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High court: Prisoner can appeal after mailroom mistake
The U.S. Supreme Court has given an Alabama death row prisoner another chance to appeal his conviction after a mailroom mistake initially left him unable to pursue further claims in court. Cory Maples'...
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High court: Warrant needed to plant GPS device on suspect's car
The Supreme Court has ruled unanimously for a drug suspect who had an electronic tracking device attached to his car by police, who did not first obtain an extended warrant. The justices on Monday said...
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Supreme Court justice robbed at Caribbean vacation home
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer was robbed at by an intruder armed with a machete last week, while vacationing in the Caribbean island of Nevis, where the family own a vacation home, a court...
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Federal appeals court won't hear same-sex marriage case
A federal appeals court refused Tuesday to revisit the divisive issue of same-sex marriage in California, months after judges gave gay and lesbian couples constitutional blessing to wed. In February, a...
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Court to tackle key voting rights provision
The Supreme Court agreed today to decide whether the key enforcement provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965 should be scrapped, amid arguments it is a constitutionally unnecessary vestige...
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Former federal judge Robert Bork dies
Conservative judge Robert Bork died early Wednesday at the age of 85 at his home in Virginia, two sources close to his family tell CNN today. In 1987, President Ronald Reagan nominated Bork as a...
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Feds lay out funds misuse case against Jesse Jackson Jr.
[Updated 8:20 p.m: To clarify the nature of the filed court document] Federal prosecutors Friday filed felony charges against former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., alleging the illegal misuse of about...
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Justices block suit over foreign surveillance
The U.S. Supreme Court has just blocked a lawsuit over the federal government's sweeping electronic monitoring of foreigners suspected of terrorism or spying. The 5-4 conservative majority on Tuesday...
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Obama's same-sex marriage decision expected
President Barack Obama faces a monumental choice today over whether to put the force of his office behind the idea that gays and lesbians have a constitutional right to marry. Government sources say...
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Fort Hood shooting jury recommends death penalty for Nidal Hasan
A military jury on Wednesday recommended the death penalty for convicted Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Hasan, for the 2009 massacre on the Army base that left 13 people dead and 32 others wounded. The...
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