http://www.mail.com/people/12076-ruth-bader-ginsburg.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/12076-ruth-bader-ginsburg.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2080394-ginsburg-roe-abortion-opponents-target.html CHICAGO (AP) — 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 Roe v. Wade ruling 40 years ago was too sweeping and gave abortion opponents a symbol to target. Ginsburg, one of the most liberal members of the nation's high court, spoke Saturday at the Univ... Sun, 12 May 2013 17:37:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2080394-ginsburg-roe-abortion-opponents-target.html 2013-05-12T17:37:26Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2036976-high-court-weighs-dispute-aids-funding.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court wrestled Monday with the First Amendment implications of a policy that forces private health organizations to denounce prostitution as a condition to get AIDS funding. The court appeared divided, and not along ideological lines, in an argument over whether the anti-prostitution pledge violates the health groups' constit... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:28:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2036976-high-court-weighs-dispute-aids-funding.html 2013-04-22T18:28:06Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2025562-supreme-court-limits-suits-foreign-abuses.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday drastically limited the ability of foreign victims of human rights abuses to use American courts to seek accountability and monetary damages for their suffering. The decision was a major victory for corporations that have been sued in the United States over their alleged role in foreign atrocities. The cour... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:12:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2025562-supreme-court-limits-suits-foreign-abuses.html 2013-04-17T19:12:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2023284-high-court-wrestles-with-indian-adoption-dispute.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is trying to sort out a wrenching adoption case involving a Native American child, a biological father who first renounced any interest in her and adoptive parents who were eventually ordered to hand her over to the father. The justices heard an appeal Tuesday from the South Carolina couple who wanted to adopt the girl,... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:46:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2023284-high-court-wrestles-with-indian-adoption-dispute.html 2013-04-16T19:46:20Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1981588-boost-gay-marriage-justices-question-us-law.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Concluding two days of intense debate, the Supreme Court signaled Wednesday it could give a boost to same-sex marriage by striking down the federal law that denies legally married gay spouses a wide range of benefits offered to other couples. As the court wrapped up its remarkable arguments over gay marriage in America, a majority of the... Thu, 28 Mar 2013 01:55:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1981588-boost-gay-marriage-justices-question-us-law.html 2013-03-28T01:55:10Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1982244-court-turns-class-action-comcast.html WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 file those types of lawsuits in federal court. The high court on Wednesday overturned a lower court decision to certify as a class customers who say the company's monopoly in parts of the Phil... Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:24:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1982244-court-turns-class-action-comcast.html 2013-03-27T18:24:49Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1979382-court-sidestep-major-ruling-gay-marriage.html WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 justices signaled they may not be ready for a major national ruling on whether America's gays and lesbians have a right to marry. The court's first major examination of gay rights in 10 years ... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:12:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1979382-court-sidestep-major-ruling-gay-marriage.html 2013-03-26T21:12:06Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1979994-court-drug-dog-sniff-unconstitutional-search.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that police cannot bring drug-sniffing police dogs onto a suspect's property to look for evidence without first getting a warrant for a search, a decision which may limit how investigators use dogs' sensitive noses to search out drugs, explosives and other items hidden from human sight, sound and smell. Th... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 17:45:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1979994-court-drug-dog-sniff-unconstitutional-search.html 2013-03-26T17:45:40Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1977372-high-court-struggles-generic-drug-delay-deals.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court justices appeared troubled Monday over whether to stop deals between pharmaceutical corporations and their generic drug competitors that the government says could keep cheaper forms of medicine from American consumers for longer periods of time. Justices heard arguments from the Justice Department against what the governmen... Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:19:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1977372-high-court-struggles-generic-drug-delay-deals.html 2013-03-25T21:19:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1965562-court-generic-drug-maker-sued-design.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed skeptical Tuesday of allowing generic drug manufacturers to be sued in state court for a drug's design defects if federal officials approved the brand-name version the generic drug copied. The justices heard arguments from generic manufacturer Mutual Pharmaceutical Co, Inc., which wants a $21 million judgment dis... