http://www.mail.com/organizations/7644-supreme-court-united.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.23/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/organizations/7644-supreme-court-united.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1860582-ark-senate-passes-measure-to-ban-abortions.html LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Senate voted Thursday to prohibit most abortions if a heartbeat is detected, ignoring warnings from opponents that banning the procedure as early as six weeks into a pregnancy would invite lawsuits. If enacted, the ban would be the most stringent in the nation. The Ohio House passed a similar ban in 2011, but it was s... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1860582-ark-senate-passes-measure-to-ban-abortions.html 2013-01-31T22:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1848400-obama-birth-control-mandates-loosens-lawsuits.html NEW YORK (AP) — The legal challenges over religious freedom and the birth control coverage requirement in President Barack Obama's health care overhaul appear to be moving toward the U.S. Supreme Court. Faith-affiliated charities, hospitals and universities have filed dozens of lawsuits against the mandate, which requires employers to provide insurance th... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 21:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1848400-obama-birth-control-mandates-loosens-lawsuits.html 2013-01-26T21:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1839744-gay-activists-laud-obama-speech-want-action.html NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama's emphatic gay-rights advocacy in his inaugural address thrilled many activists. Yet almost immediately came the questions and exhortations as to what steps should be taken next. "I was very moved," said Jon Davidson, legal director of the gay-rights group Lambda Legal. "But there's a lot more to do in the four years... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1839744-gay-activists-laud-obama-speech-want-action.html 2013-01-23T14:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1837698-court-wont-hear-challenge-to-clean-air-rule.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court won't hear a challenge to a tough new clean air requirement limiting sulfur dioxide emissions. The high court on Tuesday refused to hear an appeal from businesses and industrial interests involving an Environmental Protection Agency regulation setting emission levels of sulfur dioxide, a colorless gas with the smell of ... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1837698-court-wont-hear-challenge-to-clean-air-rule.html 2013-01-22T14:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1837606-court-rejects-appeal-somali-pirates.html WASHINGTON (AP) — 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. The justices did not comment Tuesday in refusing to disturb the convictions and sentences of life in prison. Defense lawyers had argued the men were innocent fishermen who had been abducted by pir... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1837606-court-rejects-appeal-somali-pirates.html 2013-01-22T13:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1832060-roe-v-wade-40-years-deep-divide-legacy.html NEW YORK (AP) — By today's politically polarized standards, the Supreme Court's momentous Roe v. Wade ruling was a landslide. By a 7-2 vote on Jan. 22, 1973, the justices established a nationwide right to abortion. Forty years and roughly 55 million abortions later, however, the ruling's legacy is the opposite of consensus. Abortion ranks as one of the mo... Sat, 19 Jan 2013 19:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1832060-roe-v-wade-40-years-deep-divide-legacy.html 2013-01-19T19:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1830734-anita-hill-reflects-senate-hearings-anita.html PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Anita Hill made national headlines in 1991 when she testified that then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas had made sexually inappropriate comments toward her, giving prominent exposure to the idea of sexual harassment. Hill was verbally attacked, and Thomas was confirmed. More than 20 years later, director Freida Mock explores H... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1830734-anita-hill-reflects-senate-hearings-anita.html 2013-01-18T21:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1830660-high-court-to-hear-appeal-case-jilted-woman.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will hear an appeal from a jilted woman who was convicted under an anti-terrorism law for spreading deadly chemicals around the home of her husband's mistress. The justices said in an order Friday that they will revisit the case of Carol Anne Bond, a Pennsylvania woman who was given a six-year prison term for violating ... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 20:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1830660-high-court-to-hear-appeal-case-jilted-woman.html 2013-01-18T20:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1830846-court-to-decide-convicted-officer-retrial.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will decide whether a former Detroit police officer convicted of killing his girlfriend should get a retrial. The justices on Friday agreed to hear an appeal from Michigan officials who want to stop a new trial for Burt Lancaster, who was convicted of shooting and killing Toni King in a restaurant parking lot in 1993 wi... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 20:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1830846-court-to-decide-convicted-officer-retrial.html 2013-01-18T20:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1830654-high-court-block-stanford-investor-lawsuits.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear an appeal that seeks to shut down class-action lawsuits from investors who lost billions in a massive Ponzi scheme orchestrated by former Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford. The justices said they would review appeals court rulings allowing the suits to proceed against individuals, law firms and invest... