Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/701 Supreme Court News en-us Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:24:16 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/701 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_guantanamo_bay ap/20080704/bush_guantanamo_bay AP Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:24:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_guantanamo_bay"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080612/capt.e6f8e69816284760aeebe7c99ef46c86.us_guantanamo_xbl106.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=catXyCh2_RCz8pyBD.UxeQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="In this Dec. 4, 2006 file photo reviewed by the U.S. Military, a detainee peers through a hole used to allow food and other items into detainee cells at Camp Delta detention center on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday, June 12, 2008, that foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have rights under the Constitution to challenge their detention in U.S. civilian courts. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley,File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The White House said Thursday that dangerous detainees at Guantanamo Bay could end up walking Main Street U.S.A. as a result of last month's Supreme Court ruling about detainees' legal rights. Federal appeals courts, however, have indicated they have no intention of letting that happen.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_guantanamo_bay"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080612/capt.e6f8e69816284760aeebe7c99ef46c86.us_guantanamo_xbl106.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=catXyCh2_RCz8pyBD.UxeQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this Dec. 4, 2006 file photo reviewed by the U.S. Military, a detainee peers through a hole used to allow food and other items into detainee cells at Camp Delta detention center on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday, June 12, 2008, that foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have rights under the Constitution to challenge their detention in U.S. civilian courts. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley,File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080701/ap_on_el_pr/mccain_scotus ap/20080701/mccain_scotus AP Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:12:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080701/ap_on_el_pr/mccain_scotus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080701/capt.02de90c2a0d34367b9d74cc0b986bfbc.mccain_2008_inmo108.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=D8zI4GadYTHDlm3CwdVrrw--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., greets the National Sheriffs' Association meeting in Indianapolis, Tuesday, July 1, 2008. (AP Photo/LM Otero)" border="0" /></a>AP - Republican John McCain said Tuesday that his Democratic rival's Supreme Court nominees would produce more decisions like the child rapist ruling that both presidential candidates have criticized.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080701/ap_on_el_pr/mccain_scotus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080701/capt.02de90c2a0d34367b9d74cc0b986bfbc.mccain_2008_inmo108.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=D8zI4GadYTHDlm3CwdVrrw--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., greets the National Sheriffs' Association meeting in Indianapolis, Tuesday, July 1, 2008. (AP Photo/LM Otero)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080630/pl_afp/usvotejustice afp/20080630/usvotejustice AFP Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:06:28 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080630/pl_afp/usvotejustice"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080630/capt.cps.mwd91.300608170555.photo00.photo.default-382x512.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=HpsNgj7qP394DmFBc0WJog--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="This nine image combination taken in 2006 shows the Justices of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC. Top row from left are: Anthony Kennedy, John Paul Stevens, Antonin Scalia. Middle row from left are:Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Chief Justice John Roberts, and David Souter. Bottom row from left are: Stephen Breyer, Clarence Thomas, and Samuel Alito.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The next president of the United States may be able to appoint several Supreme Court justices -- the powerful judges whose rulings affect the daily lives of Americans -- yet the issue is underplayed on the presidential campaign trail.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080630/pl_afp/usvotejustice"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080630/capt.cps.mwd91.300608170555.photo00.photo.default-382x512.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=HpsNgj7qP394DmFBc0WJog--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="photo" title="This nine image combination taken in 2006 shows the Justices of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC. Top row from left are: Anthony Kennedy, John Paul Stevens, Antonin Scalia. Middle row from left are:Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Chief Justice John Roberts, and David Souter. Bottom row from left are: Stephen Breyer, Clarence Thomas, and Samuel Alito.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080628/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_rulings_summaries ap/20080628/scotus_rulings_summaries AP Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:16:49 GMT AP - Brief summaries of the rulings from the leading cases before the Supreme Court in its just-ended term: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080628/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_unrestrained_finish ap/20080628/scotus_unrestrained_finish AP Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:58:11 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080628/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_unrestrained_finish"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080628/capt.3666976d895d45dbad2cd65cd0981c18.scotus_unrestrained_finish_wx102.jpg?x=130&y=74&q=85&sig=LxMQrOJLa4KcAQpRUXakjA--" align="left" height="74" width="130" alt="In this March 18, 2008 file artist's rendering, attorney Alan Gura, standing, argues in opposition to the Washington gun ban law before the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, March 18, 2008. (AP Photos/Dana Verkouteran, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - For most of the term, Supreme Court justices showed remarkable restraint. They displayed broad agreement even in some volatile areas and refrained from angry dissents.