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:11:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1965562-court-generic-drug-maker-sued-design.html 2013-03-19T19:11:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1964904-court-backs-student-textbook-copyright-case.html WASHINGTON (AP) — 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. copyright law. The outcome was a huge relief to eBay, Costco and other businesses that trade in products made outside the U.S. In a 6-3 opinion, the court threw out a copyright infringeme... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:31:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1964904-court-backs-student-textbook-copyright-case.html 2013-03-19T16:31:54Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1935822-republicans-block-obama-nominee-to-appeals-court.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked the confirmation of federal appeals court nominee Caitlin Halligan for the second time, denying President Barack Obama a key judicial appointment. A majority of senators, 51, supported Halligan's nomination, but Democrats needed 60 votes in the 100-member Senate to get it past Republican objections... Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:45:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1935822-republicans-block-obama-nominee-to-appeals-court.html 2013-03-06T19:45:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1916376-court-wont-allow-challenge-to-surveillance-law.html WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 conversations of foreign spies and terrorist suspects. With a 5-4 vote, the high court ruled that a group of American lawyers, journalists and organizations can't sue to challenge the 2008 expa... Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:24:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1916376-court-wont-allow-challenge-to-surveillance-law.html 2013-02-26T17:24:56Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1888320-supreme-court-notebook-sitting-speech.html WASHINGTON (AP) — While his colleagues got ready to go to the Capitol, Justice Antonin Scalia sat on a stage across town and held forth about why, for the 16th consecutive year, he would not be joining them for the State of the Union. He doesn't go when a Democrat is president. He stays away when the president is Republican. "It has turned into a childish... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 06:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1888320-supreme-court-notebook-sitting-speech.html 2013-02-13T06:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1884332-pope-lifetime-jobs-arent-life.html The world seems surprised that an 85-year-old globe-trotting pope who just started tweeting wants to resign, but should it be? Maybe what should be surprising is that more leaders his age do not, considering the toll aging takes on bodies and minds amid a culture of constant communication and change. There may be more behind the story of why Pope Benedict... Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1884332-pope-lifetime-jobs-arent-life.html 2013-02-11T22:42:00Z 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/news/world/1754056-hope-fear-gay-marriage-cases-high-court.html WASHINGTON (AP) — 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. While nine states allow same-sex partners to marry, or will soon, 41 states do not. Of those, 30 have written gay marriage bans into their state constitutions. That fact is worrisome to those who fi... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 02:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1754056-hope-fear-gay-marriage-cases-high-court.html 2012-12-10T02:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1745378-justices-struggle-with-international-custody-law.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed to struggle Wednesday to find a middle ground on whether American courts have any further say in an international custody dispute between a U.S. soldier and his now-separated Scottish wife over their daughter. The justices are trying to determine whether Army Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey Lee Chafin can appeal a federal... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1745378-justices-struggle-with-international-custody-law.html 2012-12-05T17:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1742240-high-court-government-liable-flood.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the federal government is not automatically exempt from paying for damage caused by temporary flooding from government-owned dams. The court sided with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission in its appeal of a lower court ruling that said the federal government did not have to pay for damage to thousan... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 14:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1742240-high-court-government-liable-flood.html 2012-12-04T14:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1724624-average-stones-older-than-us-supreme-court.html NEW YORK (AP) — 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 and sisters of the forever young rock n' rollers. The average age for the four living members of The Rolling Stones is about two years older than the nine justices of the U.S. Supreme Court. ... Mon, 26 Nov 2012 20:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1724624-average-stones-older-than-us-supreme-court.html 2012-11-26T20:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1723774-high-court-rejects-appeal-insanity-defense.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is refusing to consider whether a criminal defendant has a constitutional right to plead not guilty by reason of insanity. The justices on Monday rejected an appeal from convicted killer John Joseph Delling of Idaho, one of four states that bar defendants from claiming that they were legally insane, or unable to appreci... Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1723774-high-court-rejects-appeal-insanity-defense.html 2012-11-26T13:43:00Z