http://www.mail.com/people/12176-samuel-alito.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/12176-samuel-alito.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2157034-court-ariz-citizenship-proof-law-illegal.html WASHINGTON (AP) — States can't demand proof of citizenship from people registering to vote in federal elections unless they get federal or court approval to do so, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in a decision complicating efforts in Arizona and other states to bar voting by people who are in the country illegally. The justices' 7-2 ruling closes the door ... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:11:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2157034-court-ariz-citizenship-proof-law-illegal.html 2013-06-17T22:11:48Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2157012-court-pay-to-delay-generic-drugs-illegal.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Deals between pharmaceutical corporations and their generic drug competitors, which government officials say keep cheaper forms of medicine off the market, can sometimes be illegal and therefore can be challenged in court, the Supreme Court said Monday. The justices voted 5-3 to allow the government to inspect and challenge what it calls... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:33:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2157012-court-pay-to-delay-generic-drugs-illegal.html 2013-06-17T20:33:26Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2147578-challenges-to-phone-records-face-legal-obstacles.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The government's massive collection of Americans' phone records is drawing protests and lawsuits from civil liberties groups, but major legal obstacles stand in the way. Among them are government claims that national security secrets will be revealed if the cases are allowed to proceed, and Supreme Court rulings that telephone records, as opposed to convers... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:01:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2147578-challenges-to-phone-records-face-legal-obstacles.html 2013-06-12T20:01:16Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2137062-sotomayor-19-memoir.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Being a Supreme Court justice has not only been good for Sonia Sotomayor's legal career, it's also helped her bank account. The justice reported Friday that she's received more than $3 million in advance payments for her best-selling memoir, "My Beloved World." Her annual financial disclosure forms show that Knopf Doubleday Group paid So... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 22:25:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2137062-sotomayor-19-memoir.html 2013-06-07T22:25:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2125934-police-collect-dna-arrestees-court.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A sharply divided Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for police to take a DNA swab from anyone they arrest for a serious crime, endorsing a practice now followed by more than half the states as well as the federal government. The justices differed strikingly on how big a step that was. "Taking and analyzing a cheek swab of the arres... Mon, 03 Jun 2013 19:28:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2125934-police-collect-dna-arrestees-court.html 2013-06-03T19:28:06Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2097906-high-court-uphold-fcc-power-cell-tower-disputes.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has affirmed the authority of federal regulators to try to speed local government decisions on proposals to build or expand cell phone towers. The court voted 6-3 Monday to uphold an appeals court ruling in favor the Federal Communications Commission. The case involves complaints to the FCC by telecommunications compani... Mon, 20 May 2013 14:40:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2097906-high-court-uphold-fcc-power-cell-tower-disputes.html 2013-05-20T14:40:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2050980-court-block-use-foia.html WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 upheld a federal appeals court decision validating Virginia's limitation of its FOIA law to state citizens and some media outlets. In the case before the court, Rhode Island resident Mark J... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:25:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2050980-court-block-use-foia.html 2013-04-29T15:25:26Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2039036-court-limits-deportations-marijuana-crimes.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday immigrants cannot be automatically deported if they are convicted of relatively minor crimes involving marijuana. In a 7-2 decision, the justices sided with Adrian Moncrieffe, a longtime resident of the United States from Jamaica who was deported from the United States over possession of a small amount of ... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:25:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2039036-court-limits-deportations-marijuana-crimes.html 2013-04-23T17:25:57Z 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/politics/2019864-patenting-genes-justices-tackle-big-health-issue.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed worried Monday about the idea of companies patenting human genes in a case that could profoundly reshape the multibillion-dollar biomedical industry and U.S. research in the fight against diseases like breast and ovarian cancer. Justices argued not only about snipping DNA strands but also about chewing the leaves... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:42:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2019864-patenting-genes-justices-tackle-big-health-issue.html 2013-04-15T20:42:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1983940-gay-marriage-high-court-case-fizzle.