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: 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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...

Patenting genes: Justices tackle big health issue
The Supreme Court seemed worried Monday about the idea of companies patenting human genes in a case that could profoundly reshape the ...

Gay marriage at high court: How a case can fizzle
Late in the oral argument over same-sex marriage in California, Justice Anthony Kennedy made a startling comment, given the months of buildup and ...
Court turns away class action against Comcast
The Supreme Court on Wednesday turned away a class action lawsuit against cable provider Comcast Corp., in a decision that could make it harder to ...

Excerpts of Calif. gay marriage case at high court
Excerpts from the arguments before the Supreme Court on Tuesday about California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage, from a transcript released ...

Court might sidestep major ruling on gay marriage
The Supreme Court dove into a historic debate on gay rights Tuesday that could soon lead to resumption of same-sex marriage in California, but the ...

Court: Drug dog sniff is unconstitutional search
The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that police cannot bring drug-sniffing police dogs onto a suspect's property to look for evidence without first ...

High court struggles over generic drug delay deals
Supreme Court justices appeared troubled Monday over whether to stop deals between pharmaceutical corporations and their generic drug competitors that ...

Court: Can drug companies pay to delay generics?
Federal regulators are pressing the Supreme Court to stop big pharmaceutical corporations from paying generic drug competitors to delay releasing ...
Court backs student in textbook copyright case
The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that textbooks and other goods made and sold abroad can be re-sold online and in discount stores without violating U.S

High court divided over Ariz. voter requirement
Supreme Court justices disagreed Monday over whether states can require would-be voters to prove they are U.S. citizens before using a federal ...

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 ...
Court bars retrial of Michigan arson suspect
The Supreme Court has ruled that a Michigan defendant cannot be retried for arson even though his initial acquittal was based on a judge's mistake.
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 ...
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, ...

Obama: Nation stronger, GOP should back his plans
Uncompromising and politically emboldened, President Barack Obama urged a deeply divided Congress Tuesday night to embrace his plans to use government ...

Signs of unity in a divided Congress
President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday night produced fleeting moments of bipartisanship in a divided Congress.

On average the Stones older than US Supreme Court
The Supreme Court used to be called Nine Old Men. That's nothing compared to the ageless Rolling Stones. The justices on average are the kid brothers ...