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Supreme Court back on Monday, will hear affirmative action, same-sex marriage and human rights cases this session
The US Supreme Court is back in session Monday to tackle major social issues such as same-sex marriage and affirmative action, as well as a high-profile international human rights case. On its first day back in session, the highest US court will start off by reexamining a suit, alleging complicity…
Same sex marriage opponents appeal Prop 8 case to Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — Opponents of gay marriage in California filed an appeal Tuesday asking the US Supreme Court to overturn a federal court decision legalizing same-sex unions. “The profoundly important question, whether the ancient and vital institution of marriage should be fundamentally redefined to include same-sex couples is currently a matter…
Georgia to execute mentally handicapped man
Barring a last minute intervention by the US Supreme Court, a mentally handicapped man will be executed Monday in Georgia, despite protests from around the world — and from the victim’s family. Warren Hill, a 52-year-old African American, has spent the last 21 years on death row for killing a…
Health care ruling restores faith in Supreme Court
With Chief Justice John Roberts’ decisive swing vote to uphold “Obamacare,” the conservative-majority US Supreme Court has seen its reputation as an independent final arbiter restored, experts say. Roberts silenced critics who believed that the court would vote along partisan political lines and strike down President Barack Obama’s signature domestic…
Supreme Court: In vitro twins cannot claim father’s survivor benefits
The US Supreme Court ruled Monday that twins conceived through in vitro fertilization after the death of their father cannot claim survivor benefits. Karen Capato gave birth to twins 18 months after her husband died from cancer in 2002 using sperm he froze after being diagnosed with cancer. The US…
Combative Obama warns Supreme Court on health law
WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama on Monday challenged the “unelected” Supreme Court not to take the “extraordinary” and “unprecedented” step of overturning his landmark health reform law. In a highly combative salvo on a case which could have a critical impact on his reelection chances, Obama warned that health…
Supreme Court rules biotech company cannot patent ‘laws of nature’
Biotechnology industry officials are warning that a US Supreme Court ruling on patent rights this week could have a chilling effect on the development of personalized medicine. The Supreme Court rejected two patents covering medical tests for monitoring patients’ blood, saying they are too similar to natural phenomena to receive…
Top U.S. court upholds copyright law protecting foreign works
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a law extending copyright protection to foreign works — everything from Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf” to Picasso’s “Guernica” — even after they have entered the public domain. The court ruled 6-2 that a 1994 law that brought the United States in line with global intellectual…
Swearing and nudity: Supreme Court eyes indecency
WASHINGTON — The US Supreme Court questioned whether battling indecency made sense in these times, in a case involving blurted broadcasting of curse words, and TV series’ bare buttocks shots. Justices reviewing the case were vocally divided. Some insisted on keeping regulation in place while others stressed that the vast…
Supreme Court to rule on whether drug-sniffing dogs violate 4th Amendment
WASHINGTON — The US Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear a case to determine whether the use of police dogs sniffing for drugs outside homes is a violation of the constitutional rights of the residents. The case involves a Miami homeowner accused of growing marijuana in his house, who contends…
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