supreme court

https://news.yahoo.com/breyer-to-retire-from-supreme-court-171756901.html Too bad there's an election just 286 days away. Biden can't possibly nominate someone in that time frame. /s

Apparently the Supreme Court is considering an appeal by former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell who was convicted for corruption. If he wins his appeal, it could mean that essentially bribery of public officials would be protected by the constitution. There’s No Such Thing as a Free Rolex...

A controversial case before the Supreme Court -- now with an even number of members since the death of Antonin Scalia -- ended with a 4-4 deadlock. This was a win for the defendant, a labor union representing public school teachers. Essentially a group of teachers declined to join the teacher's...

CNN just reported that Antonin Scalia is dead.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100409/ap_on_go_su_co/us_supreme_court_stevens So, any ideas on which drooling idiot Obama will pick to replace this drooling idiot?

The US Supreme Court starts its new session next Monday. This year, the Court took the unusual step of hearing (or RE-hearing) one case with already, with Justice Sotomayor participating. (See this thread). The Wall Street Journal has a pretty good summary of some of the cases. None looks...

Recently the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the latest in a series of challenges to the application of the McCain-Feingold Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act (or, as I've taken to calling it, Johnny McCain's Magical Muzzle). Not...

The goal of Peter Irons is to bring the personal element to the Supreme Court cases we know only by "this v. that." He is successful in spades, readers learn the back-story to cases from the first days of the Constitution to 2006, along the way he allows us to see the Justices as real people...

An Op-Ed in the Washington Post by James Andrew Miller says that Barack Obama should offer Hillary a nomination to the Supreme Court as a consolation prize. Is this a good idea? Is she qualified? She does have a law degree and was a practicing attorney, although she hasn't been a judge (IIRC...

I am of the opinion that the 1st amendment was greatly changed by the Supreme Court in 1947 and it used Jefferson's own words as part of their justification in doing so. I find this ironic if we are to believe these 8 quotes by Jefferson, because he feared this very thing happening. From the...

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SCOTUS_CIA_LAWSUIT?SITE=PAPIT&SECTION=NATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT So I guess something labeled state secrets is more important than the Constitution and whether or not he and others have been tortured.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070418/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_abortion;_ylt=Al_bKadpGeCCG_MgXUIIbFPMWM0F? Whatever your opinion, it is clear elections have consequences. edit: Haha, my very own abortion thread.

The Supreme Court steps back into the abortion arena Wednesday. The issue is not the right to have an abortion but whether Congress can ban certain methods of abortion. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6450160 What's on trial hear is dilation and evacuation abortion (aka...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13592908/ There are not a lot of details available yet as this is breaking news, but this should ignite a bit of a firestorm.

The Senate Judiciary Committee opened confirmation hearings on Monday on the nomination of Samuel Alito to the United States Supreme Court. As of this writing, actual questioning of Judge Alito has not commenced. Instead, the senators on the Committee have been making their pre-questioning...

It's rumored to be Edith Clement. Here is her WaPo biography:

This comes from Robert Novak, whose track record I am personally unfamiliar with, but his "court sources" expect the Chief Justice to step down tomorrow. Caveat emptor.

It's the first Monday in October, and time for a new round of Supreme Court cases (story here from CNN). There do not appear to be too many "hot button" cases currently on the docket. There are, however, many issues that could be heard, if the Court chooses to hear them: late-term abortion...