High court to weigh in on legislative prayers
The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear a new case on the intersection of religion and government in a dispute over prayers used to open public ...
Senate committee approves 3 judicial nominees
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved three of President Barack Obama's judicial nominees, including one for an influential appeals ...
US Supreme Court limits suits over foreign abuses
The Supreme Court on Wednesday drastically limited the ability of foreign victims of human rights abuses to use American courts to seek accountability ...
Court rejects appeal over secret IRA tapes
The Supreme Court has turned away an appeal that sought to keep interviews with former Irish Republican Army members from being turned over to police ...
High court rejects challenge to NY gun law
The Supreme Court is staying out of the gun debate for now. The justices on Monday declined to hear a challenge to a strict New York law that makes ...
Justice Sotomayor visits Puerto Rico on book tour
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor visited Puerto Rico to present her new memoir on Tuesday, drawing hundreds of fans in her parents' homeland
Rivals prepare for legal battle over abortion bans
Rival legal teams, well-financed and highly motivated, are girding for court battles over the coming months on laws enacted in Arkansas and North ...
Kenyan Supreme Court upholds election result
Kenya's Supreme Court on Saturday upheld the election of Uhuru Kenyatta as the country's next president and the loser accepted that verdict, ending ...
Chief justice a victim of credit-card fraud
Chief Justice John Roberts has been a victim of credit-card fraud. A Supreme Court spokeswoman said someone got hold of one of Roberts's credit card ...
Kenya vote commission cites Bush v Gore in defense
A lawyer for Kenya's election commission cited the U.S. Supreme Court case Bush vs. Gore on Thursday during arguments before a Kenya Supreme Court ...
Court says gov't can be sued over guards' actions
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that the federal government can be sued for abuse claims against prison guards. The high court ruled for ...
Court grounds packed on first day of marriage case
They mostly kept their distance, these supporters and opponents of gay marriage, as they massed Tuesday in front of the Supreme Court to proclaim with ...
Public braves snow for gay marriage case tickets
People waiting to attend to gay marriage cases being heard by the U.S. Supreme Court have been undeterred by snow falling in the nation's capital.
Court appears conflicted over DNA sampling issue
The Supreme Court on Tuesday struggled with what one of the justices called its most important criminal procedure case in decades, whether to let ...
Court takes up question of arrestee DNA sampling
The Supreme Court on Tuesday struggled with what one of the justices called its most important criminal procedure case in decades, whether to let ...
Court won't allow challenge to surveillance law
A sharply-divided Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out an attempt by U.S. citizens to challenge the expansion of a surveillance law used to monitor ...
Bork: Nixon offered next high court vacancy in '73
Robert Bork says President Richard Nixon promised him the next Supreme Court vacancy after Bork complied with Nixon's order to fire Watergate special ...
Court won't hear campaign contributions appeal
The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal of a decision upholding a century-old ban on corporate campaign contributions in federal elections. The high ...
Court says police don't have to prove dog training
Police don't have to extensively document the work of drug-sniffing dogs in the field to be able to use the results of their work in court, the ...
Court won't hear appeal from ex-Ill. governor
The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from ex-Illinois Gov. George Ryan over his corruption conviction. The justices on Tuesday turned away Ryan's ...
Court: US custody case not moot with child abroad
The United States court system does not lose jurisdiction in international custody disputes simply because the child involved is no longer in the ...
High court limits detention powers in searches
The Supreme Court has limited the power of police to detain people who are not at home when their residence is to be searched. By a 6-3 vote Tuesday, ...
Court rejects appeal from Somali pirates
The Supreme Court has turned down an appeal from Somali men who were the first people convicted on federal piracy charges in nearly 200 years.
Hope and fear in gay marriage cases at high court
Gay marriage supporters see 41 reasons to fret over the Supreme Court's decision to take up the case of California's ban on same-sex unions.
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