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080628/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_unrestrained_finish"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080628/capt.3666976d895d45dbad2cd65cd0981c18.scotus_unrestrained_finish_wx102.jpg?x=130&y=74&q=85&sig=LxMQrOJLa4KcAQpRUXakjA--" align="left" height="74" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this March 18, 2008 file artist's rendering, attorney Alan Gura, standing, argues in opposition to the Washington gun ban law before the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, March 18, 2008. (AP Photos/Dana Verkouteran, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080627/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_mine ap/20080627/scotus_mine AP Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:51:00 GMT AP - The Supreme Court agreed Friday to step into an environmental dispute over a gold mining operation near Juneau, Alaska and a California criminal case in which a convicted killer was granted a new trial. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080627/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_guns ap/20080627/scotus_guns AP Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:43:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080627/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_guns"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080626/capt.8ad3b50aacf24f42a57f30216fce77bd.aptopix_scotus_guns_nydd102.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=OowV5JrRFUOKDrv3NUKmhQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Jennifer Deasy shoots her Colt Government .380 caliber pistol at a target at Niagara Gun Range in North Tonawanda, N.Y., Thursday June 26, 2008. Americans can keep guns at home for self-defense, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday in the justices' first-ever pronouncement on the meaning of gun rights under the Second Amendment. (AP Photo/David Duprey)" border="0" /></a>AP - Silent on central questions of gun control for two centuries, the Supreme Court found its voice Thursday in a decision affirming the right to have guns for self-defense in the home and addressing a constitutional riddle almost as old as the republic over what it means to say the people may keep and bear arms.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080627/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_guns"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080626/capt.8ad3b50aacf24f42a57f30216fce77bd.aptopix_scotus_guns_nydd102.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=OowV5JrRFUOKDrv3NUKmhQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Jennifer Deasy shoots her Colt Government .380 caliber pistol at a target at Niagara Gun Range in North Tonawanda, N.Y., Thursday June 26, 2008. Americans can keep guns at home for self-defense, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday in the justices' first-ever pronouncement on the meaning of gun rights under the Second Amendment. (AP Photo/David Duprey)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20080627/ts_csm/iccampfin csm/20080627/iccampfin The Christian Science Monitor Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:00:00 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - The US Supreme Court on Thursday struck down the so-called "millionaire's amendment" of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law, saying it violated free-speech protections. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080627/ts_afp/usgunsweaponsjustice afp/20080627/usgunsweaponsjustice AFP Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:19:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080627/ts_afp/usgunsweaponsjustice"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080627/capt.cps.mvk58.270608060627.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ihqn.HS0_OY_VuhnXwQAeQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Roanoke Firearms store owner John Markell holds a Glock 19 handgun, in 2007 in Roanoke, Virginia. The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday that individual Americans have a constitutional right to bear arms, ending a ban on owning handguns in the capital in its first ruling on gun rights in 70 years.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The US Supreme Court has ruled that individual Americans have a constitutional right to bear arms, ending a ban on owning handguns in the capital in its first ruling on gun rights in 70 years.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080627/ts_afp/usgunsweaponsjustice"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080627/capt.cps.mvk58.270608060627.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ihqn.HS0_OY_VuhnXwQAeQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Roanoke Firearms store owner John Markell holds a Glock 19 handgun, in 2007 in Roanoke, Virginia. The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday that individual Americans have a constitutional right to bear arms, ending a ban on owning handguns in the capital in its first ruling on gun rights in 70 years.(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/20080626/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_guns_quotes ap/20080626/scotus_guns_quotes AP Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:51:35 GMT AP - Some reaction to the Supreme Court's ruling Thursday that Americans have a right to own guns for self-defense and hunting: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080626/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_millionaire_s_amendment ap/20080626/scotus_millionaire_s_amendment AP Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:01:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080626/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_millionaire_s_amendment"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080625/capt.cps.mvd22.260608011949.photo01.