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Court won't hear about Redskins name

The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from a group of Native Americans who think the name of the NFL's Washington Redskins football team is offensive.

Gitmo detainees get day in court

In courtrooms barred to the public, dozens of terror suspects are pleading for their freedom from the Guantanamo Bay prison, sometimes even testifying on their

SCOTUS looks at teen life sentences

A seemingly divided Supreme Court wrestled Monday with whether teenagers can be locked away forever for their crimes.

Court refuses to stop sniper execution

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to block Tuesday's scheduled execution of sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad.

DC Sniper asks Court to block execution

Attorneys for John Allen Muhammad, mastermind of the 2002 sniper attacks in the Washington, D.C., area that left 10 dead, asked the U.S. Supreme Court on

Civil rights-era case won't be reviewed

The Supreme Court on Monday left in place a judge's ruling that allowed prosecutors to charge a reputed Ku Klux Klansman with kidnapping more than 40 years

Court to take up Gitmo detainee case

The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will hear a new case about the rights of Guantanamo detainees, this time involving prisoners who remain in custody even after

Sotomayor: Nomination tightly scripted

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor says her nomination process was so tightly scripted that even her clothes were chosen for her.

Justice Ginsburg briefly hospitalized

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who had cancer surgery earlier this year, was kept at a hospital overnight after she became drowsy and fell from her

Supreme Court will hear Skilling appeal

The Supreme Court will consider throwing out the convictions of former Enron Chief Executive Officer Jeff Skilling for his role in the collapse of the one-time

Court hears arguments about cross

Justice Antonin Scalia was having difficulty understanding how some people might feel excluded by a cross that was put up as a memorial to soldiers killed in

Court takes up free-speech case of pit bull videos

Supreme Court justices on Tuesday indicated that a federal law aimed at graphic videos of dog fights and other acts of animal cruelty goes too far in limiting

Summary of Supreme Court action Monday

The Supreme Court denied appeals in nearly 2,000 cases Monday.

Supreme Court now in session

The Supreme Court began its new term Monday with Justice Sonia Sotomayor on the bench as the court tried to hash out how long a suspect's request for a lawyer

Supreme Court begins new term with new justice

When court convenes Monday, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic justice, will join the eight others.

Interactive: Supreme Court of the US

A brief biographical overview of the members of SCOTUS.

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