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 20:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1830654-high-court-block-stanford-investor-lawsuits.html 2013-01-18T20:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1820050-justice-thomas-speaks-1st-time-7-years.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Clarence Thomas did something at a Supreme Court argument Monday for the first time in nearly seven years — he spoke. But what Thomas said is not clear, other than he appears to have joked about Ivy League lawyers. The argument transcript only records a few words. It quotes Thomas as saying, "Well, he did not..." Several justices... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1820050-justice-thomas-speaks-1st-time-7-years.html 2013-01-14T18:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1819376-court-continues-order-targeting-voter-intimidation.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has turned down an effort by the Republican National Committee to end a 30-year-old court order aimed at preventing intimidation of minority voters. The justices did not comment Monday in rejecting an appeal of lower court decisions that left the order in place at least until 2017. The order stems from a lawsuit filed b... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1819376-court-continues-order-targeting-voter-intimidation.html 2013-01-14T13:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1808862-court-wary-warrantless-blood-tests-dui-cases.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court appeared reluctant Wednesday to allow police to routinely order blood tests for unwilling drunken-driving suspects without at least trying to obtain a search warrant from a judge. The court heard arguments Wednesday in a case about a disputed blood test from Missouri, against the backdrop of a serious national problem o... Wed, 09 Jan 2013 19:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1808862-court-wary-warrantless-blood-tests-dui-cases.html 2013-01-09T19:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1808202-nra-lobbying-targets-courthouses.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Rifle Association has enjoyed high-profile success over the years in shaping gun-rights legislation in Congress and statehouses, in part by campaigning to defeat lawmakers who defied the group. Now, the NRA has added a lesser-known strategy to protect its interests: opposing President Barack Obama's judicial nominees whom it... Wed, 09 Jan 2013 07:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1808202-nra-lobbying-targets-courthouses.html 2013-01-09T07:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1806554-court-skeptical-govt-extension.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed skeptical Tuesday about government claims that it should be allowed more time to sue some fund executives for securities fraud. The high court on Tuesday heard arguments from Gabelli Funds LLC executive Bruce Alpert and former executive Marc J. Gabelli, who say the Securities and Exchange Commission missed its ch... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1806554-court-skeptical-govt-extension.html 2013-01-08T18:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1804370-high-court-hears-dispute-class-actions.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday questioned efforts by consumers' lawyers to limit the amount of money sought in class-action lawsuits so they are heard in state courts rather than more business-friendly federal court. The justices appeared receptive to an insurance company's argument that lawyers artificially lower the amount of money at sta... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1804370-high-court-hears-dispute-class-actions.html 2013-01-07T18:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1804350-court-to-hear-2-days-arguments-gay-marriage.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says it will hear two days' worth of arguments over laws affecting gay marriage during the last week of March. Justices on Monday announced they will hear arguments in Hollingsworth v. Perry on March 26 and United States v. Windsor on March 27. The first case involves California's constitutional amendment that forbids s... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1804350-court-to-hear-2-days-arguments-gay-marriage.html 2013-01-07T16:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1804070-court-wont-hear-appeal-texas-murder-case.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal in the murder case of a Mexican woman who was sentenced to 99 years in prison for the death of a Texas boy. The high court on Monday refused to hear an appeal from Rosa Estela Olvera Jimenez. She was sentenced in 2005 for the death of a nearly 2-year-old boy she had been babysitting in Austin, Texas... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1804070-court-wont-hear-appeal-texas-murder-case.html 2013-01-07T14:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1804008-court-wont-embryonic-stem-cell.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court won't stop the government's funding of embryonic stem cell research, despite some researchers' complaints that the work relies on destroyed human embryos. The high court on Monday refused to hear an appeal from two scientists who have been challenging the funding for the work. The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the D... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1804008-court-wont-embryonic-stem-cell.html 2013-01-07T13:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1804010-high-court-rejects-medicare-challenge.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has turned away a challenge from former House Majority Leader Dick Armey and other Social Security recipients who say they have the right to reject Medicare in favor of continuing health coverage from private insurers. The justices did not comment Monday in letting stand a federal appeals court ruling that held that the... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1804010-high-court-rejects-medicare-challenge.html 2013-01-07T13:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1803994-court-wont-hear-ga-gun-lawsuit.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court won't overturn a Georgia law banning firearms in churches and other places of worship. The high court on Monday refused to hear an appeal from GeorgiaCarry.org, which wanted the justices to overturn a lower court decision upholding Georgia's law banning guns in churches and other places of worship. G... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1803994-court-wont-hear-ga-gun-lawsuit.html 2013-01-07T13:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1793744-roberts-urges-full-financial-support-court.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Urging full financial support for the U.S. court system, Chief Justice John Roberts said in his year-end report Monday that the federal judiciary, unlike executive branch agencies, does not have discretionary programs it can eliminate or projects it can postpone. The judiciary has been doing its part to carefully manage "its tiny portion... Mon, 31 Dec 2012 22:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1793744-roberts-urges-full-financial-support-court.html 2012-12-31T22:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1787644-justice-refuses-to-block-morning-after-pill-rule.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Wednesday denied a request to block part of the federal health care law that requires employee health-care plans to provide insurance coverage for the morning-after pill and similar emergency contraception pills. Hobby Lobby Stores and a sister company, Mardel Inc., sued the government, claiming t... Wed, 26 Dec 2012 22:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1787644-justice-refuses-to-block-morning-after-pill-rule.html 2012-12-26T22:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1782002-top-business-story-12-sluggish-global-economy.html This would be the year when the global economy finally regained its vigor. At least that's what many had hoped. It didn't happen. The three largest economies — the United States, China and Japan — struggled again in 2012. The 17 countries that use the euro endured a third painful year in their financial crisis and slid into recession. Emerging economies s... Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1782002-top-business-story-12-sluggish-global-economy.html 2012-12-21T16:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1777426-bork-nomination-fight-altered-judicial-selection.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservatives wanted Robert H. Bork on the Supreme Court. They wound up with Anthony Kennedy, the key vote in reaffirming a woman's right to an abortion. The fight over Bork's failed Supreme Court nomination redefined the Senate confirmation process and made him a symbol of the nation's culture wars. The political battle that erupted ove... Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1777426-bork-nomination-fight-altered-judicial-selection.html 2012-12-19T20:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1776364-bork-whose-failed-nomination-history-dies.html MCLEAN, Va. (AP) — Robert H. Bork, who stepped in to fire the Watergate prosecutor at Richard Nixon's behest and whose failed 1987 nomination to the Supreme Court helped draw the modern boundaries of cultural fights over abortion, civil rights and other issues, has died. He was 85. Robert H. Bork Jr. confirmed his father died Wednesday at Virginia Hospita... Wed, 19 Dec 2012 19:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1776364-bork-whose-failed-nomination-history-dies.html 2012-12-19T19:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1769598-high-court-fight-looms-to-carry-gun.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The next big issue in the national debate over guns — whether people have a right to be armed in public — is moving closer to Supreme Court review. A provocative ruling by a panel of federal appeals court judges in Chicago struck down the only statewide ban on carrying concealed weapons, in Illinois. The ruling is somewhat at odds with t... Sun, 16 Dec 2012 16:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1769598-high-court-fight-looms-to-carry-gun.html 2012-12-16T16:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1763286-chicago-poised-to-fight-handguns-.html CHICAGO (AP) — Facing a climbing homicide rate, Chicago is poised for another fight over handguns — just two years after the last one. When the U.S. Supreme Court nullified the city's 28-year-old handgun ban in 2010, Chicago responded by passing one of the nation's toughest handgun ordinances. And city officials sounded ready Thursday for another battle a... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1763286-chicago-poised-to-fight-handguns-.html 2012-12-13T21:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1757456-ap-exclusive-aclu-seeks-oas-probe-padilla-case.html NEW YORK (AP) — A civil liberties group asked the Organization of American States' human rights commission Tuesday to investigate the U.S. government for what it says are violations of the rights of convicted terrorism plotter Jose Padilla. The American Civil Liberties Union says the U.S. violated Padilla's rights when it labeled him an "enemy combatant" ... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 19:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1757456-ap-exclusive-aclu-seeks-oas-probe-padilla-case.html 2012-12-11T19:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1756858-apnewsbreak-sotomayor-book-offers-personal.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor says in her upcoming memoir that her lifelong battle against diabetes and the fear that she might die early played a big part in her decision not to have children. The 58-year-old Sotomayor says in an unusually personal book for a Supreme Court justice that she feels an occasional tug of regret at no... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 06:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1756858-apnewsbreak-sotomayor-book-offers-personal.html 2012-12-11T06:47:00Z