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Mar 15 2010 7:27PM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - Justice John Paul Stevens, at 89 the Supreme Court's oldest member, says he will decide in the next month or so whether this term will be his last. | | |
Court rejects Texas appeal in murder case
Mar 8 2010 9:22AM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is turning down Texas' attempt to get a death sentence reimposed on a convicted killer who lower courts have found is mentally impaired. | | |
Court to rule in military funeral protest case
Mar 8 2010 9:16AM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is getting involved in the legal fight over the anti-gay protesters who show up at military funerals with inflammatory messages like "Thank God for dead soldiers." | | |
A Roberts rumor's blip on Washington's radar
Mar 5 2010 2:43AM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - For a short time, Washington buzzed over a rumor reported exclusively by an online gossip Web site with no particular Supreme Court expertise that Chief Justice John Roberts was considering stepping down. | | |
Court weighs torture suit against Somali ex-leader
Mar 3 2010 1:18PM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court justices on Wednesday questioned whether a former prime minister of Somalia can be sued in U.S. courts over claims that he oversaw killings and torture in his home country. | | |
 Justices may extend gun owner rights nationwide
Mar 2 2010 8:12PM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court suggested Tuesday it will strike down U.S. cities' outright bans on handguns, a ruling that could establish a nationwide ownership right fervently sought by gun advocates. But the justices indicated less severe limits could survive, continuing disputes over the "right to keep and bear arms." | | |
Court refuses to stop DC's gay marriage law
Mar 2 2010 5:55PM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to block the District of Columbia's gay marriage law, freeing the city to issue its first marriage licenses to same-sex couples the following day. | | |
High court wary of suit over detainee medical care
Mar 2 2010 4:10PM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court justices appeared reluctant Tuesday to allow the family of an illegal immigrant to sue government doctors personally for claims of shockingly poor medical care. | | |
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