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Top court clips police authority to search cars
Supreme Court limits warrantless police searches to instances when an officer or evidence is in danger.
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Supreme Court to hear reverse-discrimination case
In a potentially influential case, white and Hispanic firefighters in New Haven, Conn., claim racial bias in promotion.
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Supreme Court hears case of strip-searched schoolgirl
It heard arguments Tuesday on whether Arizona school officials violated Fourth Amendment privacy rights in strip-searching a 13-year-old girl.
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Katrina trial: New Orleans' truth commission
Six hurricane survivors sue the US Army Corps of Engineers, as many city residents still try to understand the forces behind the storm's aftermath.
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Strip searches in middle school? Top court to decide.
The Supreme Court must decide whether an Arizona school went too far in strip-searching an eighth-grade girl for drugs.
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'First real trial' about Katrina under way
A lawsuit claiming that the Army Corps of Engineers made the flooding worse starts today.
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Terror memos authorized harsh interrogation techniques
Obama releases four secret memos detailing detainee treatment under Bush. Human rights groups slam his promise not to prosecute intelligence officials.
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Where will captured Somali pirate get justice?
The high profile of the case suggests a trial in the United States, but the Justice Department might be wary of bringing the young suspect into the American court system.
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Federal judges take their own case to court – for more pay
The Constitution bars Congress from reducing a judge’s pay. But Congress has excluded judges from receiving promised inflation adjustments in six of the past 16 years.
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Terror suspects held in Afghanistan may challenge their detention
A federal judge applies the same principles as the Supreme Court ordered at Guantánamo, which presents a challenge to the Obama administration.
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Supreme Court dismisses appeal in tobacco case with $79.5 million verdict
The case was considered one of the most important of the current term because it suggested the justices were headed into a showdown with the Supreme Court of Oregon.
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Will high court make age-bias lawsuits easier or harder to win?
A case the justices heard Tuesday offers them an opportunity to decide the standard for proving illegal discrimination.
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Shootings, murder-suicide raise broader question: Is violence linked to recession?
The deaths in North Carolina and California follow other high-profile shootings in recent weeks.
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FBI and American Muslims at odds
An informant at a California mosque has hampered efforts to find home-grown terrorists.
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Was 'Hillary: The Movie' wrongly censored?
The Supreme Court hears a case Tuesday about rules governing campaign advocacy and finance.
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Was 'Hillary: The Movie' wrongly censored?
The Supreme Court hears a case Tuesday about rules governing campaign advocacy and finance.
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Animal-rights activists get personal in wave of California attacks
Last week's firebombing of a UCLA scientist's car is the latest in a string of incidents.
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YouthBuild: one stimulus model
The program has turned lives around and builds affordable community housing.
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How long can executions be delayed?
The Supreme Court denied the appeal of a Florida inmate on death row for 32 years.
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US Supreme Court holds to narrow interpretation of the Voting Rights Act
Critics say the ruling on 'crossover' districts could reduce the political clout of minorities.
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