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=5ol7hrkNh73ut70SFdzuFA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The US Supreme Court is shown on June 12, 2008 in Washington DC. The US Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the death penalty should not apply to a man convicted of raping a child, saying that capital punishment only applies to murderers.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mark Wilson)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down the "millionaire's amendment," a campaign finance law intended to level the field for House candidates facing wealthy opponents who spend lots of their own money.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080626/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_millionaire_s_amendment"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080625/capt.cps.mvd22.260608011949.photo01.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=5ol7hrkNh73ut70SFdzuFA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="The US Supreme Court is shown on June 12, 2008 in Washington DC. The US Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the death penalty should not apply to a man convicted of raping a child, saying that capital punishment only applies to murderers.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mark Wilson)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080626/pl_afp/uscourtpolitics afp/20080626/uscourtpolitics AFP Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:41:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080626/pl_afp/uscourtpolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080626/capt.cps.mvi89.260608224118.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=U4bkcvYqmotmuDRPI6zLFA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A view of the US Supreme Court. The US Supreme Court struck down Thursday a campaign finance law that eased restrictions on candidates facing wealthy opponents who bankroll their own electoral bids, calling the rules unfair.(AFP/Getty Images/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The US Supreme Court struck down Thursday a campaign finance law that eased restrictions on candidates facing wealthy opponents who bankroll their own electoral bids, calling the rules unfair.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080626/pl_afp/uscourtpolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080626/capt.cps.mvi89.260608224118.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=U4bkcvYqmotmuDRPI6zLFA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A view of the US Supreme Court. The US Supreme Court struck down Thursday a campaign finance law that eased restrictions on candidates facing wealthy opponents who bankroll their own electoral bids, calling the rules unfair.(AFP/Getty Images/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080626/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_guns_excerpts ap/20080626/scotus_guns_excerpts AP Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:13:19 GMT AP - Excerpts from Thursday's 5-4 Supreme Court decision striking down the District of Columbia's ban on handguns. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080626/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_energy ap/20080626/scotus_energy AP Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:15:17 GMT AP - The Supreme Court on Thursday made it difficult for utility companies to successfully challenge costly, long-term energy supply contracts negotiated during the West Coast energy crisis seven years ago. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080626/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus ap/20080626/scotus AP Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:37:33 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080626/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080625/capt.25a83a67d6394cd096d63b8d5d31536c.scotus_dccd101.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=syq13JFuISgcfFtr10zplg--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="The Supreme Court is seen in Washington, Wednesday, June 25, 2008. The Supreme Court has struck down a Louisiana law that allows the execution of people convicted of a raping a child, and also cut the $2.5 billion punitive damages award in the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster to $500 million. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Supreme Court is meeting to issue its final three opinions of the term, including defining Americans' right to own guns.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080626/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080625/capt.25a83a67d6394cd096d63b8d5d31536c.scotus_dccd101.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=syq13JFuISgcfFtr10zplg--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="The Supreme Court is seen in Washington, Wednesday, June 25, 2008. The Supreme Court has struck down a Louisiana law that allows the execution of people convicted of a raping a child, and also cut the $2.5 billion punitive damages award in the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster to $500 million. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080626/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_child_rape ap/20080626/scotus_child_rape AP Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:46:49 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080626/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_child_rape"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080625/i/r2030424376.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=xifZh_5J7i7dfEOccQYE1w--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="The U.S. Supreme Court in a file photo. The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday the death penalty cannot be imposed for child rape, its first decision in more than 30 years on whether a crime other than murder can be punished by execution. REUTERS/File" border="0" /></a>AP - Angry politicians vowed to keep writing laws that condemn child rapists to death, despite a Supreme Court decision saying such punishment is unconstitutional.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080626/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_child_rape"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080625/i/r2030424376.