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US Supreme Court stories: 439 news summaries

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Scalia Joins Majority, but
Not Happily

Cranky justice rips Roberts in separate opinions

Jun 28, 07 8:24 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Supremes Let Up on Political Ad Limits

in 5-4 reversal, court rules 'issue ads' don't count as endorsements

Jun 25, 07 2:30 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Samuel Alito • John Roberts • campaign finance • First Amendment • McCain Feingold • issue ad • protected speech • US Supreme Court

Court Limits Student Speech

High Court decides 'Bong Hits 4 Jesus' case in favor of buzz-kill principal

Jun 25, 07 10:41 AM CDT
(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... More »

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John Roberts • free speech • First Amendment • Bong Hits 4 Jesus • student • US Supreme Court

High Court Raises Bar for Investors' Suits

Companies trump shareholders for second time in a week

Jun 21, 07 3:14 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Supremes Side With Banks in Antitrust Action

Credit Suisse, Goldman won't face class action suit over late-'90s IPOs

Jun 18, 07 2:40 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Court Curbs Unions' Political Spending

In blow to organized labor, states can force members' approval

Jun 15, 07 8:31 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Washington • Washington Education Association • labor unions • US Supreme Court

Courts Debate Definition of 'Retarded'

Ruling on death penalty's constitutionality generates more questions than answers

Jun 11, 07 11:02 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Anti-abortion Groups Split by Late-Term Ban

Purists rip Dobson
for praising limits,
not full prohibition

Jun 4, 07 7:16 AM CDT
(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... More »

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abortion • abortion rights • James Dobson • pro life • pro choice • Focus on the Family • Tom Minnery • US Supreme Court

Ginsburg
Speaks Up

As Supreme Court
veers to the right,
a new voice
of dissent emerges

May 31, 07 9:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ruth Bader Ginsburg has delivered two withering oral dissents in the past six weeks, a radical departure from her previous conciliatory role. Linda Greenhouse speculates in today's Times that the unprecedented behavior may signal a new outspokenness for the Supreme Court's only female justice. "After 15 years on the... More »

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women • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • workplace discrimination • court • US Supreme Court

High Court Curbs Pay
Bias Suits

Ginsburg dissents on decision limiting  charges to 180 days

May 30, 07 4:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court severely limited the right of women to sue employers over pay discrimination in a stormy 5-4 decision yesterday. A lone woman employee at a tire factory sued because she was paid less than male coworkers over her long career; the court held that such charges must be... More »

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women • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • women's rights • discrimination • Civil Rights Act • civil rights • US Supreme Court

Court Relaxes Patent Test

Tech companies applaud broader guidelines for  "obviousness"

May 1, 07 7:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tech companies are thrilled with a Supreme Court ruling yesterday that relaxed the "obviousness" test for patents—the standard for deciding when a combination of existing elements deserves patent protection. No longer will Silicon Valley giants have to wrangle with patent "trolls"—people who anticipate minute improvements... More »

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technology • law • intellectual property • US Supreme Court • patent

Supreme Court Blocks Gitmo Detainees

Justices rule on police chases, patents; will hear Texas death-penalty case

Apr 30, 07 2:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court will not hear the cases of two Guantanamo detainees who sought to challenge the government's policy on military tribunals, it announced today. But it will hear arguments this fall in the case of a Texas death row inmate, a Mexican national whose appeal was supported by the... More »

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military tribunal • trial • Guantanamo Bay • court • justice • detainee • US Supreme Court

High Court
Eyes McCain-
Feingold 

Alito, Roberts may reverse ban on "issue ads" during campaign

Apr 26, 07 7:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court looks poised to pull an about face on the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law by striking down its strictures on "issue ads"—pre-election commentary that mentions candidates by name. Sandra Day O'Connor joined a majority in upholding the ban in 2003; Alito and Roberts may provide... More »

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Antonin Scalia • Samuel Alito • John Roberts • McCain Feingold • Campaign Finance Reform • political action committees • US Supreme Court

Alito Swings Court Against Late Abortion

Justices cite moral corcerns, worry about mother's regrets

Apr 19, 07 6:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court's decision to uphold a ban partial-birth abortions is a gauntlet thrown down by the Roberts court, reports Linda Greenhouse in the Times. Samuel Alito, the newest justice, was the deciding factor in the 5-4 turnaround. While it will affect a small subset of abortion procedures, the focus... More »

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Samuel Alito • abortion • John Roberts • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • US Supreme Court

Supreme Court
Supports Late-Term Abortion Ban

5-4 decision signals shift on divisive Issue, win for abortion opponents

Apr 18, 07 11:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court voted today to uphold a ban on partial birth abortions, handing a significant victory to President Bush, whose appointees to the high court voted with the 5-4 majority. The 2003 law, which bars a controversial late-term procedure, is the first federal restriction on abortion since the 1973... More »

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abortion • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Roe v. Wade • John Paul Stevens • US Supreme Court

Utilities May Profit From Ruling

Some corporations may profit off tighter greenhouse gas regulations

Apr 3, 07 8:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some utility  companies may actually benefit financially from the Supreme Court ruling forcing the EPA to crack down on greenhouse gas emissions, the Wall Street Journal reports.  While it will cost them millions in the short-term to meet new requirements, utilities in government-regulated markets—mostly in the Southeast, Great... More »

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climate change • environment • politics • Texas • utility companies • pollution • greenhouse gases • Northeast • Southeast • Great Plains • West • Midwest • US Supreme Court • utilities

EPA Must Regulate Greenhouse Gases

Supreme Court ruling a rebuke to Bush's hands-off policy on auto emissions

Apr 3, 07 7:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Carbon dioxide must be regulated by the federal government unless it can provide a scientific reason not to, the Supreme Court ruled Monday. The 5-4 decision, which ordered the EPA to consider CO 2 an "air pollutant" as defined by the Clean Air Act, was a blow to the... More »

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climate change • environment • John Roberts • pollution • carbon dioxide • science • Clean Air Act • Massachusetts • Environmental Protection Agency • sea level • US Supreme Court

Supreme Court Rejects Appeals From Gitmo Detainees

Win for Bush policy
on terror suspects

Apr 2, 07 12:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court declined to hear the case of detainees at Guantanamo who challenged the constitutionality of  their confinement, the Washington Post  reports. The rejected appeal  questioned the validity of the military commissions law passed last year, and the legality of being held for more than five years with being... More »

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Bush administration • terrorism • prison • Guantanamo Bay • US Supreme Court • constitutionality

Bong Case
4 SCOTUS

A Supreme Court case weighs student's right to "glorify" drug use

Mar 20, 07 10:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - A student glorifying illegal drug use shouldn't be protected by the First Amendment, Ken Starr argued before the Supreme Court yesterday in the case of a high school student suspended for displaying a banner reading "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" during the Winter Olympics Torch Relay in Juneau, Alaska... More »

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Samuel Alito • John Roberts • Kenneth Starr • Alaska • bongs • drugs • First Amendment • drug use • Juneau • Olympic Games • US Supreme Court

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