Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/701 politics Supreme Court News en-us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:19:01 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/20090704/ap_on_go_su_co/us_sotomayor_documents ap/20090704/us_sotomayor_documents AP politics Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:19:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_go_su_co/us_sotomayor_documents"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.64c152e7546b45c5a057f8af0166ee6c.sotomayor_documents_dccd102.jpg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=j829E.BmPdxKKMx0UNKAVQ--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="In this Monday, June 1, 2009 file photo, Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor meets with members of the White House Counsel's office at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House Complex in Washington. A civil rights group advised by Sotomayor in the 1980's brought several discrimination lawsuits that sought to scrap the results of job tests because too few Hispanics scored highly enough, according to new documents that are fueling GOP criticism of the judge. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - A civil rights group advised by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor in the 1980s brought several discrimination lawsuits that sought to scrap the results of job tests because too few Hispanics scored well, according to new documents that are fueling GOP criticism of the judge.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_go_su_co/us_sotomayor_documents"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.64c152e7546b45c5a057f8af0166ee6c.sotomayor_documents_dccd102.jpg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=j829E.BmPdxKKMx0UNKAVQ--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this Monday, June 1, 2009 file photo, Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor meets with members of the White House Counsel's office at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House Complex in Washington. A civil rights group advised by Sotomayor in the 1980's brought several discrimination lawsuits that sought to scrap the results of job tests because too few Hispanics scored highly enough, according to new documents that are fueling GOP criticism of the judge. (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/20090703/ts_nm/us_honduras nm/20090703/us_honduras Reuters topstories Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:35:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/ts_nm/us_honduras"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r1861218960.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=8DlvVT0yqn0Zxz6p6Dwmrg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya waves upon his arrival at Comalapa international airport, in San Salvador July 2, 2009. REUTERS/La Prensa Grafica/Milton Flores/Pool" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The Organization of American States tried to convince Honduras on Friday to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya, but it hit a wall as the country's Supreme Court warned the leftist would be arrested if he came home.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/ts_nm/us_honduras"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r1861218960.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=8DlvVT0yqn0Zxz6p6Dwmrg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya waves upon his arrival at Comalapa international airport, in San Salvador July 2, 2009. REUTERS/La Prensa Grafica/Milton Flores/Pool" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_us/us_gay_marriage_federal ap/20090703/us_gay_marriage_federal AP us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:08:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_us/us_gay_marriage_federal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.458c7ed122f3472b90aafdc7a51f807c.gay_marriage_federal_cajc102.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=KLZTrT8b.SWiZ5lbmS3Efg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Attorney Theodore Olson, center, speaks as clients Kristin Perry, from left, Sandra Stier, Jeff Farrillo, and Paul Katami listen at a news conference at the Federal Building in San Francisco, Thursday, July 2, 2009. Attorneys behind the federal court challenge to California's voter-approved gay marriage ban plan to argue during a pretrial hearing Thursday that by stripping gays of the right to wed, Proposition 8 runs afoul of the constitutional requirement that the government should treat its citizens equally absent a compelling reason not to do so. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)" border="0" /></a>AP - A federal judge in San Francisco said a lawsuit seeking to overturn California's same-sex marriage ban will likely one day reach the U.S. Supreme Court.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_us/us_gay_marriage_federal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.458c7ed122f3472b90aafdc7a51f807c.gay_marriage_federal_cajc102.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=KLZTrT8b.SWiZ5lbmS3Efg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Attorney Theodore Olson, center, speaks as clients Kristin Perry, from left, Sandra Stier, Jeff Farrillo, and Paul Katami listen at a news conference at the Federal Building in San Francisco, Thursday, July 2, 2009. Attorneys behind the federal court challenge to California's voter-approved gay marriage ban plan to argue during a pretrial hearing Thursday that by stripping gays of the right to wed, Proposition 8 runs afoul of the constitutional requirement that the government should treat its citizens equally absent a compelling reason not to do so. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/us_nm/us_gaymarriage_california nm/20090702/us_gaymarriage_california Reuters us Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:54:35 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/us_nm/us_gaymarriage_california"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.b8aff60dccd049a4bf078500ac57411c.gay_marriage_federal_card101.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=7kkffdAKDYwQl3um6gSO0w--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Attorney Theodore Olson, center, shakes hands with Prop. 8 opponents after a news conference at the Federal Building in San Francisco, Thursday, July 2, 2009. Attorneys behind the federal court challenge to California's voter-approved gay marriage ban plan to argue during a pretrial hearing Thursday that by stripping gays of the right to wed, Proposition 8 runs afoul of the constitutional requirement that the government should treat its citizens equally absent a compelling reason not to do so. (AP Photo/Russel A. Daniels)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The attorney representing two same-sex couples who were denied a right to wed in California said on Thursday he expected the case to end up before the U.S. Supreme Court, which has yet to hear a case on the gay marriage issue.