Supreme Court rulings won't end lawsuits- June 28, 2008 -- For at least a decade, the Supreme Court has declined to rule on the use of lethal injections and whether the death penalty applies to anyone who rapes a child. In its term ending Friday, the high court issued decisions on both, but neither solves the bitter fight over capital punishment.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/28/AR2008062801325.html?nav=r... Summaries of leading Supreme Court rulings- June 28, 2008 -- Brief summaries of the rulings from the leading cases before the Supreme Court in its just-ended term:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/28/AR2008062801310.html?nav=r... U.S. Senate OKs Name for New Va. Courthouse- June 28, 2008 RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- The U.S. Senate has passed legislation naming a new federal courthouse in Richmond after two judges.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/25/AR2008062501120.html?nav=r... Long quiet, justices end their term with a growl- June 28, 2008 WASHINGTON -- For most of the term, Supreme Court justices showed remarkable restraint. They displayed broad agreement even in some volatile areas and refrained from angry dissents.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/28/AR2008062800883.html?nav=r... Illinois urged to get out of death-penalty limbo- June 28, 2008 SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- When then-Gov. George Ryan took the extraordinary step of emptying Illinois' death row over fears that an innocent person could be executed, he urged lawmakers to reform the death penalty.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/28/AR2008062800879.html?nav=r... Texas high court rules exorcism protected by law- June 28, 2008 FORT WORTH, Texas -- The Texas Supreme Court on Friday threw out a jury award over injuries a 17-year-old girl suffered in an exorcism conducted by members of her old church, ruling that the case unconstitutionally entangled the court in religious matters.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/27/AR2008062703070.html?nav=r... NRA sues to overturn S.F. gun ban in city housing- June 28, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO -- The National Rifle Association sued the city of San Francisco on Friday to overturn its ban on handguns in public housing, a day after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a handgun ban in the nation's capital.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/27/AR2008062700590.html?nav=r... Obituaries- June 28, 2008http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/27/AR2008062703553.html?nav=r... Episcopal Church Loses In Court- June 28, 2008 A Fairfax County Circuit Court judge struck a blow yesterday to the Episcopal Church in its battle with a group of breakaway conservatives. The ruling, which will likely be appealed, heartens those who feel the mainline Protestant denomination has become too liberal, particularly on the issue of human sexuality.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/27/AR2008062702210.html?nav=r... The Court's Handgun Common Sense- June 28, 2008 In District of Columbia v. Heller, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the city's ban on handguns front page, June 27. The court found that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees an individual's right to bear arms.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/27/AR2008062703208.html?nav=r... |