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High court won't hear case involving Redskins' nickname

A nearly two-decade legal challenge by Native American activists to the nickname of the Washington Redskins came to a close Monday when the Supreme Court declined to review the group's last loss in federal courts. The justices declined without comment ...

From ROBERT BARNES, The Washington Post,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Washington Redskins,  U.S. Congress,  Jack Kent Cooke,  Daniel Snyder

Supreme Court refuses to hear Redskins' naming case

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to revive a lawsuit on behalf of Native American activists who claimed that the Washington Redskins' team name is so offensive that it does not deserve trademark protection. The court without comment refused to get ...

From ROBERT BARNES, The Washington Post,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Washington Redskins

Issue of life in prison with no parole for minors divides Supreme Court

The Supreme Court appeared split Monday along familiar ideological lines over whether the Constitution forbids locking up forever juveniles whose crimes fall short of homicide. This Story Life prison sentences for minors divide court High court ...

From ROBERT BARNES, The Washington Post,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Anthony Kennedy,  Antonin Scalia

Juvenile life cases put Supreme Court’s ideological sides in focus

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court appeared split along familiar ideological lines yesterday over whether sentencing a juvenile to life in prison without the possibility of parole for a nonhomicide violates the Constitution’s prohibition of cruel and ...

From ROBERT BARNES, Boston Globe,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Antonin Scalia,  Ruth Bader Ginsburg,  Anthony Kennedy

Supreme court denies request to stay D.C. sniper's execution

The Supreme Court Monday denied John Allen Muhammad's request to stay his execution, clearing the way for Virginia to put to death the man who terrorized the Washington region as the Beltway Sniper. This Story Supreme court denies request to stay D.C. ...

From ROBERT BARNES, The Washington Post,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: John Allen Muhammad,  John Paul Stevens,  Ruth Bader Ginsburg,  Sonia Sotomayor

High court to look at life in prison for juveniles

The Supreme Court on Monday will consider whether sentencing a juvenile to life in prison without the possibility of parole for a non-homicide violates the Constitution's prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment. The court in 2005 decided that it was ...

From ROBERT BARNES, The Washington Post,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Anthony Kennedy,  American Medical Association

Justices weigh scope of prosecutorial immunity

Prosecutors under pressure to close the case of a cop killer settle on two young African Americans. They fabricate evidence, coerce perjury and bury the investigation of a white suspect. A sympathetic prison barber unearths the investigative records ...

From ROBERT BARNES, The Washington Post,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Anthony Kennedy,  John Paul Stevens,  David Richter

Justices tackle case on investment fees

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Antonin Scalia were most outspoken in saying that government regulators or even consumers were better equipped at monitoring the fees. Technology has made it easy for investors to check the amounts charged ...

From ROBERT BARNES, The Washington Post,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Antonin Scalia,  Stephen Breyer

Supreme Court will consider life sentences for juveniles

It did not take long for the judge to determine that the convicted rapist in front of him was irredeemable. "He is beyond help," Judge Nicholas Geeker said of Joe Harris Sullivan. "I'm going to try to send him away for as long as I ...

From ROBERT BARNES, The Washington Post,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Alan Simpson,  Anthony Kennedy

Justices won't review case involving anonymous tip about suspected drunken driving

A Virginia Supreme Court decision that overturned a conviction for drunken driving could result in the commonwealth's intoxicated drivers being given "one free swerve" before being pulled over, with potentially disastrous consequences, U.S. ...

From ROBERT BARNES, The Washington Post,  21 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Antonin Scalia

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