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By MICHAEL KIRKLAND WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Sometime soon, the U.S. Supreme Court again will be obliged to rule on the constitutionality of a religious symbol on public land.
Cherry on the cake? It was famed defender of the First Amendment Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, and fancy-pants Manhattan prep school Dalton's class rag. It all began with a mysterious note from the...
WASHINGTON — Florida's tough prison sentences for juveniles came under scrutiny Monday at the U.S. Supreme Court, as the justices appeared divided over whether locking up teenagers for life constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
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The case of a Pensacola man sentenced to life in prison without parole for a crime committed at 13 is before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court may be ready to rule that sentencing someone to life for non-lethal crimes committed as a juvenile is unconstitutional, an analysis says.
The Supreme Court appeared divided Monday over whether states violate the Constitution by imposing a sentence of life without parole on juveniles who commit nonhomicide offenses. The justices heard arguments in two separate cases from Florida in which lawyers argued that the sentences for their clients constitute cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment.
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad lost a U.S. Supreme Court bid to stop his execution, scheduled for tomorrow in Virginia, for one of 10 killings that terrorized the Washington, D.C., area over three weeks in 2002.
High court allows death sentence for John Allen Muhammad to go forward tomorrow night at Greensville Correctional Center, but three justices criticize state’s handling of capital punishment appeals.
Nov. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Students from Harvard University won five Rhodes Scholarships and those from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology were awarded three, leading the 32 U.S. recipients of the award for 2010.
Nov. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Students from Harvard University won five Rhodes Scholarships and those from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology were awarded three, leading the 32 U.S. recipients of the award for 2010.
The U.S. Supreme Court justice speaks at a dinner for the Creighton University School of Law.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia (AN'-toh-nihn skuh-LEE'-uh) has said in a speech at Ohio State University the Constitution is best treated as an original document within the context of its historical creation, not as a text subject to modern reinterpretation.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia (AN'-toh-nihn skuh-LEE'-uh) has said in a speech at Ohio State University the Constitution is best treated as an original document within the context of its historical creation, not as a text subject to modern reinterpretation.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia (AN'-toh-nihn skuh-LEE'-uh) has said in a speech at Ohio State University the Constitution is best treated as an original document within the context of its historical creation, not as a text subject to modern reinterpretation.
