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Alito objected to Obama's history claim
Still wonder exactly why Justice Samuel Alito shook his head and mouthed the words "not true" during President Barack Obama's State of the Union address? He objected to the president's saying the ruling reversed a century of law.
updated: Feb 6th - 7:33am

Swiss taking Uighur brothers held by US since 2002
A decision by Switzerland to give a home to two Chinese Muslim brothers detained at Guantanamo Bay for nearly eight years could allow the Obama administration to avoid a difficult Supreme Court argument over whether a judge can order detainees released into the United States.
updated: Feb 3rd - 4:54pm

Critics raise specter of foreign campaign spending
The Supreme Court's decision on campaign finance has jumbled a seemingly simple rule of American politics _ foreigners should play no role in U.S. elections.
updated: Jan 30th - 5:15am

Court won't stop Noriega from being sent to France
The Supreme Court on Monday decided not to stop the U.S. government from sending former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega to France to face money laundering charges.
updated: Jan 25th - 11:18am

High court clears way for Virginia execution
The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a convicted killer on Virginia's death row, clearing the way for his execution.
updated: Jan 25th - 10:14am

5-4 split is the rule in high court's big cases
It comes down to this at the Supreme Court: If you've got Justice Anthony Kennedy on your side, you can pretty much do what you want. Without him, you're the author of an angry dissent.
updated: Jan 23rd - 10:37am

Reaction: Supreme Court's campaign finance ruling
Reaction to the Supreme Court decision Thursday that corporations may spend freely to support or oppose candidates for president and Congress.
updated: Jan 21st - 4:36pm

Supreme Court rolls back campaign spending limits
The Supreme Court has ruled that corporations may spend freely to support or oppose candidates for president and Congress, easing decades-old limits on their participation in federal campaigns.
updated: Jan 21st - 10:18am

Court schedules unusual Thursday session
The Supreme Court will meet in an unusual session on Thursday to issue opinions, raising the possibility that a closely watched campaign finance case could be handed down.
updated: Jan 20th - 1:01pm

Court upholds death sentence for Ala. man
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the death sentence of a mentally impaired Alabama man who killed his former lover.
updated: Jan 20th - 10:49am

Court says jury selection should be open to public
The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the Constitution's guarantee of a public trial means judges may not ordinarily close their courtrooms during jury selection.
updated: Jan 19th - 2:21pm

Court steps into murder case over jury's gifts
A closely divided Supreme Court has given hope to a Georgia death row inmate, ordering a federal appeals court to take a new look at his case because of raunchy gifts that jurors sent the judge and a courtroom bailiff.
updated: Jan 19th - 12:20pm

Court won't close shipping locks to keep out carp
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to order the closure of shipping locks near Chicago to prevent invasive Asian carp from infesting the Great Lakes.
updated: Jan 19th - 10:55am

Court sends shaken baby case back to 9th Circuit
The Supreme Court has again reinstated the conviction of a California woman for shaking her 7-week-old grandson in a case that has become a tug-of-war with the federal appeals court in San Francisco.
updated: Jan 19th - 10:44am

Court throws out ruling favorable to suspect
The Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out a court ruling that invalidated a former Black Panther's death sentence for killing a Philadelphia police officer in 1981.
updated: Jan 19th - 10:20am

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