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The U.S. Supreme Court banned teen executions, but the United States still locks up more juveniles for life without the possibility of parole than all nations combined.
The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary committee launched the Federalist Society's annual convention Thursday morning with a call to oppose President Barack Obama's most liberal nominees for the federal bench. Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., said that the confirmation process this summer of Justice Sonia Sotomayor showed that conservatives have a superior approach to interpreting the law. He ...
Groklaw: "I know you are dying to know what happened today in oral argument in In Re Bilski before the US Supreme Court. Here is the transcript [PDF] so you can read it for yourself and not have to depend on me or any journalist."
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a case that asks: For purposes of diversity jurisdiction, where is a company's principal place of business? The answer will be crucial in determining whether a corporation can be sued in federal court or in plaintiff-friendly state courts.
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The U.S. Supreme Court appeared poised on Tuesday to overrule a test for determining a corporation's principal place of business that effectively locates a majority of national companies in California.
Public colleges and universities must be vigilant and do more to protect academic freedom, particularly in the wake of court decisions limiting the free-expression rights of public employees, says the American Association of University Professors.
Minnesota lawyers protect rights of those on death row By Sam Glover | Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009 The death penalty is a flawed institution in need of lawyers to ensure justice is done. Minnesota lawyers and law firms volunteer their time to do that. They face a daunting and exhausting — but important — task.
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled they are divided over the constitutionality of life sentences without parole for youths convicted of crimes other than murder.
Former Senate majority leader uses talk show to attack investigation
WASHINGTON (AP) — A seemingly divided U.S. Supreme Court wrestled Monday with whether teenagers can be locked away forever for their crimes.
The planned execution tonight of John Allen Muhammad remains set following the U.S. Supreme Court's refusal on Monday to stay the death sentence. Muhammad was convicted in 2003 in state court in Virginia for his role in the 2002 Beltway sniper attacks that killed 10 people. Justices John Paul Stevens, Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg filed a two-page statement, saying: "This case ...
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled resistance to affording patent protection to abstract business innovations as they debated a case that has drawn an unprecedented level of corporate interest.
Glenn Paul/The Associated Press Joe Sullivan was sent away for life for raping an elderly woman when he was 13. He was photographed in 2007 at the Columbia Correctional Institution in Lake City, Fla. The photo was provided by the Equal Justice Initiative.
A sharply divided US Supreme Court on Monday debated whether to invalidate state laws that permit juveniles to be sentenced to life in prison without parole for nonhomicide crimes.
Wednesday, Nov. 11 Ironically on the same day that a shooter went on a rampage at Fort Hood and shot 13 people dead and wounded 29, oral arguments were taking place in two cases before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court challenging state gun control laws.
U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared reluctant on Monday to make it unconstitutional for any juvenile who commits a crime other than murder to be sentenced to life in prison without possible release.
