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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/politics/supreme-court politics Supreme Court News en-us Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:00:54 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/politics/supreme-court http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_re_us/us_souter_harvard_commencement ap/20100208/us_souter_harvard_commencement AP us Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:00:54 GMT AP - Harvard University says retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter will be the principal speaker at its spring commencement ceremony. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_go_su_co/us_supreme_court_alito_disagrees ap/20100206/us_supreme_court_alito_disagrees AP politics Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:32:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_go_su_co/us_supreme_court_alito_disagrees"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100206/capt.c28a655bffb644e7a8dc2d74cec41d7b.supreme_court_alito_disagrees_wx101.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=HsnKemDnWqZgcA_qk85J0w--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="FILE - In this April 9, 2008 file photo Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr. speaks at John Carroll University in University Heights, Ohio. Still wonder exactly why Justice Samuel Alito shook his head and mouthed the words 'not true' during President Barack Obama's State of the Union address? He objected to the president's saying the ruling reversed a century of law. The president touched off a controversy when he broke with tradition &mdash; and decorum, his critics said &mdash; by criticizing the court's recent campaign finance decision in his speech with six justices in attendance and bound by their own tradition of not reacting to what is said. (AP Photo/Jason Miller, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Still wonder exactly why Justice Samuel Alito shook his head and mouthed the words "not true" during President Barack Obama's State of the Union address? He objected to the president's saying the ruling reversed a century of law.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_go_su_co/us_supreme_court_alito_disagrees"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100206/capt.c28a655bffb644e7a8dc2d74cec41d7b.supreme_court_alito_disagrees_wx101.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=HsnKemDnWqZgcA_qk85J0w--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this April 9, 2008 file photo Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr. speaks at John Carroll University in University Heights, Ohio. Still wonder exactly why Justice Samuel Alito shook his head and mouthed the words 'not true' during President Barack Obama's State of the Union address? He objected to the president's saying the ruling reversed a century of law. The president touched off a controversy when he broke with tradition &mdash; and decorum, his critics said &mdash; by criticizing the court's recent campaign finance decision in his speech with six justices in attendance and bound by their own tradition of not reacting to what is said. (AP Photo/Jason Miller, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100205/ap_on_go_ot/us_supreme_court_uighurs ap/20100205/us_supreme_court_uighurs AP politics Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:59:10 GMT AP - The Obama administration is suggesting the Supreme Court dismiss a case that tests whether a federal judge can order Guantanamo Bay detainees released in the United States. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20100205/ts_csm/278333 csm/20100205/278333 The Christian Science Monitor topstories Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:45:00 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - Impeached Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich received a redrafted and expanded set of indictments Thursday as federal prosecutors sought to eliminate wording that has to do with a judicial statute prosecutors hoped would help their case but that the US Supreme Court may soon strike down. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100204/pl_nm/us_blagojevich nm/20100204/us_blagojevich Reuters politics Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:16:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100204/pl_nm/us_blagojevich"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100204/i/r2268164746.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=D3ZEVASc94bWeIbQVPqwuw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Then Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich waves to the media after he addressed questions about charges brought against him of conspiracy and bribery, including allegations he was seeking to benefit financially from his appointment of a successor to the U.S. Senate seat that was vacated by President-elect Barack Obama during a news conference in Chicago, in this December 19, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Jeff Haynes/Files" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Federal prosecutors on Thursday unveiled a revised corruption indictment of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich ahead of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that may declare a law underpinning the case unconstitutional.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100204/pl_nm/us_blagojevich"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100204/i/r2268164746.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=D3ZEVASc94bWeIbQVPqwuw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="photo" title="Then Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich waves to the media after he addressed questions about charges brought against him of conspiracy and bribery, including allegations he was seeking to benefit financially from his appointment of a successor to the U.S. Senate seat that was vacated by President-elect Barack Obama during a news conference in Chicago, in this December 19, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Jeff Haynes/Files" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100204/ap_on_re_us/us_supreme_court_thomas ap/20100204/us_supreme_court_thomas AP us Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:09:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100204/ap_on_re_us/us_supreme_court_thomas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100123/capt.21baa724bc2249d39542a19617bacde9.supreme_court_conservatives_vs_liberals_wx101.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=XKlPv1r9G.7LzFv56In11w--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2009 file photo, the Supreme Court poses for a portrait at the Supreme Court in Washington. Seated, from left are: Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, Associate Justice John Paul Stevens, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, and Associate Justice Clarence Thomas. Standing, from left are: Associate Justice Samuel Alito Jr., Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, and Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak. FILE )" border="0" /></a>AP - Questioning the Supreme Court and other government branches needs to stay within the range of fair criticism or "run the risk in our society of undermining institutions that we need to preserve our liberties," Justice Clarence Thomas said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100204/ap_on_re_us/us_supreme_court_thomas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100123/capt.21baa724bc2249d39542a19617bacde9.supreme_court_conservatives_vs_liberals_wx101.