All Justice
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Supreme Court disappoints a bumbling bank robber
His mandatory sentence for a gun crime applies, justices find, though the weapon discharged by accident.
04/30/2009 01:00 am -
Supreme Court backs FCC crackdown on swearing on television
In a 5-to-4 ruling, the top court upheld the regulator's 2004 decision to hold broadcasters liable for the occasional expletive.
04/28/2009 01:00 am -
In Arizona, cameras that nab speeders record a murder, too
Controversy flares after shooting death of a worker inside a camera-equipped van.
04/24/2009 01:00 am -
Reverse-discrimination case splits Supreme Court
Justice Kennedy appears to be the tiebreaking vote on whether New Haven, Conn., discriminated against white firefighters.
04/23/2009 01:00 am -
Top court clips police authority to search cars
Supreme Court limits warrantless police searches to instances when an officer or evidence is in danger.
04/22/2009 01:00 am -
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.
04/22/2009 01:00 am -
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.
04/22/2009 01:00 am -
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.
04/22/2009 01:00 am -
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.
04/21/2009 01:00 am -
'First real trial' about Katrina under way
A lawsuit claiming that the Army Corps of Engineers made the flooding worse starts today.
04/21/2009 01:00 am -
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.
04/17/2009 01:00 am -
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.
04/14/2009 01:00 am -
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.
04/11/2009 01:00 am -
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.
04/02/2009 01:00 am -
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.
03/31/2009 01:00 am -
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.
03/31/2009 01:00 am -
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.
03/30/2009 01:00 am -
FBI and American Muslims at odds
An informant at a California mosque has hampered efforts to find home-grown terrorists.
03/25/2009 01:00 am -
Was 'Hillary: The Movie' wrongly censored?
The Supreme Court hears a case Tuesday about rules governing campaign advocacy and finance.
03/24/2009 01:00 am -
Was 'Hillary: The Movie' wrongly censored?
The Supreme Court hears a case Tuesday about rules governing campaign advocacy and finance.
03/23/2009 01:00 am
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