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=xifZh_5J7i7dfEOccQYE1w--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="photo" title="The U.S. Supreme Court in a file photo. The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday the death penalty cannot be imposed for child rape, its first decision in more than 30 years on whether a crime other than murder can be punished by execution. REUTERS/File" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080626/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_exxon_valdez ap/20080626/scotus_exxon_valdez AP Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:42:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080626/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_exxon_valdez"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080625/capt.294798788eb44fd9840a4fd66cd8f78d.scotus_exxon_valdez_wx107.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=xogl_dyiSumBdz9grfKYOg--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="In this June 23, 1989 file photo. the Exxon Valdez is pictured being towed out of Prince William Sound in Alaska by a tug boat and a U.S. Coast Guard Cutter. The Supreme Court on Wednesday, June 25, 2008, slashed the $2.5 billion punitive damages award in the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster to $500 million. The court ruled that victims of the worst oil spill in U.S. history may collect punitive damages from Exxon Mobil Corp., but not as much as a federal appeals court determined. (AP Photo/Al Gillo, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Mike Lytle, a third-generation fisherman from the coastal village of Cordova, said many residents there were walking around stunned, shaking their heads.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080626/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_exxon_valdez"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080625/capt.294798788eb44fd9840a4fd66cd8f78d.scotus_exxon_valdez_wx107.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=xogl_dyiSumBdz9grfKYOg--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this June 23, 1989 file photo. the Exxon Valdez is pictured being towed out of Prince William Sound in Alaska by a tug boat and a U.S. Coast Guard Cutter. The Supreme Court on Wednesday, June 25, 2008, slashed the $2.5 billion punitive damages award in the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster to $500 million. The court ruled that victims of the worst oil spill in U.S. history may collect punitive damages from Exxon Mobil Corp., but not as much as a federal appeals court determined. (AP Photo/Al Gillo, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080625/ts_afp/usjusticeexecutionrapechildren afp/20080625/usjusticeexecutionrapechildren AFP Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:22:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080625/ts_afp/usjusticeexecutionrapechildren"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080625/capt.cps.mvd22.260608011949.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=fKqUlXStbeh4988ncinn0A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="An execution chamber at San Quentin Prison in California. The US Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the death penalty should not apply to a man convicted of raping a child, saying that capital punishment only applies to murderers.(AFP/HO/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The US Supreme Court narrowly ruled Wednesday that a man convicted of raping a child cannot be sentenced to death, saying capital punishment must be reserved for murder cases.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080625/ts_afp/usjusticeexecutionrapechildren"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080625/capt.cps.mvd22.260608011949.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=fKqUlXStbeh4988ncinn0A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="An execution chamber at San Quentin Prison in California. The US Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the death penalty should not apply to a man convicted of raping a child, saying that capital punishment only applies to murderers.(AFP/HO/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080625/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_child_rape_excerpts ap/20080625/scotus_child_rape_excerpts AP Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:30:03 GMT AP - Excerpts from Wednesday's 5-4 ruling outlawing executions for people convicted of raping a child. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080625/ts_afp/usoiljusticeenvironmentcompanyexxonmobil afp/20080625/usoiljusticeenvironmentcompanyexxonmobil AFP Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:16:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080625/ts_afp/usoiljusticeenvironmentcompanyexxonmobil"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080625/capt.cps.mvc41.250608221415.photo00.photo.default-512x458.jpg?x=130&y=116&q=85&sig=ImC_YsdqSpEDVGdK5qLHqA--" align="left" height="116" width="130" alt="Tugboats towing the oil tanker Exxon Valdez off Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound for repair and salvage two weeks after the tanker ran aground in March 1989, spilling 11 million gallons of crude oil. The US Supreme Court has ruled that punitive damages and interest imposed on ExxonMobil over the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill disaster were excessive and should be drastically reduced.(AFP/File/Chris Wilkins)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The US Supreme Court Wednesday rejected as excessive 2.5 billion dollars in punitive damages awarded to victims of the Exxon Valdez oil disaster and said it should be cut to 507 million dollars.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/scotus/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080625/ts_afp/usoiljusticeenvironmentcompanyexxonmobil"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080625/capt.cps.mvc41.250608221415.photo00.photo.default-512x458.jpg?x=130&y=116&q=85&sig=ImC_YsdqSpEDVGdK5qLHqA--" align="left" height="116" width="130" alt="photo" title="Tugboats towing the oil tanker Exxon Valdez off Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound for repair and salvage two weeks after the tanker ran aground in March 1989, spilling 11 million gallons of crude oil. The US Supreme Court has ruled that punitive damages and interest imposed on ExxonMobil over the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill disaster were excessive and should be drastically reduced.(AFP/File/Chris Wilkins)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)