Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/701 politics Supreme Court News en-us Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:18:27 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/701 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_go_su_co/us_supreme_court_juvenile_sentences ap/20091108/us_supreme_court_juvenile_sentences AP politics Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:18:27 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_go_su_co/us_supreme_court_juvenile_sentences"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.ae720c04b1d3404e93b115c207d7e49c.supreme_court_juvenile_sentences_wxsc302.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=vSke_6k0omlGvru.sPg3jQ--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="This 2007 photo provided by Equal Justice Initiative shows inmate Joe Sullivan, 31, at the Columbia Correctional Institution in Lake City, Fla. Sullivan raped an elderly woman when he was 13-years-old, was judged incorrigible, and sentenced to life in prison without parole. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, that locking up juveniles and throwing away the key is cruel and unusual punishment, and thus unconstitutional. According to Equal Justice Initiative Sullivan uses a wheelchair because he has multiple sclerosis. (AP Photo/Glenn Paul)" border="0" /></a>AP - Joe Sullivan was sent away for life for raping an elderly woman and judged incorrigible though he was only 13 at the time of the attack.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_go_su_co/us_supreme_court_juvenile_sentences"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.ae720c04b1d3404e93b115c207d7e49c.supreme_court_juvenile_sentences_wxsc302.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=vSke_6k0omlGvru.sPg3jQ--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="photo" title="This 2007 photo provided by Equal Justice Initiative shows inmate Joe Sullivan, 31, at the Columbia Correctional Institution in Lake City, Fla. Sullivan raped an elderly woman when he was 13-years-old, was judged incorrigible, and sentenced to life in prison without parole. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, that locking up juveniles and throwing away the key is cruel and unusual punishment, and thus unconstitutional. According to Equal Justice Initiative Sullivan uses a wheelchair because he has multiple sclerosis. (AP Photo/Glenn Paul)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_su_co/us_juvenile_sentences_glance ap/20091107/us_juvenile_sentences_glance AP politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:21:10 GMT AP - States where juveniles serve life terms http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_re_us/us_sc_governor ap/20091105/us_sc_governor AP us Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:43:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_re_us/us_sc_governor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091028/capt.70b933e65ca74903a6a87cfe5262f006.boeing_787_plant_scmc109.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=hXSoGN5OiwX.cHjLwwhFOQ--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="Gov. Mark Sanford, right, celebrates with Sen. Glenn McConnell, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, center, and Sen. Hugh Leatherman, R-Florence after the announcement that a Boeing 787 plant was coming to South Carolina during a special session of the legislature in Columbia, S.C. on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)" border="0" /></a>AP - South Carolina's Supreme Court ruled Thursday that an ethics investigation into Gov. Mark Sanford's travel must be made public, clearing the way for lawmakers considering impeachment to review a report on the probe.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_re_us/us_sc_governor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091028/capt.70b933e65ca74903a6a87cfe5262f006.boeing_787_plant_scmc109.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=hXSoGN5OiwX.cHjLwwhFOQ--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="photo" title="Gov. Mark Sanford, right, celebrates with Sen. Glenn McConnell, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, center, and Sen. Hugh Leatherman, R-Florence after the announcement that a Boeing 787 plant was coming to South Carolina during a special session of the legislature in Columbia, S.C. on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20091105/ts_csm/asueprosecutors csm/20091105/asueprosecutors The Christian Science Monitor topstories Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:00:00 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - The US Supreme Court on Wednesday took up the difficult issue of what to do about unscrupulous prosecutors willing to induce false testimony and hide exculpatory evidence to convict innocent defendants. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/pl_afp/usjusticeexecution afp/20091104/usjusticeexecution AFP politics Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:48:33 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/pl_afp/usjusticeexecution"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257378396181-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=S2lazsHw5jcH8VsETg2AMA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="A view of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC. Two men wrongly imprisoned for life and a third still facing the death penalty argued before the Supreme Court Wednesday that their sentences were the result of judicial misconduct and negligence.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Two men wrongly imprisoned for life and a third still facing the death penalty argued before the Supreme Court Wednesday that their sentences were the result of judicial misconduct and negligence.