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/us_nm/us_gaymarriage_california"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.b8aff60dccd049a4bf078500ac57411c.gay_marriage_federal_card101.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=7kkffdAKDYwQl3um6gSO0w--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Attorney Theodore Olson, center, shakes hands with Prop. 8 opponents after a news conference at the Federal Building in San Francisco, Thursday, July 2, 2009. Attorneys behind the federal court challenge to California's voter-approved gay marriage ban plan to argue during a pretrial hearing Thursday that by stripping gays of the right to wed, Proposition 8 runs afoul of the constitutional requirement that the government should treat its citizens equally absent a compelling reason not to do so. (AP Photo/Russel A. Daniels)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_affirmative_action ap/20090702/us_obama_affirmative_action AP politics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:39:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_affirmative_action"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.a309aa9947f243c4afe899a101d09e88.obama_ap_interview_dcpm106.jpg?x=127&y=130&q=85&sig=W7YGdNWOB6smpiQgpjCMfg--" align="left" height="130" width="127" alt="President Barack Obama gestures during his interview with The Associated Press, Thursday, July 2, 2009, in the West Wing of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama said Thursday the Supreme Court is "moving the ball" to limit affirmative action, but he stressed that its ruling in favor of white firefighters still allows employers and educators to take race into account in hiring, promotions and admissions.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_affirmative_action"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.a309aa9947f243c4afe899a101d09e88.obama_ap_interview_dcpm106.jpg?x=127&y=130&q=85&sig=W7YGdNWOB6smpiQgpjCMfg--" align="left" height="130" width="127" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama gestures during his interview with The Associated Press, Thursday, July 2, 2009, in the West Wing of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_go_su_co/sotomayor_leahy ap/20090702/sotomayor_leahy AP politics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:47:18 GMT AP - The chairman of the Senate's upcoming Supreme Court hearings says Republicans told him they would have objected no matter whom President Barack Obama nominated to the high court. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_us/us_florida_court_diversity ap/20090702/us_florida_court_diversity AP us Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:15:21 GMT AP - The Florida Supreme Court says Gov. Charlie Crist can't reject an all-white list of appeals court nominees, even though he wants to appoint someone who will make the judiciary more diverse. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_ap_interview ap/20090702/us_obama_ap_interview AP politics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:43:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_ap_interview"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.bc36e76f5f73429c8fd4906e711790c0.obama_ap_interview_dcpm101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=FivDK8oHkKzJDTwG_xNU4Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama gestures during his interview with The Associated Press, Thursday, July 2, 2009, in the West Wing of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0" /></a>AP - Days from his first Moscow summit, President Barack Obama declared Thursday that former Russian President Vladimir Putin "still has a lot of sway" in his nation and needs an in-person reminder the Cold War is over.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_ap_interview"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.bc36e76f5f73429c8fd4906e711790c0.obama_ap_interview_dcpm101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=FivDK8oHkKzJDTwG_xNU4Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama gestures during his interview with The Associated Press, Thursday, July 2, 2009, in the West Wing of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_us/us_apnewsalert ap/20090702/us_apnewsalert AP us Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:51:15 GMT AP - VP Biden has arrived in Iraq to meet with leaders and discuss withdrawal of US troops. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/pl_afp/uspoliticsjusticecourtrules afp/20090701/uspoliticsjusticecourtrules AFP politics Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:07:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/pl_afp/uspoliticsjusticecourtrules"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090701/capt.photo_1246478812735-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=117&q=85&sig=gHYrYUpTgO9E1a9_hCpmaw--" align="left" height="117" width="130" alt="US Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor is pictured in June 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The US public may attend hearings on Sotomayor's confirmation to the US Supreme Court -- but not with weapons or clothing bearing profanity, the Senate Judiciary Committee said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The US public may attend hearings on Judge Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation to the US Supreme Court -- but not with weapons or clothing bearing profanity, the Senate Judiciary Committee said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/pl_afp/uspoliticsjusticecourtrules"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090701/capt.photo_1246478812735-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=117&q=85&sig=gHYrYUpTgO9E1a9_hCpmaw--" align="left" height="117" width="130" alt="photo" title="US Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor is pictured in June 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The US public may attend hearings on Sotomayor's confirmation to the US Supreme Court -- but not with weapons or clothing bearing profanity, the Senate Judiciary Committee said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_go_su_co/us_supreme_court_term_end ap/20090701/us_supreme_court_term_end AP politics Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:57:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_go_su_co/us_supreme_court_term_end"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090629/capt.5d105ace5407446180f35a35a1c9081d.supreme_court_souter_s_last_day_wxsc116.