Supreme Court of the United States

Supreme Court of the United States

• Senate confirms Obama nominee to key appeals court

  After five years of trying, President Barack Obama has placed his first nominee on a key appeals court in Washington. The Senate voted unanimously on ... 

• Court strikes down Arizona 20-week abortion ban

  A federal court Tuesday struck down Arizona's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy absent a medical emergency. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of ... 

• 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 ... 

• Court won't get involved in Miss. redistricting

  The Supreme Court won't order new legislative elections in Mississippi over complaints about the timing of the state's redistricting. The Mississippi ... 

• High court uphold FCC power in cell tower disputes

  The Supreme Court has affirmed the authority of federal regulators to try to speed local government decisions on proposals to build or expand cell ... 

• Court: woman can seek lawyer fees in vaccine case

  The Supreme Court says a woman can seek lawyers' fees from the government even though her lawsuit over damage she said was caused by a vaccine was ... 

• Court: Should whistleblower protection be wider?

  The Supreme Court will decide if government whistleblower protection applies to employees of a privately-held contractor or the subcontractor of a ... 

• Second court invalidates Obama recess appointment

  A second federal appeals court has found that President Barack Obama exceeded his power when he bypassed the Senate to install a member to the ... 

• 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 ... 

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  High court rules for Monsanto in patent case

  The Supreme Court said Monday that an Indiana farmer violated Monsanto Co.'s patents on soybean seeds resistant to its weed-killer by growing the ... 

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  Ginsburg: Roe gave abortion opponents a target

  U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she supports a woman's right to choose to have an abortion, but feels her predecessors' landmark ... 

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  Judge rules for cheerleaders in Bible banner suit

  A judge ruled Wednesday that cheerleaders at a Southeast Texas high school can display banners emblazoned with Bible verses at football games. But the ... 

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  Enron's Skilling could see 10-year sentence cut

  Convicted ex-Enron Corp. CEO Jeffrey Skilling's more than 24-year prison sentence for his role in the once mighty energy giant's collapse could be ... 

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  Sotomayor speaks at NYC literature festival

  U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has said she wants to be called just "Sonia from the Bronx." And on Sunday, the first Hispanic justice on ... 

• Court rejects Alabama appeal over immigration law

  An attorney for the Montgomery-based Southern Poverty Law Center says he's not surprised the U.S. Supreme Court has turned down a request to revive ... 

• O'Connor voices regret over Bush v. Gore

  Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor is suggesting for the first time that the court should have stayed out of the 2000 presidential ... 

• Court: State can block out of state use of FOIA

  The Supreme Court ruled Monday that it's legal for a state to limit use of its Freedom of Information Act to its own residents. The court unanimously ... 

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  Breyer has shoulder surgery after bike accident

  Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is in a Washington hospital after shoulder replacement surgery following a bicycle accident. Court spokeswoman ... 

• Justice Dept. appeals recess case to Supreme Court

  The Obama administration on Thursday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower court decision that found the president's recess appointments ... 

• Court seems split on doctor's discrimination suit

  The Supreme Court seemed split Wednesday over whether a doctor's discrimination lawsuit against a Texas medical center should be upheld. Listening to ... 

• Court limits deportations over marijuana crimes

  The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday immigrants cannot be automatically deported if they are convicted of relatively minor crimes involving marijuana. 

• Court won't stop judges from getting raises

  The Supreme Court won't stop some federal judges from getting cost-of-living increases promised to them by Congress but never paid, a move that could ... 

• High court weighs dispute over AIDS funding

  The Supreme Court wrestled Monday with the First Amendment implications of a policy that forces private health organizations to denounce prostitution ... 

• Court: Does ex- or current wife get money?

  Supreme Court justices are questioning a Virginia law that would override a federal employee's designation of a beneficiary in a federal insurance ... 

• High court to look at Daimler appeal

  The Supreme Court says it will hear an appeal from automaker Daimler AG that seeks to shut down a U.S. lawsuit over allegations that its unit in ...