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Small Alaskan village loses court battle against big oil
Perched at the tip of an Arctic barrier reef in harsh northwestern Alaska, a tiny village took on big oil for causing the climate change that is eroding its shores, but lost its court fight Monday. The US Supreme Court declined to hear the case of Kivalina vs. Exxon. Therefore,…
Is smoking in public park a constitutional right? Supreme Court refuses to hear case
The US Supreme Court declined on Monday to take up a case testing whether smokers have a constitutional right to light up in a public park. The high court… …
Justice Stephen Breyer recovering after shoulder injury
US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer was recovering from shoulder surgery Saturday after injuring himself in a bicycle fall, court officials said. Breyer, 74, suffered a fractured shoulder following an accident in Washington on Friday during which he fell from his bike, a statement said. “The surgery was successful and…
Native American adoption case reaches U.S. Supreme Court
The US Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday from a couple ordered to turn over the two-year-old girl they had raised since birth to her biological father because he is a Native American. It is the first time in 14 years and the second time ever that the nation’s top…
Obama asks Supreme Court to overturn same-sex marriage ban
The Barack Obama administration on Friday formally asked the US Supreme Court to strike down a 1996 law defining marriage exclusively as a union between a man and a woman. The request was contained in a legal brief filed to the US high court, whose nine justices plan next month…
Supreme Court declines to hear Sixth Amendment case on unanimous juries for criminal convictions
Unanimous juries for criminal convictions? Supreme Court declines case. The US Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to take up a case examining whether the Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial requires that juries in criminal cases reach their verdicts unanimously. Two states, Louisiana and Oregon, permit convictions on less…
Poll: Majority of Americans want Supreme Court to uphold right to abortion
Sixty-three percent of Americans would rather not see the US Supreme Court overturn its historic 1973 ruling on abortion, according to a Pew Research Center opinion poll released Wednesday. Only 29 percent want to see the Roe versus Wade decision upended, according to the poll released six days before its…
Supreme Court doubtful on warrantless police detention
WASHINGTON — The US Supreme Court showed skepticism Thursday of the government’s argument that police can follow and arrest a suspect while waiting for a search warrant, even far from the premises. The case involves a man from Long Island, New York who was sentenced to 30 years in prison…
Supreme Court to review Arizona law making voters prove citizenship
Supreme Court to review Arizona law making would-be voters prove citizenship (via The Christian Science Monitor) The US Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up a case examining whether an Arizona law requiring proof of US citizenship before allowing someone to register to vote is preempted by a federal…
Supreme Court lets AT&T wiretapping immunity stand
WASHINGTON — The US Supreme Court let stand Tuesday an immunity law on wiretapping viewed by government as a useful anti-terror tool but criticized by rights activists as a flagrant abuse of executive power. The top US court declined to review a December 2011 appeals court decision that rejected a…
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