang, “I had my left hand over my chest, trying to calm my beating heart,” she recalls in an interview with C-SPAN. When President Obama offered her the Supreme Court appointment, “... More »

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Barack Obama • US Supreme Court • interview • Obama administration • President Obama • Sonia Sotomayor

(AP) - Ruth Bader Ginsburg was released from a Washington hospital today after spending the night as a precaution. The 76-year-old Supreme Court justice planned to be back at work later today. Ginsburg, who underwent surgery for pancreatic cancer in February, "developed lightheadedness and fatigue" in her office yesterday after receiving... More »

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cancer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anemia • pancreatic cancer • US Supreme Court • Supreme Court justice

Justice Ginsburg Hospitalized After Faint Spell at Court

76-year-old has been battling pancreatic cancer

Sep 24, 09 7:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who has been battling pancreatic cancer, is in a Washington hospital tonight after feeling ill at work. In a statement, the court said that Ginsburg, 76, felt faint after a routine infusion, and that though subsequent tests and monitoring showed her “in stable... More »

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg • hospital • pancreatic cancer • US Supreme Court • fainting • infusion

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