Supreme court News
|
Over 80 percent of Canadians support the idea of physician-assisted death in the event of terminal and painful disease in a mentally competent person.
|
|
Ottawa -
In a narrow ruling, The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld warrantless searches of suspects' cell phones by police officers.
|
|
Washington -
The US Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in a closely watched case testing the limits of free speech on social media.
|
|
A federal appeals court decision to uphold same-sex marriage bans in four U.S. states has opened the door for the issue of gay marriage to be decided by the Supreme Court.
|
|
The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that Air Canada does not have to pay an Ottawa couple that filed suit against the airline because they couldn't be served in their preferred tongue.
|
|
Washington -
With federal courts knocking down same-sex marriage bans in Arizona and Alaska, the practice is now legal in 38 states and the District of Columbia. Appeals of the ban are pending in all 12 states still prohibiting it.
|
|
Las Vegas -
It appeared at the weekend that Nevada’s bet on same-sex marriage was a winner after all. Wedding bells had begun ringing in chapels looking for business after a brief halt ordered by one U.S. Supreme Court justice.
|
|
Today the U.S. Supreme Court denied cert in same-sex marriage cases, refusing a final ruling on the issue, but allowing same-sex couples to get married in 5 more states with more to join soon. Same-sex marriage will now be legal in the majority of states.
|
|
Ferguson -
The St. Louis County police officer who pushed CNN's Don Lemon during live coverage of protests in Ferguson, MO. is now suspended from duty after an online video surfaced showing the officer launching into an hour-long racist rant.
|
|
Without an explanation or a release of the vote totals, the U.S. Supreme Court today has stayed a ruling that would have allowed same-sex couples in Virginia to marry beginning on Thursday morning.
|
|
In a post on the website for his new play, Allegiance, the openly gay, former Star Trek actor George Takei commented on last week's Hobby Lobby decision by the United States Supreme Court.
|
|
Citing the Supreme Court's recent Hobby Lobby decision, attorneys for two detainees at the US military prison at Guantánamo Bay have filed a motion seeking religious freedom for their Muslim clients.
|
|
Washington, D. C. -
The Supreme Court handed down a 5-4 decision, stating that Hobby Lobby could not be forced to pay for contraceptives under the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare. Every American citizen lost this court case, even those that think they won.
|
|
Washington D.c. -
A large American corporation wants to make sure youngsters don’t start making jerking off a hobby. Fortunately the Supreme Court has seen this issue from all sides.
|
|
Washington -
The United States Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that a Massachusetts law prohibiting protests near abortion clinics is unconstitutional.
|
|
Washington -
In a rare unanimous ruling being hailed as a victory for privacy rights, the United States Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that cell phones generally cannot be searched by police during arrests.
|
|
New York -
The United States Supreme Court came down hard today on tech-media newcomer Aereo, ruling against the company in a 6-3 decision. The judgement effectively destroys the Manhattan-based business, forcing them rebuild their profit model from the ground up.
|
|
Washington -
The US Supreme Court has struck down a Florida law that sets a strict low-end cutoff for capital punishment based on defendants' IQ test scores.
|
|
On April 2, 2014 the U.S. Supreme Court overruled a 40-year-old decision upholding the legality of limits to the overall amount a single person can donate to candidates, political parties, and committees.
|
|
Washington -
The great experiment of America as a free nation is over. Now, free speech is officially dollar-based. The Supreme Court has given American government to the rich on the basis that donations to political parties constitute a form of free speech.
|
|
The U.S. Supreme Court handed a victory to two teenage students today when the court rejected an appeal that had sought to ban the wearing of "boobies bracelets" in Pennsylvania schools.
|
|
Honolulu -
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia told law students in Hawaii that they should expect the court to issue a ruling similar to the one that allowed U.S. citizens of Japanese descent to be interned without trial during a future conflict.
|
|
In December of 2013, India's Supreme Court overturned the 2009 law decriminalizing gay sex. The ruling was met with outrage by gay-rights activists, who filed petitions challenging the ruling, asking for a review of section 377, an archaic 1860s law.
|
|
Washington -
The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to marriage equality in Utah on Monday, granting the staunchly conservative state's request for a temporary halt on same-sex weddings while it appeals a federal judge's ruling that legalized such unions.
|
|
Abbotsford -
For those readers following the story of the illegal campground set up in Jubilee Park in Abbotsford, B.C., it has been one of legal ups-and-downs, with accusations of police using unauthorized force and the campers threatening to sue the city.
|
|
The United States Supreme Court will weigh in Tuesday on the religious rights of corporations to deny contraceptives to employees under Obamacare. It will decide whether it will hear an appeal of a federal court's allowing companies that right.
|
|
A 2012 amendment to the Louisiana Constitution holds the ownership of firearms to be a “fundamental” right. At the time of writing, the Court is deciding whether that right extends to convicted felons.
|
|
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that California must proceed with the release thousands of prisoners, rejecting a request by the governor's office to delay a federal order to cut the state's inmate population by 10,000.
|
|
After DOMA was overturned just a few weeks ago, many are still outrage while others rejoice. This article discusses the expert witnesses in that monumental case.
|
|
With most Americans celebrating long-overdue rulings on the gay rights cases, the U.S. Supreme Court recently issued a quieter ruling in a lesser-celebrated case, setting back consumers and small-businesses forced into arbitration.
|
apis-264279 apis-259484 apis-258743 apis-256363 apis-255394 apis-254699 apis-253981 apis-253615 apis-249800 apis-249483 apis-245141 apis-245041 apis-244387 apis-244271 apis-243997 apis-243986 apis-243885 apis-240922 apis-235461 apis-235386 apis-231459 apis-225093 apis-224001 apis-221188 apis-220236 apis-218612 apis-215860 apis-211162 apis-210005 apis-209226
Supreme court Image
Gay rights activists walk inside the premises of the Supreme Court in New Delhi December 11, 2013 With permission by Reuters / Danish Siddiqui
Visitors sitting aside one of two pools of water outside the U.S. Supreme Court
A view of the of the U.S. Capitol building from the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court
A group supporting marriage as defined between a man and a woman demonstrates in front of the media at the Supreme Court.
A rally called "March for Marriage" had occurred earlier in the day down on the National Mall. The group then marched up Capitol Hill to the Supreme Court. This group wants to see Prop 8 and DOMA upheld.
The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington OZinOH
Many significant lawyers could be involved with the Supreme Court case. Michael
Supreme Court of South Australia Scott W
Philippine Chief Justice Renato Corona Flickr
Supreme Court of Canada Wiki Commons
Some extremely important decisions are taking place in and around the UK courts. Tom Morris via Wikimedia
A same-sex wedding ceremony and vows in Nyack, New York. STEXA1
Supporters of same-sex marriage hold signs as the hearing was going on inside the Supreme Court
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden applaud as Solicitor General Elena Kagan moves to the podium after the President announced her as his choice for Supreme Court Justice during an event in the East Room of the White House, May 10, 2010. White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson
The Supreme Court in Madrid, Spain J.L. de Diego
One of the eight depictions of historic scenes in the development of law located on the Supreme Court's front entrance, this one is of the Magna Charta.
|
|
