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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court today lifted the federal stay of the execution of Darold Ray Stenson in Washington state, but a state court stay remained in effect.
Once again a "judicial conservative" is mounting a Supreme Court challenge against an "activist judge." Jefferson County Circuit Judge Randy Koschnick announced Monday he plans to run against state Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson. A Milwaukee native, the 48-year-old judge made his announcement at the state Capitol's Assembly Chamber surrounded by friends and family. He accused ...
COMMUNITYSupreme Court justice to speak at UF todayU.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is speaking today at the University of Florida.He will be the fourth Supreme Court justice to visit the Gainesville campus in the past three years.
The second-most senior U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Antonin Scalia, addressed a crowd of about 5,000 people Friday evening at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center's Exhibit Hall as a part of the Sandra Day O'Conner lecture series. During the lecture, Scalia discussed his belief that the U.
The second-most senior U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Antonin Scalia, addressed a crowd of about 5,000 people at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center's Exhibit Hall Friday evening in conjunction with the Sandra Day O'Conner lecture series. During the course of the lecture, Scalia discussed his belief that the U.
The Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, including U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, will hold the first public meeting in the history of the 162- year-old museum, according to a notice on its Web site.
The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that military training trumps protecting whales in a dispute over the Navy's use of sonar in submarine-hunting exercises off California.
They lived together. Dressed together. Slurped moose stew together. Rode snow machines together. Braided one another's hair. All in the name of journalistic inquiry.
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday reversed a federal court order that could have limited the U.S. Navy's use of sonar off the coast of California.
They don't look alike. They don't sound alike. They don't even speak the same language. But Hamilton has a sister city or two in the Italian province of Umbria, and those family ties are strong.
The Supreme Court should deny the sect's demand for a monument to its beliefs, similar to one in a park featuring the Ten Commandments. In a case that reads like a law-school examination question, the U.S. Supreme Court was asked Wednesday to rule that a local government that displays the Ten Commandments on public property must also make room for the teachings of other religions. The ...
The National Geographic Society is challenging a photographer's U.S. Supreme Court petition for review, which, if granted, could revisit the high court's 2001 landmark copyright ruling that said publishers can't sell previously published freelance contributions for use in computer or online databases without renegotiating publication rights with the authors. Writing for the National Geographic, ...
Nov. 12 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Supreme Court lifted restrictions on the Navy's use of sonar during training exercises off the Southern California coast, ruling that national security needs trumped environmental concerns.
Nov. 12 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Supreme Court justices clashed over a Utah town's decision to allow a Ten Commandments monument in a public park, as they weighed a bid by a small religious group to erect its own display.
The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a defeat to environmentalists Wednesday and cleared the way for the Navy to use high-powered sonar off the Southern California coast even if it poses a threat to whales and other marine mammals.
The nation's need for Navy sailors to practice using sonar to guard against enemy submarines "plainly outweighs" any legal requirement to protect orcas and other marine mammals, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
