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Wal-Mart Sex-Bias Case Hits Possible Court Block

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court appears ready to block a massive sex discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart on behalf of up to 1.6 million women, and that could make it harder for other workers nationwide to bring class-action claims against large employers. The 10-year-old lawsuit, argued in lively exchanges at the...

High Court Rules for Texas Inmate Who Wants DNA Testing

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Monday gave a glimmer of hope to a death row inmate in Texas who wants to test crime-scene evidence that he says may show he is innocent. The court's narrow, 6-3 ruling means that Hank Skinner, who was about an hour away from execution when the Supreme Court intervened last year, will...

Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Calif. Video Game Law

(Nov. 2) -- Justices on the U.S. Supreme Court today questioned the legality of a California law that seeks to control the sale of violent video games. The justices invoked James Madison, 1990s video game "Mortal Kombat" and the Grimm brothers' fairy tales as they heard arguments from the state of California and...

Kagan's First Vote Not Enough to Stop Execution

(Oct. 27)--Welcome to the U.S. Supreme Court, where decisions are final. Elena Kagan cast her first vote Tuesday night as the newest member of the court. Unfortunately for convicted killer Jeffrey Landrigan, Kagan cast her vote with the minority of justices, who failed to stay Landrigan's execution by lethal injection....

Elena Kagan's First Day: Fast Start, Early Out

(Oct. 4) -- The Kagan has been released! Elena Kagan, the newest member of the U.S. Supreme Court, waited approximately 15 minutes into her first case as an active jurist today before asking a question. The case, Ransom v. MBNA, involves bankruptcy law and marks Kagan's entry onto the ideologically divided Supreme Court...

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05/31/12 Supreme Court Summer Plans 05-31-12 Source: The Daily Record - Omaha NE One never knows when the Supreme Court will hand down its last, often biggest, opinions of the term.
05/22/12 High Court says state laws determine whether children... Source: Daily Report - Atlanta GA In a case at the intersection of law and modern reproductive technology, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that state inheritance laws will determine whether children conceived after their fathers death are eligible for Social Security survivors benefits.
05/21/12 Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Surveillance Case Source: The New York Times - New York NY SURVEILLANCE The justices agreed to decide whether a challenge may proceed to a 2008 federal law that broadened the government's power to monitor international communications.
05/21/12 Friendly Ump: Japanese Ballplayer Wins at Supreme Court Source: Law Blog - The Wall Street Journal The legal team of former Japanese professional baseball player Kouichi Taniguchi hit a home run at the U.S. Supreme Court, as a dictionary-wielding Justice Samuel Alito ruled for a 6-3 majority that Mr. Taniguchis interpretation of the word interpreter was correct.
05/21/12 Supreme Court decides on benefits for children... Source: WORLD Magazine WASHINGTONâOn Monday the Supreme Court unanimously decided that children conceived through in vitro fertilization after their father's death could not count as his children for the purpose of receiving his Social Security benefits.