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When do high court justices retire? When the politics are right.
The recent news that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg underwent treatment for a tumor on her pancreas sent waves of fear down the spines of Democrats. And for good reason: If […]
Supreme Court says 1 state can’t be sued in another’s courts
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court decided Monday that one state cannot unwillingly be sued in the courts of another, overruling a 40-year precedent and perhaps, foreshadowing an argument over the […]
High court rules for insurer in class-action suit
WASHINGTON — A unanimous Supreme Court has rejected efforts by a plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit to keep his claim in state court rather than more business-friendly federal court by […]
High court limits detention powers in searches
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has limited the power of police to detain people who are not at home when their residence is to be searched. By a 6-3 vote […]
Justice Sotomayor joins Yankees Bleacher Creatures
NEW YORK — Justice Sonia Sotomayor traded benches for a day, joining the New York Yankees’ Bleacher Creatures. The Supreme Court justice attended the Yankees’ 12-3 win over Baltimore on […]
Health care law survives with Roberts’ help
WASHINGTON — In a momentous ruling touching virtually every American, the Supreme Court narrowly upheld President Barack Obama‘s historic health care overhaul Thursday with the unlikely help of conservative Chief […]
Thomas breaks the tie in latest lab-test challenge
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a rape conviction over objections that the defendant did not have the chance to question the reliability of the DNA evidence that […]
High court upholds jails’ strip searches
WASHINGTON — Jailers may perform invasive strip searches on people arrested even for minor offenses, an ideologically divided Supreme Court ruled Monday, the conservative majority declaring that security trumps privacy […]
Justice Breyer comes to Baltimore and other October events
The Maryland Court of Appeals’ Ideals of Professionalism calls on attorneys to “willingly take on the responsibility of promoting the image of the legal profession by educating each client and […]
Supreme Court justices head for enviable destinations on summer recess
WASHINGTON — The pay isn’t the best, but, oh, the travel opportunities that come with being a Supreme Court justice. Geneva, Rome, Lake Tahoe — and that’s only Justice Antonin […]
University, drugmaker co-own patent, justices affirm
WASHINGTON — Ownership of a patent for technology to detect HIV levels in patients’ blood was correctly split between Stanford University and the pharmaceutical giant Roche, the Supreme Court ruled […]
Supreme Court rejects Uighurs’ latest appeal
WASHINGTON — The five remaining Chinese Muslims who are being held at Guantanamo Bay lost their latest bid Monday to get the Supreme Court to hear their case. The justices turned […]
