washingtonpost.com - Supreme CourtSupreme CourtPartisans Gear Up for High Court Fight Ahead- May 2, 2005 With eight of the nine justices 65 or older, it is possible that other court vacancies could soon occur, and activists are gearing up for the partisan wars sure to ensue.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30281-2005Mar12.html?nav=rss_nation/courts/... Court Tackles Town's Role in Child Safety- May 2, 2005 The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday in a case that advocates for victims of domestic violence are calling a crucial opportunity to put teeth into the country's domestic violence laws.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52168-2005Mar20.html?nav=rss_nation/courts/... Court to Hear Texas Death Penalty Case- May 2, 2005 Oral arguments will commence Monday in a case that may test how far the Supreme Court justices are prepared to push their recent interest in using international law as a source of authority for interpreting the Constitution and U.S. statutes.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5441-2005Mar27.html?nav=rss_nation/courts/s... Scalia Showing His Softer Side- May 2, 2005 The famously acerbic Supreme Court justice has been stepping into the public glare more often recently. One possible reason: a looming vacancy in the office of chief justice.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35096-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_nation/courts/... Options Dwindle in Schiavo Case- May 2, 2005 The parents of the brain-damaged woman await a ruling in U.S. District Court after they are denied appeal by the Supreme Court in their fight to keep their daughter alive.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62695-2005Mar24.html?nav=rss_nation/courts/... U.S. Quits Agreement on Access to Diplomats- May 2, 2005 The Bush administration has decided to pull out of an international protocol that opponents of the death penalty have used to fight the sentences of foreigners on death row in the United States.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21981-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_nation/courts/s... Court Declines to Wade Into Judge Battle- May 2, 2005 The Supreme Court has decided to stay out of the bitter fight over judicial nominations, at least for now, announcing that it will not hear three challenges to the right of one of Bush's appointees to sit on the federal appeals court.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54919-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_nation/courts/... Constitutionality of Ten Commandments Argued- May 2, 2005 In a case surrounding a Ten Commandments monument outside the Texas capitol, the critical question for the justices was whether the structure amounts to an unconstitutional government endorsement of religion.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A429-2005Mar2.html?nav=rss_nation/courts/sup... High Court Declines to Hear Terror Case- May 2, 2005 The U.S. Supreme Court Monday declined to enter the protracted battle over whether Zacarias Moussaoui can interview top al Qaeda witnesses, clearing the way for the only U.S. trial stemming from the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to begin as early as this fall.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53515-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_nation/courts/... Justices Consider Rights Of Foreigners- May 2, 2005 The Supreme Court seemed divided over how best to handle a dispute over the role of international law in U.S. death penalty cases Monday, as the justices heard oral arguments in the case of a Mexican who says Texas violated his rights under a U.S.-ratified treaty when it sentenced him to death more than a decade ago.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8090-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_nation/courts/s... |