Posts Tagged ‘Court’

Court: US can keep bin Laden photos under wraps

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court Tuesday backed the U.S. government's decision not to release photos and video taken of Osama bin Laden during and after a raid in which the terrorist leader was killed by U.S. commandos. Tweet This Post

High court to weigh in on legislative prayers

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear a new case on the intersection of religion and government in a dispute over prayers used to open public meetings. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Court won’t get involved in Miss. redistricting

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court won’t order new legislative elections in Mississippi over complaints about the timing of the state’s redistricting. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Court: woman can seek lawyer fees in vaccine case

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says a woman can seek lawyers’ fees from the government even though her lawsuit over damage she said was caused by a vaccine was ruled untimely. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Court pondering two cases with religious connotations

The Supreme Court has yet to decide if it will consider widely watched cases about public schools using a church facility to host graduation ceremonies, and the use of prayers to open township board meetings. But an answer could come as soon as today. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

High court rules for Monsanto in patent case

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday that an Indiana farmer violated Monsanto Co.’s patents on soybean seeds resistant to its weed-killer by growing the beans without buying new seeds from the corporation. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Justices more diverse than lawyers before court

WASHINGTON (AP) — In roughly 75 hours of arguments at the Supreme Court since October, only one African-American lawyer appeared before the justices, and for just over 11 minutes. Tweet This Post

In entire court term, justices see 1 black lawyer

WASHINGTON (AP) — In roughly 75 hours of arguments at the Supreme Court since October, only one African-American lawyer appeared before the justices, and for just over 11 minutes. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Judges Slam Feds in Separate Court Cases

Two judicial opinions this week in two very different cases had scathing language for federal officials at the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Justice. In the first case, federal Judge Edward R. Korman of the U.S. District Court for the… Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post