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Supreme Court halts turnover of secret IRA tapes
The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked Boston College from turning interviews over to the government that academic researchers recorded with a ...
Friends memorialize ex-Sen. Arlen Specter in Pa.
Former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter was an "irreplaceable" force who approached politics — and life — with grit and determination, a who's who of ...
Centrist Sen. Specter died fighting for moderation
Arlen Specter, a pugnacious and prominent former moderate in the U.S. Senate who developed the single-bullet theory in President John F.
Court will hear Ariz. case on voter registration
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up an appeal from Arizona over its requirement that people prove they are American citizens before ...
GOP Senate moderate Arlen Specter dies
For most of his 30 years as Pennsylvania's longest-serving U.S. senator and prominent moderate in Congress, Arlen Specter was a Republican, though ...
SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Justices as campaign issue
A closely divided Supreme Court. Four justices in their 70s. Presidential candidates with dramatically different views of the ideal high court nominee
Texas affirmative action plan in trouble at court
The fate of the University of Texas' affirmative action program rests with the Supreme Court, where skeptical conservative justices indicated they are ...
Appeals court reinstates campaign finance limits
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated Montana's campaign donation limits, telling the federal judge who struck down the limits that the ...
Should appeals wait for inmates to be competent?
The Supreme Court seemed inclined Tuesday to eliminate the authority of federal judges to indefinitely delay a death row inmate's federal appeals in ...
High court won't hear case against Halliburton
The Supreme Court has ruled out reviving lawsuits against Halliburton Corp. over insurgent ambushes that killed civilian truck drivers in Iraq. In its ...
Court won't hear Chevron appeal concerning Ecuador
The Supreme Court is staying out of the fight over efforts by Amazon rain forest residents to collect more than $18 billion from Chevron Corp.
Court lets stand telecom immunity in wiretap case
The Supreme Court is leaving in place a federal law that gives telecommunications companies legal immunity for helping the government with its email ...
High court looks at race in college admissions
Nine years after the Supreme Court said colleges and universities can use race in their quest for diverse student bodies, the justices have put this ...
"Critical mass" key to affirmative action case
Walking across the South Mall, or scanning the football stadium's 100,000 seats on game day, University of Texas admissions director Kedra Ishop sees ...
Court: Can Va. keep out-of-staters from using FOI?
The Supreme Court decided Friday it would hear arguments over whether states can keep out-of-staters from using their Freedom of Information Act laws ...
Scalia says abortion, gay rights are easy cases
Justice Antonin Scalia says his method of interpreting the Constitution makes some of the most hotly disputed issues that come before the Supreme ...
Judge tosses Montana campaign finance limits
A federal judge on Wednesday struck down Montana's campaign contribution limits as unconstitutional, a decision that comes less than a month before ...
Court spares Pa. inmate from Wednesday execution
The state's high court on Wednesday halted Pennsylvania's first scheduled execution in more than a decade, at least temporarily sparing the life of ...
Court: Can gov't be sued for credit card mistakes?
The Supreme Court on Tuesday pondered whether it should allow the federal government to face millions of dollars in class-action lawsuits for ...
Court seems unclear on house versus boat question
Is it a house or a boat? Does a coffee mug float? The Supreme Court struggled with all types of questions Monday as it tried to figure out what kind ...
Court won't hear anti-gay marriage group appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from a national anti-gay marriage group that tried to thwart Maine's campaign disclosure ...
Justices open big term with new human rights case
The Supreme Court plunged into its new term Monday with a high-stakes dispute between businesses and human rights groups over accountability for ...
Big cases for Supreme Court term starting Monday
The Supreme Court term that begins Monday holds the prospect for major rulings about affirmative action, gay marriage and voting rights. A look at ...
Court won't let family sue corporation over death
The Supreme Court won't let the family of a raped and murdered college girl sue the employer of her killers for her 1979 death. The high court on ...