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=XKlPv1r9G.7LzFv56In11w--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2009 file photo, the Supreme Court poses for a portrait at the Supreme Court in Washington. Seated, from left are: Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, Associate Justice John Paul Stevens, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, and Associate Justice Clarence Thomas. Standing, from left are: Associate Justice Samuel Alito Jr., Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, and Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak. FILE )" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100204/us_nm/us_malpractice_caps_illinois nm/20100204/us_malpractice_caps_illinois Reuters us Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:54:26 GMT Reuters - The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday declared unconstitutional a 2005 state law that capped damage awards for a plaintiff's pain and suffering at $500,000 against doctors and $1 million against hospitals. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100204/pl_afp/usjusticevotecampaignfinance afp/20100204/usjusticevotecampaignfinance AFP politics Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:23:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100204/pl_afp/usjusticevotecampaignfinance"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100204/capt.photo_1265296976733-1-0.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=NRXChIxu2wqAWBhbDT1Jcg--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="Leading Democratic Representative Jerrold Nadler, seen here in 2009, blasted the US Supreme Court on Wednesday for "judicial activism" over a ruling that relaxes campaign finance rules.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A leading Democratic lawmaker blasted the US Supreme Court on Wednesday for "judicial activism" over a ruling that relaxes campaign finance rules.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100204/pl_afp/usjusticevotecampaignfinance"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100204/capt.photo_1265296976733-1-0.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=NRXChIxu2wqAWBhbDT1Jcg--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="photo" title="Leading Democratic Representative Jerrold Nadler, seen here in 2009, blasted the US Supreme Court on Wednesday for "judicial activism" over a ruling that relaxes campaign finance rules.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100203/ap_on_go_co/us_congress_power_and_money ap/20100203/us_congress_power_and_money AP politics Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:04:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100203/ap_on_go_co/us_congress_power_and_money"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100203/capt.71a775fa2f21482ebdce9751140b1b47.congress_power_and_money_wx103.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=85cMygE6zOz8jQ9N6t63NA--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="FILE - In this March 17, 2009, file photo, Senate Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs Chair Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., questions witnesses during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Durbin, the party whip and the sponsor of Senate public financing legislation, said Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, he hadn't thought his proposal would go anywhere without a major scandal, but he now thinks it has a chance. Backers of public financing for congressional elections are making a new push, triggered by a Supreme Court decision that lets corporations spend unlimited money on politics. Two top Democrats in Congress back the idea. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Backers of public financing for congressional elections are making a new push, triggered by a Supreme Court decision that lets corporations spend unlimited money on politics. Two top Democrats in Congress back the idea.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100203/ap_on_go_co/us_congress_power_and_money"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100203/capt.71a775fa2f21482ebdce9751140b1b47.congress_power_and_money_wx103.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=85cMygE6zOz8jQ9N6t63NA--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this March 17, 2009, file photo, Senate Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs Chair Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., questions witnesses during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Durbin, the party whip and the sponsor of Senate public financing legislation, said Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, he hadn't thought his proposal would go anywhere without a major scandal, but he now thinks it has a chance. Backers of public financing for congressional elections are making a new push, triggered by a Supreme Court decision that lets corporations spend unlimited money on politics. Two top Democrats in Congress back the idea. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20100202/ts_csm/277709 csm/20100202/277709 The Christian Science Monitor topstories Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:51:00 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - A key Senate committee took its first close look on Tuesday at a possible legislative response to a recent US Supreme Court decision that opens the way for unrestricted independent corporate advertising during elections. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100202/ap_on_go_co/us_campaign_finance ap/20100202/us_campaign_finance AP politics Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:20:57 GMT AP - Lawmakers said Tuesday they might counter the recent Supreme Court ruling on campaign money, along with the blizzard of special interest spending that could result, by making corporations and unions come clean about which campaign ads they are sponsoring and how much they are shelling out. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20100202/ts_csm/276880 csm/20100202/276880 The Christian Science Monitor topstories Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:00:03 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - On Jan. 21, the US Supreme Court announced a landmark decision establishing for the first time that corporations enjoy the same First Amendment free-speech rights as individuals. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100202/ap_on_re_us/us_gay_marriage_reenactment ap/20100202/us_gay_marriage_reenactment AP us Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:23:00 GMT AP - The U.S. Supreme Court may have stopped broadcasts of California's same-sex marriage trial, but that has not prevented filmmakers from re-enacting it for the Internet. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100202/pl_afp/uscanadasyriaattacksjustice afp/20100202/uscanadasyriaattacksjustice AFP politics Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:38:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100202/pl_afp/uscanadasyriaattacksjustice"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100202/capt.photo_1265078192753-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=Akwbm1deE_oAdnor7G75tA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Pedestrians and police move through the plaza in front of the US Supreme Court Building January 21, 2010 in Washington, DC. A Canadian man who was transferred by US officials to Syria, where he was imprisoned and allegedly tortured, filed a suit before the US Supreme Court seeking to sue the United States.