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US Supreme Court: Anti-gay funeral picketers allowed

MARK SHERMAN Yahoo! News 03/02/2011

US Supreme Court rejects vaccine lawsuit

Jan Crawford CBS News 02/22/2011
US Supreme Court: Anti-gay funeral picketers allowed

The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a grieving father's pain over mocking protests at his Marine son's funeral must yield to First Amendment protections for free speech. All but one justice sided with a fundamentalist church that has stirred outrage with raucous demonstrations contending God is punishing the military for the nation's tolerance of homosexuality.

US Supreme Court rejects vaccine lawsuit

The Supreme Court today gave vaccine manufacturers greater protection from lawsuits by parents who say vaccinations harmed their children, ruling that Congress had blocked those types of claims against drug makers.

California Supreme Court OKs searches of cell phones without warrant

The California Supreme Court allowed police Monday to search arrestees' cell phones without a warrant, saying defendants lose their privacy rights for any items they're carrying when taken into custody.

Elena Kagan sworn in as 112th US Supreme Court justice [VIDEO]

Elena Kagan became the fourth woman to sit on the highest US court Saturday after she took the oath as the 112th Supreme Court justice.

US Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan Draws Split Verdict on Hill

LAURA MECKLER Wall Street Journal 05/11/2010
US Senate approves Obama nominee Elena Kagan to top court

President Barack Obama's nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court won Senate approval on Thursday, his second appointment to the court that decides abortion, death penalty and other contentious cases.

US Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan Draws Split Verdict on Hill

President Barack Obama touted his Supreme Court pick, Elena Kagan, as a leader who can forge consensus on a divided court, while some conservatives questioned her lack of a judicial record.

Campaign case may have set course for Supreme Court

Joan Biskupic USA Today 02/08/2010
Supreme Court closing iconic front entrance

The Supreme Court is closing its iconic front entrance beneath the words "Equal Justice Under Law." Beginning Tuesday, visitors no longer will ascend the wide marble steps to enter the 75-year-old building.

Campaign case may have set course for Supreme Court

WASHINGTON — As the Supreme Court nears the midpoint of its annual term and prepares to hear several momentous cases, one question looms: Will the justices' split decision reversing past rulings and allowing new corporate spending in political races set the tone for the term, or will Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission be an exception?

Justice Samuel Alito disparages Obama's Supreme Court criticism

LAURIE KELLMAN The Washington Post 01/27/2010
Justice Samuel Alito disparages Obama's Supreme Court criticism

WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito didn't like what he was hearing from President Barack Obama.

Attacker hits Israeli chief justice with sneaker

JERUSALEM -- An Israeli man hurled his sneakers at Israel's Supreme Court chief justice on Wednesday during a hearing on medical marijuana, hitting her between the eyes, breaking her glasses and knocking her off her chair.


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