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Late in the oral argument over same-sex marriage in California, Justice Anthony Kennedy made a startling comment, given the months of buildup and mountain of legal briefs that have descended on the justices. "You might address why you think we should take and decide this case," Kennedy said to lawyer Charles Cooper, representing opponent... Thu, 28 Mar 2013 07:05:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1983940-gay-marriage-high-court-case-fizzle.html 2013-03-28T07:05:37Z 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/1980548-excerpts-calif-gay-marriage-case-high-court.html Excerpts from the arguments before the Supreme Court on Tuesday about California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage, from a transcript released by the Supreme Court: On whether the case should be before them (Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Anthony Kennedy): ROBERTS: But a state can't authorize anyone to... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:15:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1980548-excerpts-calif-gay-marriage-case-high-court.html 2013-03-26T21:15:32Z 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/scitech/health/1976398-court-drug-companies-pay-to-delay-generics.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators are pressing the Supreme Court to stop big pharmaceutical corporations from paying generic drug competitors to delay releasing their cheaper versions of brand-name drugs. They argue these deals deny American consumers, usually for years, steep price declines that can top 90 percent. The Obama administration, backed by ... Mon, 25 Mar 2013 03:42:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1976398-court-drug-companies-pay-to-delay-generics.html 2013-03-25T03:42:57Z 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/1963174-high-court-divided-ariz-voter-requirement.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court justices disagreed Monday over whether states can require would-be voters to prove they are U.S. citizens before using a federal registration system designed to make signing up easier. Arizona and other states told the justices the precaution is needed to keep illegal immigrants and other noncitizens from voting. But some j... Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:01:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1963174-high-court-divided-ariz-voter-requirement.html 2013-03-18T20:01:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1917302-court-appears-conflicted-dna-sampling-issue.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday struggled with what one of the justices called its most important criminal procedure case in decades, whether to let police take DNA without a warrant from those arrested in hopes of using it to solve old cases. Justices seemed conflicted over whether police have a right to take genetic information from peopl... Tue, 26 Feb 2013 22:25:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1917302-court-appears-conflicted-dna-sampling-issue.html 2013-02-26T22:25:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1914630-court-takes-up-question-arrestee-dna-sampling.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday struggled with what one of the justices called its most important criminal procedure case in decades, whether to let police take DNA from those arrested, but not convicted, in hopes of using it to solve old cases. Justices seemed conflicted over whether police have a right to take genetic information from peo... Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:03:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1914630-court-takes-up-question-arrestee-dna-sampling.html 2013-02-26T19:03:57Z 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/news/politics/1903260-court-bars-retrial-michigan-arson-suspect.html WASHINGTON (AP) — 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. The court voted 8-1 Wednesday in favor of Lamar Evans, who was charged with arson after he was seen running away from a burning vacant house in Detroit with a gasoline can in his hand. A judg... Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:58:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1903260-court-bars-retrial-michigan-arson-suspect.html 2013-02-20T15:58:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1900816-court-police-to-prove-dog-training.html WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday. Instead, Justice Elena Kagan wrote for a unanimous court, courts should apply the same tests to dog sniffs they do when they look at other issues of whether police... Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:57:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1900816-court-police-to-prove-dog-training.html 2013-02-19T19:57:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1900824-high-court-limits-detention-powers-searches.html WASHINGTON (AP) — 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, the justices sided with a Long Island, N.Y., man who was picked up about three-quarters of a mile away from his apartment as police searched it for a gun. Justice Anthony Kennedy said in hi... Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:03:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1900824-high-court-limits-detention-powers-searches.html 2013-02-19T16:03:57Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1885556-obama-nation-stronger-gop-plans.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Uncompromising and politically emboldened, President Barack Obama urged a deeply divided Congress Tuesday night to embrace his plans to use government money to create jobs and strengthen the nation's middle class. He declared Republican ideas for reducing the deficit "even worse" than the unpalatable deals Washington had to stomach during his first term. ... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 03:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1885556-obama-nation-stronger-gop-plans.html 2013-02-13T03:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1888058-signs-unity-divided-congress.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday night produced fleeting moments of bipartisanship in a divided Congress. Republicans sat with Democrats. Republicans hugged Democrats. Republicans even warmly greeted a Democratic president. After Obama slowly walked down the center aisle, he made a special effort to talk to ... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 03:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1888058-signs-unity-divided-congress.html 2013-02-13T03:08:00Z