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A Canadian man who was transferred by US officials to Syria, where he was imprisoned and allegedly tortured, filed a suit before the US Supreme Court seeking to sue the United States.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100202/pl_afp/uscanadasyriaattacksjustice"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100202/capt.photo_1265078192753-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=Akwbm1deE_oAdnor7G75tA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Pedestrians and police move through the plaza in front of the US Supreme Court Building January 21, 2010 in Washington, DC. A Canadian man who was transferred by US officials to Syria, where he was imprisoned and allegedly tortured, filed a suit before the US Supreme Court seeking to sue the United States.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100201/ap_on_re_us/us_jessica_s_law ap/20100201/us_jessica_s_law AP us Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:56:04 GMT AP - The California Supreme Court on Monday allowed four registered sex offenders to challenge a state law prohibiting them from living within 2,000 feet of schools, parks and other places children gather. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100131/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_alito ap/20100131/us_obama_alito AP politics Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:01:57 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100131/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_alito"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100130/capt.2005fe1dfdbc4a5eb248df5cf9cf2949.campaign_finance_foreign_influence_wx203.jpg?x=123&y=130&q=85&sig=UBg5iFZZkXQG5Ess_NEOjA--" align="left" height="130" width="123" alt="FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2010 file photo, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, left, and Sonia Sotomayor, center, are seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, prior to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. The Supreme Court's decision on campaign finance has jumbled a seemingly simple rule of American politics &mdash; foreigners should play no role in U.S. elections. Now that the court has declared that corporations have a constitutional right to spend from their general treasuries to support or oppose candidates for president and Congress, the prospect of foreign influence in campaigns has emerged as a flashpoint in the back-and-forth between critics of the ruling and its defenders. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - A top White House adviser says it's gotten to the point where almost any unusual reaction or outburst to a speech by President Barack Obama in the House chamber isn't really that unusual.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100131/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_alito"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100130/capt.2005fe1dfdbc4a5eb248df5cf9cf2949.campaign_finance_foreign_influence_wx203.jpg?x=123&y=130&q=85&sig=UBg5iFZZkXQG5Ess_NEOjA--" align="left" height="130" width="123" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2010 file photo, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, left, and Sonia Sotomayor, center, are seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, prior to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. The Supreme Court's decision on campaign finance has jumbled a seemingly simple rule of American politics &mdash; foreigners should play no role in U.S. elections. Now that the court has declared that corporations have a constitutional right to spend from their general treasuries to support or oppose candidates for president and Congress, the prospect of foreign influence in campaigns has emerged as a flashpoint in the back-and-forth between critics of the ruling and its defenders. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100130/ap_on_go_su_co/us_campaign_finance_foreign_influence ap/20100130/us_campaign_finance_foreign_influence AP politics Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:15:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100130/ap_on_go_su_co/us_campaign_finance_foreign_influence"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100130/capt.578068658075489a8ad2919963d4f907.campaign_finance_foreign_influence_wx201.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=QjnC4eaMQiy6PD5EC6BeFA--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama gestures while delivering his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Supreme Court's decision on campaign finance has jumbled a seemingly simple rule of American politics &mdash; foreigners should play no role in U.S. elections. Now that the court has declared that corporations have a constitutional right to spend from their general treasuries to support or oppose candidates for president and Congress, the prospect of foreign influence in campaigns has emerged as a flashpoint in the back-and-forth between critics of the ruling and its defenders. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Supreme Court's decision on campaign finance has jumbled a seemingly simple rule of American politics &mdash; foreigners should play no role in U.S. elections.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100130/ap_on_go_su_co/us_campaign_finance_foreign_influence"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100130/capt.578068658075489a8ad2919963d4f907.campaign_finance_foreign_influence_wx201.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=QjnC4eaMQiy6PD5EC6BeFA--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama gestures while delivering his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Supreme Court's decision on campaign finance has jumbled a seemingly simple rule of American politics &mdash; foreigners should play no role in U.S. elections. Now that the court has declared that corporations have a constitutional right to spend from their general treasuries to support or oppose candidates for president and Congress, the prospect of foreign influence in campaigns has emerged as a flashpoint in the back-and-forth between critics of the ruling and its defenders. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100130/ap_on_re_us/us_pittsburgh_shooting ap/20100130/us_pittsburgh_shooting AP us Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:01:10 GMT AP - The state Supreme Court has ruled that a central Pennsylvania jury will decide the fate of a man accused of killing three Pittsburgh police officers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20100129/pl_politico/32200 politico/20100129/32200 Politico politics Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:40:00 GMT Politico - Senate Democrats are furious with Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Samuel Alito &mdash; and Alito&rsquo;s silent State of the Union rebuke of the president is the least of their concerns. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100129/pl_nm/us_obama_court nm/20100129/us_obama_court Reuters politics Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:29:30 GMT Reuters - The White House squared off on Thursday against conservative critics who questioned whether President Barack Obama had gone too far by condemning a Supreme Court decision in his State of the Union address to Congress.