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=ybI6PLX6IOUZZ95B690dhQ--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="FILE - In this July 9, 2008 file photo, Supreme Court Justice David Souter, reacts after speaking at a dedication ceremony at the State Supreme Courthouse in Concord, N.H. Souter bid his colleagues fond farewells, and expressed gratitude to his fellow justices for the strong relationships forged over the years as he ended a career of nearly two decades at the Supreme Court Monday, June 29, 2009. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Supreme Court will have a new look — and perhaps a new member — but the same right-of-center tilt when the justices return in late summer to deal with unfinished business about money in campaigns.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_go_su_co/us_supreme_court_term_end"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090629/capt.5d105ace5407446180f35a35a1c9081d.supreme_court_souter_s_last_day_wxsc116.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=ybI6PLX6IOUZZ95B690dhQ--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this July 9, 2008 file photo, Supreme Court Justice David Souter, reacts after speaking at a dedication ceremony at the State Supreme Courthouse in Concord, N.H. Souter bid his colleagues fond farewells, and expressed gratitude to his fellow justices for the strong relationships forged over the years as he ended a career of nearly two decades at the Supreme Court Monday, June 29, 2009. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_go_su_co/us_supreme_court_term_summary ap/20090701/us_supreme_court_term_summary AP politics Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:07:47 GMT AP - Some of the significant cases the Supreme Court decided in its 2008-09 term: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090630/ap_on_el_se/us_minnesota_senate ap/20090630/us_minnesota_senate AP Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:45:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090630/ap_on_el_se/us_minnesota_senate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090630/capt.989b07e5f5344783a8baa2936db958b8.al_franken_mnak107.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Af0abZhVz.UPMJXkbkZb2w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Democrat Al Franken, right, with his wife Frannie Franken smile as they meet the media at their house in MInneapolis Tuesday June 30, 2009 after the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Democrat in the Senate race against Republican Norm Coleman. (AP Photo/Andy King)" border="0" /></a>AP - Al Franken ascended Tuesday from the ranks of former "Saturday Night Live" comedians to an even more exclusive club, outlasting Republican Norm Coleman in an eight-month recount and courtroom saga to win a seat in the U.S. Senate.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090630/ap_on_el_se/us_minnesota_senate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090630/capt.989b07e5f5344783a8baa2936db958b8.al_franken_mnak107.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Af0abZhVz.UPMJXkbkZb2w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Democrat Al Franken, right, with his wife Frannie Franken smile as they meet the media at their house in MInneapolis Tuesday June 30, 2009 after the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Democrat in the Senate race against Republican Norm Coleman. (AP Photo/Andy King)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090630/ap_on_go_su_co/us_sotomayor_firefighters ap/20090630/us_sotomayor_firefighters AP politics Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:16:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090630/ap_on_go_su_co/us_sotomayor_firefighters"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090629/capt.c4555cf6ea05416a99c140b9d443b498.supreme_court_firefighters_lawsuit_ctjh103.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=lrX99QBSS54AtHCZ3OHftw--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Attorney Karen Torre, center, center, pauses as she speaks to members of the media on the steps of Federal Court in New Haven, Conn. with Frank Ricci, front right, the lead plaintiff in the 'New Haven 20' firefighter reverse discrimination case Monday June 29, 2009. The Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision that high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor endorsed as an appeals court judge. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)" border="0" /></a>AP - Foes of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor celebrated the high court's reversal of her decision in a reverse discrimination case.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090630/ap_on_go_su_co/us_sotomayor_firefighters"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090629/capt.c4555cf6ea05416a99c140b9d443b498.supreme_court_firefighters_lawsuit_ctjh103.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=lrX99QBSS54AtHCZ3OHftw--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="photo" title="Attorney Karen Torre, center, center, pauses as she speaks to members of the media on the steps of Federal Court in New Haven, Conn. with Frank Ricci, front right, the lead plaintiff in the 'New Haven 20' firefighter reverse discrimination case Monday June 29, 2009. The Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision that high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor endorsed as an appeals court judge. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090630/ts_nm/us_usa_senate_minnesota nm/20090630/us_usa_senate_minnesota Reuters topstories Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:03:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090630/ts_nm/us_usa_senate_minnesota"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090630/i/r4272220146.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=dHKPrC.fc6HlcYkbwoE7uw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Democrat Al Franken (R) is pictured speaking to reporters outside his home in Minneapolis, as former Senator Norm Coleman meets with the media at his home in St. Paul, in a combination image, June 30, 2009. REUTERS/Eric Miller-R/Andy King-L" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Democrat Al Franken, a satirist turned politician, was declared the winner of a Senate seat in Minnesota on Tuesday, clearing the way for President Barack Obama's party to secure a critical 60-seat majority in the Senate.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090630/ts_nm/us_usa_senate_minnesota"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090630/i/r4272220146.