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/pl_afp/usjusticeexecution"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257378396181-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=S2lazsHw5jcH8VsETg2AMA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="A view of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC. Two men wrongly imprisoned for life and a third still facing the death penalty argued before the Supreme Court Wednesday that their sentences were the result of judicial misconduct and negligence.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/ts_alt_afp/uscrimecourtmurderexecution afp/20091104/uscrimecourtmurderexecution AFP us Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:42:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/ts_alt_afp/uscrimecourtmurderexecution"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257356331670-1-0.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=2UfHAB.xE9rel95GiY58GQ--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Convicted Washington, DC area sniper John Allen Muhammad stands silently as he is sentenced to death at the Prince William County Circuit Court in Manassas, since 2004. The sniper whose deadly 2002 shooting spree terrorized the US capital region, was "paranoid" and "delusional" during his murder trial and should not be put to death next week, his attorneys said.(AFP/POOL/File/Steve Helber)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Lawyers for the sniper whose deadly 2002 shooting spree terrorized the US capital region urged the Supreme Court Wednesday to suspend his execution next week, arguing he had been badly represented.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/ts_alt_afp/uscrimecourtmurderexecution"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257356331670-1-0.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=2UfHAB.xE9rel95GiY58GQ--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="photo" title="Convicted Washington, DC area sniper John Allen Muhammad stands silently as he is sentenced to death at the Prince William County Circuit Court in Manassas, since 2004. The sniper whose deadly 2002 shooting spree terrorized the US capital region, was "paranoid" and "delusional" during his murder trial and should not be put to death next week, his attorneys said.(AFP/POOL/File/Steve Helber)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_go_su_co/us_supreme_court_prosecutors ap/20091104/us_supreme_court_prosecutors AP politics Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:17:12 GMT AP - The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed worried that allowing people to sue prosecutors who fabricate evidence to win convictions might chill other prosecutions &mdash; even if those prosecutors are doing their jobs correctly and honestly. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_re_us/us_death_penalty_ohio ap/20091104/us_death_penalty_ohio AP us Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:27:10 GMT AP - Two Republican lawmakers advising Ohio's Democratic governor on changes to the state's lethal injection process say it shouldn't be hard to fix the system. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_go_su_co/us_supreme_court_world_series ap/20091104/us_supreme_court_world_series AP politics Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:16:14 GMT AP - He's a right-leaning New Jersey native with a lifelong love of the Phillies. She's a liberal New Yorker who grew up near Yankee Stadium. They're eying each other warily these days from opposite ends of the Supreme Court bench. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_go_su_co/us_sniper_execution ap/20091104/us_sniper_execution AP politics Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:16:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_go_su_co/us_sniper_execution"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.3a422ea78b694cd6b51223215cf8ec3b.sniper_prosecutor_ric101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=_OtejdWwv48I2e5X0MAGBQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this Oct. 22, 2009 photo, Prince William County Commonwealth Attorney Paul Ebert during an interview in his office in Manassas, Va. Virginia's death row is lined with killers the Prince William County commonwealth's attorney has sent to their demise. Next up: John Allen Muhammad, mastermind of the 2002 sniper attacks that left 10 dead in the Washington, D.C., area. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)" border="0" /></a>AP - Attorneys for John Allen Muhammad, mastermind of the 2002 sniper attacks in the Washington, D.C., area that left 10 dead, asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to stop his execution.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_go_su_co/us_sniper_execution"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.3a422ea78b694cd6b51223215cf8ec3b.sniper_prosecutor_ric101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=_OtejdWwv48I2e5X0MAGBQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this Oct. 22, 2009 photo, Prince William County Commonwealth Attorney Paul Ebert during an interview in his office in Manassas, Va. Virginia's death row is lined with killers the Prince William County commonwealth's attorney has sent to their demise. Next up: John Allen Muhammad, mastermind of the 2002 sniper attacks that left 10 dead in the Washington, D.C., area. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_re_us/us_california_jessica_s_law ap/20091103/us_california_jessica_s_law AP us Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:03:57 GMT AP - The California Supreme Court is set to hear arguments challenging a key section of a law aimed at protecting children from sexual predators. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091102/ap_on_go_su_co/us_supreme_court_mutual_fund_fees ap/20091102/us_supreme_court_mutual_fund_fees AP politics Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:19:00 GMT AP - Several Supreme Court justices seemed unsympathetic Monday to calls for the courts to get involved in reining in what investors are calling "excessive" fees on mutual funds, a popular investment vehicle for millions of Americans. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091102/pl_afp/usguantanamoattacksjusticeprison afp/20091102/usguantanamoattacksjusticeprison AFP politics Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:00:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091102/pl_afp/usguantanamoattacksjusticeprison"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091102/capt.photo_1257188377602-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=bkRaDpFsjazAU7CHNQbQ6Q--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="A view of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC. The US Supreme Court refused Monday to consider the case of a Yemeni detainee held at Guantanamo Bay despite a lower court order for his release.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The US Supreme Court refused Monday to consider the case of a Yemeni detainee held at Guantanamo Bay despite a lower court order for his release.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091102/pl_afp/usguantanamoattacksjusticeprison"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091102/capt.photo_1257188377602-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=bkRaDpFsjazAU7CHNQbQ6Q--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="A view of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC. The US Supreme Court refused Monday to consider the case of a Yemeni detainee held at Guantanamo Bay despite a lower court order for his release.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091102/ap_on_go_su_co/us_supreme_court_klansman_appeal ap/20091102/us_supreme_court_klansman_appeal AP politics Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:00:24 GMT AP - The Supreme Court on Monday left in place a judge's ruling that allowed prosecutors to charge a reputed Ku Klux Klansman with kidnapping more than 40 years after two black men were abducted and killed in rural Mississippi. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091102/ap_on_go_su_co/us_supreme_court_church_abuse ap/20091102/us_supreme_court_church_abuse AP politics Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:13:47 GMT AP - The Supreme Court turned away another appeal to stop the release of documents generated for sexual abuse lawsuits against priests in a Roman Catholic diocese in Connecticut. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20091102/ts_csm/alimitations csm/20091102/alimitations The Christian Science Monitor topstories Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:00:00 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - The US Supreme Court has declined to decide whether the federal statute of limitations bars the prosecution of a former Ku Klux Klan (KKK) member accused of kidnapping and murdering two black teens in 1964. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091029/ap_on_re_us/us_courthouse_kickbacks ap/20091029/us_courthouse_kickbacks AP us Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:49:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091029/ap_on_re_us/us_courthouse_kickbacks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091029/capt.90cc13d80069409f8600f9290cfcfe41.courthouse_kickbacks_pack206.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=53JUahg1p42le73entQfPQ--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="FILE -- In this Thursday Feb. 12, 2009 file photo Mark Ciavarella, center, leaves the federal courthouse in Scranton, Pa. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court threw out more than five years' worth of cases heard by former Luzerne County Judge Mark Ciavarella. He is charged with accepting millions of dollars in kickbacks to send youths to private detention centers. (AP Photo/David Kidwell, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed thousands of juvenile convictions issued by a judge charged in a corruption scandal, saying that none of the young offenders got a fair hearing.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091029/ap_on_re_us/us_courthouse_kickbacks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091029/capt.90cc13d80069409f8600f9290cfcfe41.courthouse_kickbacks_pack206.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=53JUahg1p42le73entQfPQ--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE -- In this Thursday Feb. 12, 2009 file photo Mark Ciavarella, center, leaves the federal courthouse in Scranton, Pa. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court threw out more than five years' worth of cases heard by former Luzerne County Judge Mark Ciavarella. He is charged with accepting millions of dollars in kickbacks to send youths to private detention centers. (AP Photo/David Kidwell, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091028/ap_on_re_us/us_hawaiian_lands ap/20091028/us_hawaiian_lands AP us Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:28:05 GMT AP - The Hawaii Supreme Court is bringing a 15-year court battle over Hawaiian lands to a close. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091026/ap_on_re_us/us_justices_arizona ap/20091026/us_justices_arizona AP us Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:47:47 GMT AP - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia says those who want modern-day legal interpretations to view the U.S. Constitution through contemporary lenses are seeking rigidity, not flexibility, in the country's justice system. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091024/ap_on_re_us/us_supreme_court_opera ap/20091024/us_supreme_court_opera AP us Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:02:37 GMT AP - Two U.S. Supreme Court justices are taking theatrics out of the courtroom &mdash; and into to a more suitable venue.