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Appointments Likely By McCain Or Obama Whether the Supreme Court's conservative leaning is solidified for decades to come, or thrown over, is entirely dependent on whether Sen. John McCain or Sen. Barack Obama prevails in November.
University of Illinois Chancellor Richard Herman and chemistry Professor Jeffrey Moore will be inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences on Saturday during a ceremony in Cambridge, Mass. This will be the academy's 228th class of fellows to be honored for "cutting-edge research and scholarship, artistic accomplishment and exemplary service to society," according to a release from ...
Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Justice Stephen Breyer and his wife are selling many of their three dozen stocks, letting him take part in more business cases and reducing the conflict-of-interest issues that bedeviled the U.S. Supreme Court in its last term.
RENO - A Nevada Supreme Court candidate has sharply criticized her opponent's comments at a rally for Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin last month.
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected more than 2,000 pending appeals Monday, including a request to grant a new trial for former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal, who was convicted of killing a Philadelphia police officer 27 years ago.
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected more than 2,000 pending appeals Monday, including a request to grant a new trial for former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal, who was convicted of killing a Philadelphia police officer 27 years ago.
BATON ROUGE — The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld Secretary of State Jay Dardenne's decision to not allow the Libertarian Party candidate on the presidential ballot in Louisiana because the party failed to meet the required deadline.
The politics of the Supreme Court seem unlikely to emerge as a concern before the election, but both campaigns are gearing up for the possibility.
This is the prepared text of President Bush's speech Monday in Cincinnati at a conference sponsored by the Cincinnati Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society and the John M. Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs at Ashland University.
The Supreme Court is doing its best to stay out of the spotlight in the final days of the presidential campaign and while the other two branches of government struggle to deal with turmoil in the financial markets.
There was a Motown moment at the Open VISIONS Forum on Sept. 24 when "Stop In the Name of Love" rang out briefly followed by Professor Philip Eliasoph calling out, "Can you identify what musical group that was?" The audience called back, "The Supremes."
ELKO, Nev. - The theater at Great Basin College would have been filled to the rafters if the building had rafters Thursday when former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney came to Elko, Nev., to speak on behalf of John McCain and Sarah Palin.
The explosion of legal information online provides a powerful tool for lawyers but threatens to undermine the critical thinking and research needed to strengthen an argument, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said today in Des Moines.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a call to revisit its recent decision outlawing executions for people convicted of raping children.
Associated Press - October 1, 2008 11:16 AM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a call to revisit its recent decision outlawing executions for people convicted of raping...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- A South Carolina man set to die this week for killing a store clerk was granted a stay of execution Tuesday by the U.S. Supreme Court so his attorney can prepare an appeal to the nation's high court.Freddie E. Owens, 30, had been scheduled to die Friday in South Carolina's death chamber in Columbia.