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=dHKPrC.fc6HlcYkbwoE7uw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Democrat Al Franken (R) is pictured speaking to reporters outside his home in Minneapolis, as former Senator Norm Coleman meets with the media at his home in St. Paul, in a combination image, June 30, 2009. REUTERS/Eric Miller-R/Andy King-L" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090630/pl_afp/uspoliticssenateminnesotafranken2nd afp/20090630/uspoliticssenateminnesotafranken2nd AFP politics Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:41:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090630/pl_afp/uspoliticssenateminnesotafranken2nd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090701/capt.photo_1246388078600-4-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=pK6w2efjbSSmj6Q1cbXBaw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Comedian Al Franken, pictured in April 2009, is the rightful winner of a hotly contested US Senate seat, Minnesota's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in a decision which could hand Democrats unchecked control of both houses of Congress.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Jeffrey Thompson)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Minnesota's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that comic Al Franken is the winner in a bitter US Senate race, a step set to hand Democrats sweeping powers to pass US President Barack Obama's agenda.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090630/pl_afp/uspoliticssenateminnesotafranken2nd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090701/capt.photo_1246388078600-4-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=pK6w2efjbSSmj6Q1cbXBaw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Comedian Al Franken, pictured in April 2009, is the rightful winner of a hotly contested US Senate seat, Minnesota's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in a decision which could hand Democrats unchecked control of both houses of Congress.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Jeffrey Thompson)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090630/ap_on_go_co/us_minnesota_senate_reid ap/20090630/us_minnesota_senate_reid AP politics Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:48:00 GMT AP - Senate Democrats are urging Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty to certify Democrat Al Franken's election to the Senate following the state Supreme Court's ruling that the former Saturday Night Live comedian defeated GOP incumbent Norm Coleman. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090630/pl_afp/uscourtjusticeexecutiondavis afp/20090630/uscourtjusticeexecutiondavis AFP politics Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:58:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090630/pl_afp/uscourtjusticeexecutiondavis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090630/capt.photo_1246377012470-1-0.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=l_pu6OPw7trfAB6G_ujDkA--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="The US Supreme Court has quietly put off deciding whether it will take up the case of black death row inmate Troy Davis, seen here in an undated handout from the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC), who for 20 years has insisted he did not kill a white policeman, a source close to Davis said Tuesday.(AFP/GDC-HO/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The US Supreme Court has quietly put off deciding whether it will take up the case of black death row inmate Troy Davis who for 20 years has insisted he did not kill a white policeman, a source close to Davis said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090630/pl_afp/uscourtjusticeexecutiondavis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090630/capt.photo_1246377012470-1-0.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=l_pu6OPw7trfAB6G_ujDkA--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="photo" title="The US Supreme Court has quietly put off deciding whether it will take up the case of black death row inmate Troy Davis, seen here in an undated handout from the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC), who for 20 years has insisted he did not kill a white policeman, a source close to Davis said Tuesday.(AFP/GDC-HO/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090630/ap_on_go_su_co/us_sotomayor_supreme_court ap/20090630/us_sotomayor_supreme_court AP politics Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:39:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090630/ap_on_go_su_co/us_sotomayor_supreme_court"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.64c152e7546b45c5a057f8af0166ee6c.sotomayor_documents_dccd102.jpg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=j829E.BmPdxKKMx0UNKAVQ--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="In this Monday, June 1, 2009 file photo, Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor meets with members of the White House Counsel's office at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House Complex in Washington. A civil rights group advised by Sotomayor in the 1980's brought several discrimination lawsuits that sought to scrap the results of job tests because too few Hispanics scored highly enough, according to new documents that are fueling GOP criticism of the judge. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - New York City's bar association says Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is "highly qualified" to be a justice.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090630/ap_on_go_su_co/us_sotomayor_supreme_court"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.64c152e7546b45c5a057f8af0166ee6c.sotomayor_documents_dccd102.jpg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=j829E.BmPdxKKMx0UNKAVQ--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this Monday, June 1, 2009 file photo, Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor meets with members of the White House Counsel's office at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House Complex in Washington. A civil rights group advised by Sotomayor in the 1980's brought several discrimination lawsuits that sought to scrap the results of job tests because too few Hispanics scored highly enough, according to new documents that are fueling GOP criticism of the judge. (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/csm/20090630/ts_csm/auighurs csm/20090630/auighurs The Christian Science Monitor topstories Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:00:00 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - Thirteen Chinese Muslims of the ethnic Uighur group held at Guantánamo must wait at least another three months to learn if the US Supreme Court will hear their case.