washingtonpost.com - Supreme CourtSupreme CourtSupreme Court to Decide Whether Church Can Import Drug- May 2, 2005 The Supreme Court accepted a Bush administration request to rule on a clash between religious freedom and drug-control law Monday, announcing that it will review a lower court's ruling that blocked enforcement of a federal ban on a church's importation of hallucinogens.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62675-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_nation/courts/... Rehnquist Returns to the Bench- May 2, 2005 The chief is back.After a five-month hiatus because of thyroid cancer, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist returned to oral arguments at the Supreme Court yesterday, walking under his own power as Marshal Pamela Talkin introduced "the honorable, the chief justice and the associate justices...http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53410-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_nation/courts/... Bankruptcy Shield for IRAs Upheld- May 2, 2005 The Supreme Court affirmed protections for the retirement savings of debt-strapped older workers Monday, ruling unanimously that a bankrupt debtor's individual retirement account must generally be kept off-limits to his creditors.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24753-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_nation/courts/s... Death Penalty for Juveniles Struck Down- May 2, 2005 The Supreme Court, in a landmark death penalty decision Tuesday, barred executions of people under 18 years of age at the time of their crimes, ending a practice used in 19 states.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62584-2005Mar1.html?nav=rss_nation/courts/s... Threshold Eased for Age-Bias Lawsuits- May 2, 2005 The Supreme Court made it easier to sue for age discrimination on the job yesterday, ruling that older workers may take their employers to federal court even in cases in which the alleged adverse impact on them was not intentional.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12699-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_nation/courts/... Rehnquist May Return For Oral Arguments- May 2, 2005 If he does come back to the bench Monday, it would be the chief justice's first appearance at oral arguments since late October, when he began undergoing treatment for thyroid cancer.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48229-2005Mar18.html?nav=rss_nation/courts/... High Court Supports Title IX Protection- May 2, 2005 The Supreme Court ruled that the law prohibits not only unequal treatment of girls and women at school, but also official retaliation against anyone who blows the whistle on unequal treatment.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9404-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_nation/courts/s... Kennedy Reversal Swings Court- May 2, 2005 The ruling that ended the United States' status as the only country that sanctioned the execution of juveniles was due largely to a remarkable evolution by Supreme Court justice Anthony M. Kennedy.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11877-2005Mar6.html?nav=rss_nation/courts/s... Supreme Court Weighs File Sharing- May 2, 2005 The entertainment industry Tuesday took its campaign to stop illegal music and video sharing to the U.S. Supreme Court, telling the justices that popular online services such as Grokster and Kazaa should be held responsible for the unlawful acts of their users.-The Washington Posthttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8684-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_nation/courts/s... Court Reviews Access For Disabled at Sea- May 2, 2005 Attorneys urged the Supreme Court Monday to require foreign-flagged cruise ships to be fully accessible to the disabled, but the court seemed unsure whether that would protect U.S. citizens from discrimination or violate other nations' sovereignty.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61239-2005Feb28.html?nav=rss_nation/courts/... |