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Supreme Court to Hear Case About Public Prayers

Supreme Court to Hear Case About Public Prayers

  The Supreme Court announced this Monday that they will try another religious concern, this time the use of prayers to open public meetings. They will review an appeals ruling…

Spring Preview: Supreme Court Expected to Make Momentous Decisions

Spring Preview: Supreme Court Expected to Make Momentous Decisions

  It’s that wonderful time of year again! Flowers are blooming, young love is burgeoning, and the United States Supreme Court is preparing to make several hugely important rulings in…

New York Gun Law Case Refused to be Heard by Supreme Court

New York Gun Law Case Refused to be Heard by Supreme Court

  The United States Supreme Court declined to hear a case that would partially determine whether the carrying of concealed weapons is a right granted by the constitution or something…

Chief Justice Speaks on Fiscal Cliff

Chief Justice Speaks on Fiscal Cliff

This year, Chief Justice John Roberts placed special emphasis on the “fiscal cliff” in his annual year-end report on the federal judiciary. The 16-page report, which is traditionally released the…

Supreme Courts Declines to Review ‘Personhood’ Ballot Measure

Supreme Courts Declines to Review ‘Personhood’ Ballot Measure

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the application by anti-abortion group Personhood Oklahoma to review the decision of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, which struck down the ballot initiative termed…

Wiley v. Kirtsaeng – Possible Intellectual Property Case of the Decade

Wiley v. Kirtsaeng – Possible Intellectual Property Case of the Decade

The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in Wiley v. Kirtsaeng, a significant copyright case that pits John Wiley and Sons, a textbook publisher, against Supap Kirtsaeng, a Thai-born student entrepreneur…

Supreme Court Scrutinizes Government Liability in Federally Created Floods

Supreme Court Scrutinizes Government Liability in Federally Created Floods

On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the degree of liability of the federal government and the extent to which it must pay damages for temporarily flooding…

Supreme Court in a Dilemma over Government Liability in Credit Reporting

Supreme Court in a Dilemma over Government Liability in Credit Reporting

While the decision over the matter is expected in June, what took place on Tuesday at the U.S. Supreme Court over the federal government’s liability under the law in printing…

Supreme Court Doesn’t Take Up Same Sex Disputes of DOMA and Prop. 8

Supreme Court Doesn’t Take Up Same Sex Disputes of DOMA and Prop. 8

The Supreme Court on Monday privately discussed the prospects of handling two same-sex marriage disputes, one seeking to appeal 1996′s DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act), and the other to question…

Low IQ Texas-inmate Loses Battle against Execution in U.S. Supreme Court

Low IQ Texas-inmate Loses Battle against Execution in U.S. Supreme Court

In an early order on Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court curtly informed, “The application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Scalia and by him referred…

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