Politics May 19 High Court Allows State Discount Drug Program The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday in favor of a Maine-run program that would require pharmaceutical manufacturers to lower prescription drug prices for the poor and uninsured, but warned that the program may not stand up to future legal scrutiny.
Politics Apr 29 Supreme Court Allows Criminal Immigrants’ Detention The United States Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that legal immigrants who have committed serious crimes and already served their sentences can be detained in prison without bail while awaiting their deportation hearings.
Politics Apr 07 Supreme Court Upholds Cross Burning Ban The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday to uphold a state law banning cross burning carried out with the intent to intimidate, ruling that the act is an instrument of terror and not a form of expression protected by the First…
Politics Apr 01 Supreme Court Tackles Debate Over Affirmative Action The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in two highly anticipated University of Michigan affirmative action cases that may prove to be the most important civil rights debate before the high court in decades.
Nation Mar 19 Justice Scalia Bans Media Coverage From Free Speech Ceremony News associations on Wednesday protested Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's request to ban news coverage from an awards ceremony in his honor at the City Club of Cleveland.
World Mar 07 Blix, ElBaradei Deliver Mixed Report on Iraqi Disarmament Top weapons inspectors delivered a key report to the United Nations Security Council Friday on the state of Iraq's efforts to disarm.
Politics Mar 05 Court Upholds “Three Strikes,” Sex Offender Registry Rulings The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday to uphold California's controversial "three strikes" rule which mandates an extended prison sentence for defendants convicted of three serious or violent felonies.
Politics Mar 03 Supreme Court Hears Court-Ordered Medication Case The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in a case testing whether courts can force a mentally ill defendant to take anti-psychotic drugs in order to become competent to stand trial.
Politics Feb 27 Pres. Bush and Russia’s Putin Discuss Iraq As Security Council Meets President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to intensify their efforts to work with the United Nations Security Council toward a solution to the Iraq crisis.
Politics Feb 26 Supreme Court Rules for Protesters in Civil Disobedience Case The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that anti-abortion activists did not break federal racketeering and extortion laws in their protests outside abortion clinics, ending an injunction that barred the groups from interfering in clinic business.