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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.
WASHINGTON - If the Supreme Court requires the Utah city of Pleasant Grove to post a monument to a spiritual group's Seven Aphorisms next to the Ten Commandments, what's to stop someone from demanding their own obelisk next to the Washington Monument or the Jefferson Memorial?
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court today lifted restrictions on the Navy's use of sonar in training exercises off the California coast, a defeat for environmental groups who say the sonar can harm whales.
The city of Pleasant Grove, Utah, contends that just because it accepted a privately-donated Ten Commandments monument for a public park, it does not have to accept a monument from a little-known religious group called Summum espousing its principles.
In a partial victory for local military officials, the nation's highest court Wednesday cleared the way for the Navy to use sonar in war games in the open ocean off the coast of San Diego County and Southern California.
Ronald Klain, a former O'Melveny & Myers partner and former chief of staff to Vice President Al Gore, will become Vice President-elect Joe Biden's new chief of staff. Klain, who began his legal career as a clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Byron "Whizzer" White in 1987, is a seasoned political veteran with nearly 20 years of experience in Washington, D.C. He first worked with Biden while chief ...
The House's top Republican Thursday attacked plans by leading congressional Democrats to double a $25 billion assistance package for the country's ailing automakers, saying there were no assurances the extra money would be well spent.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- A sharply divided U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday upheld the Navy's power to use sonar during exercises even though the technology threatens marine life.
The US Supreme Court Wednesday took up the issue of freedom of speech and religion in a case in which a small sect wants to place its own monument alongside one of the Ten Commandments in a public park in Utah.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court appeared divided on Wednesday on whether a city violated a religious group's free-speech rights by refusing to put its monument in a public park near a similar Ten Commandments display.
gollum123 writes "The US Supreme Court has removed restrictions on the Navy's use of sonar in training exercises near California. The ruling is a defeat for environmental groups who say the sonar can kill whales and other mammals. In its 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court said the Navy needed to conduct realistic training exercises to respond to potential threats. The court did not deal with the ...
Nov. 13 (Bloomberg) -- The Republican National Committee filed a new legal challenge to the 2002 campaign finance law that bans political parties from taking corporate, union and unlimited individual donations.
The US Supreme Court Wednesday ruled the US Navy can continue to use long-range sonar in exercises off the California coast, dismissing arguments that the practice was harmful to whales.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Navy can use mid-frequency sonar for training to defend against enemy submarines, despite potential risk to whales. This overturns a previous federal court ruling.
More than a half-dozen legal challenges have been filed in federal and state courts demanding President-elect Barack Obama's decertification from ballots or seeking to halt elector meetings, claiming he has failed to prove his U.S. citizenship status.
The Supreme Court warily confronted a case Wednesday that mixes limits on free speech with issues of church-state separation.
