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November 2007
- Supreme Court Gets First-Ever Wall Calendar
  
  Washingtonian | Nov 29, 07 7:35 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The Supreme Court may not come knocking at your door over the holidays, but the stars of the judicial branch have their very own calendar for sale, the Washingtonian reports. Legal Times court reporter Tony Mauro is to thank for the effort, which will help ensure that law junkies and history buffs won't risk missing landmark court anniversaries in 2008. More »
- Supreme Court Stops Another Execution
  
  Miami Herald | Nov 15, 07 3:56 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The Supreme Court today halted the execution of Florida man convicted of killing a child in 1991—another sign the court wants executions halted as it considers the constitutionality of lethal injection. Mark Dean Schwab was scheduled to die at 6 p.m., but he will now wait until the court decides whether lethal injections constitute cruel and unusual punishment. More »
- Ex-Ill. Governor Must Report to Federal Prison
  
  Chicago Tribune | Nov 6, 07 4:29 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - George Ryan will report to prison tomorrow after Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens today refused the ex-Illinois governor's request to stay free on bail while fighting a corruption conviction. Ryan, 73, will begin serving his 6½-year sentence in a Wisconsin prison, the Chicago Tribune reports. He was convicted in 2006 of steering lucrative contracts to friends and taking kickbacks. More »
October 2007
- Justices Stay Execution, Signaling Moratorium
  
  New York Times | Oct 31, 07 6:30 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Supreme Court delivered an eleventh-hour stay for a prisoner slated to die by lethal injection last night, giving what the New York Times calls a "nearly indisputable indication" that a majority of justices are willing to block all executions until they rule on a death penalty case next spring. Earl Berry had eaten his last meal in a Mississippi jail, and the verdict was delivered 19 minutes before the scheduled execution. More »
- Supremes Will Rule on Exxon Valdez Appeal
  
  Associated Press | Oct 29, 07 6:23 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Supreme Court will end more than a decade of legal battles over the Exxon Valdez oil spill and review a ruling that awarded a record $2.5 billion in punitive damages in the case. Exxon is hoping the court will throw out or reduce the amount awarded in the wake of the worst spill in US history, Reuters reports. More »
- Federal Court Gives Porn Biz a Break
  
  Wired | Oct 25, 07 12:53 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A federal appeals court threw a wrench today into the government’s efforts to stop child porn. The Cincinnati-based court struck down a 1998 law requiring porn producers to keep records of people depicted in their materials. The Justice Department argued the law helped authorities clamp down on kiddie porn, but the appeals judges ruled 2-1 that it trampled on first amendment rights. More »
- Supreme Court Halts Another Lethal Injection
  
  Washington Post | Oct 18, 07 12:10 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Supreme Court issued a stay of execution yesterday for Christopher Scott Emmett, four hours before the Virginia inmate was scheduled to die. Observers say the move signals a de facto moratorium on executions, as the court considers the legality of lethal injection. One expert called it “the most profound hiatus in the death penalty in at least two decades.” More »
- Last-Minute Stay Spares Nev. Murderer
  
  BBC | Oct 16, 07 5:47 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Nevada stayed a convicted killer's execution today, 90 minutes before he was to receive lethal injection, BBC reports. William Castillo's stay is the latest in a series of postponements by states awaiting a US Supreme Court ruling on lethal injection. The ACLU, which appealed Castillo's case, calls the method "cruel and unusual punishment" that violates constitutional rights. More »
- Ex-Thomas Clerk Says Critics Are Unfounded
  
  Wall Street Journal | Oct 9, 07 10:47 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A former clerk for Clarence Thomas lashes out at critical reaction to the justice's new autobiography in a Wall Street Journal commentary today. While liberals accuse Thomas of excessive bitterness over the grilling he received on his Supreme Court nomination, as well as subsequent unfairness, John Yoo points to a thoughtful intellect persevering in the face of unrelenting and unfair attacks. More »
- Texas Executions at Standstill
  
  Associated Press | Oct 3, 07 1:44 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - As the US Supreme Court reviews the constitutionality of lethal-injection methods, a Texas appeals court yesterday stayed an execution order scheduled to be carried out tonight—bringing the country's busiest death row to a standstill. The Supreme Court is looking at a case brought by death-row inmates in Kentucky who say the injection constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. More »
September 2007
- Supreme Court Returns for a Big Session
  
  Reuters | Sep 30, 07 4:14 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Supreme Court enters its second session with Bush appointees John Roberts and Samuel Alito tomorrow, which means it will likely resume last session’s rightward slant, Reuters says. Before the court will be big cases on Guantanamo inmates’ right to habeas corpus, the legality of the lethal injection death penalty, and a variety of cases weighing civil liberties against security. More »
- Clarence Thomas Settles Scores
  
  Washington Post | Sep 29, 07 9:06 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - In a scathing new memoir, Justice Clarence Thomas unleashes his wrath upon those who afflicted him during his 1991 Senate confirmation hearings, calling them a "high-tech lynching" by "left-wing zealots draped in flowing sanctimony." The book, My Grandfather's Son , chronicles the Supreme Court justice's life from his childhood to his swearing-in, the Washington Post reports. More »
- Supreme Court Will Take Up Lethal Injection
  
  Associated Press | Sep 25, 07 2:40 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Supreme Court will take up the constitutionality of lethal injections in what a public defender called one of the most critical death penalty cases “in decades.” The challenge stems from a 2004 suit by two Kentucky inmates on death row who charged that the method constitutes cruel and unusual punishment, the AP reports. More »
- Senior Justice Is Court's Unlikely Liberal Voice
  
  New York Times | Sep 24, 07 2:07 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - “I don’t think of myself as a liberal at all,” John Paul Stevens told the New York Times , but the longest-serving Supreme Court justice is the head of liberal dissent in an increasingly conservative court. Stevens was appointed by Gerald Ford as a moderate Republican in 1975, and he says every justice since has been more conservative than the last. More »
July 2007
- Chief Justice Takes a Tumble
  
  CNN | Jul 30, 07 4:28 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Chief Justice John Roberts was taken to the hospital in an ambulance this afternoon after falling at his Maine vacation home, the Supreme Court announced. A spokeswoman said he was conscious after the fall, and an EMT told NBC he was alert on the trip to the hospital. The cause of the fall and any possible injuries remain under wraps. More »
- Georgia Execution Halted
  
  Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Jul 17, 07 5:46 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The execution of a convicted cop-killer was stayed in the final hours yesterday after seven of nine witnesses recanted their testimony and others admitted they lied to police. Troy Anthony Davis was scheduled to die today by lethal injection; the Georgia Parole Board granted him 90 days to prove his innocence, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. More »
- New Court Overturns O'Connor
  
  Slate | Jul 10, 07 6:51 AM CDT