Read more US Supreme Court stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/18823/us-supreme-court.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:35:11 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74144/supreme-court-rejects-case-against-redskins-name.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Supreme Court will not hear an appeal from a group of Native Americans who've been trying for 17 years to get the Washington Redskins to change their name. The high court today turned away an appeal from Suzan Shown Harjo, ending the latest round between the Redskins and a...http://www.newser.com/story/74144/supreme-court-rejects-case-against-redskins-name.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Nov 2009 10:31:40 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73852/husband-of-retired-justice-oconnor-dies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJohn J. O'Connor III, the husband of retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, died today at age 79 due to complications arising from Alzheimer's disease. John O'Connor, himself a lawyer, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's nearly two decades ago. His condition deteriorated markedly in mid-decade and when she announced her...http://www.newser.com/story/73852/husband-of-retired-justice-oconnor-dies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 21:26:31 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73807/now-pitching-for-the-court-chief-justice-roberts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOn the heels of Supreme Court justice bobblehead dolls comes, of course, baseball trading cards. The first depicts Chief Justice John Roberts as the pitcher in the stance of famed fellow Indiana native Mordecai “3 Fingers” Brown, with legal stats on the reverse. Why? “First, it's fun,” creator Ross Davies,...http://www.newser.com/story/73807/now-pitching-for-the-court-chief-justice-roberts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 13:46:48 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73643/supreme-court-wont-spare-beltway-sniper.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Supreme Court has rejected an emergency appeal from John Allen Muhammad, also known as the Beltway sniper, clearing the way for his execution tomorrow. Muhammad’s lawyers said he needed more time to prepare his appeals. Although justices Stevens, Ginsburg, and Sotomayor questioned Virginia law for not affording convicts a...http://www.newser.com/story/73643/supreme-court-wont-spare-beltway-sniper.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Nov 2009 15:47:04 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73562/teens-sentenced-to-life-cruel-and-unusual.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJoe Sullivan was sent away for life for raping an elderly woman and judged incorrigible though he was only 13. Terrance Graham, implicated in armed robberies when he was 16 and 17, was given a life sentence by a judge who told the teenager he had thrown his life away....http://www.newser.com/story/73562/teens-sentenced-to-life-cruel-and-unusual.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 08 Nov 2009 11:05:30 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72993/stop-lefty-thugs-bullying-gay-marriage-opponents.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA movement in Washington state to force the disclosure of the names of those who supported a referendum on same-sex marriage has George Will up in arms over “thuggish liberalism” and its chilling effect on political participation. Signing one’s name in support of such a measure is akin to voting—...http://www.newser.com/story/72993/stop-lefty-thugs-bullying-gay-marriage-opponents.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 31 Oct 2009 6:47:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72127/supreme-court-takes-uighurs-case.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Supreme Court will hear a new case about the rights of Guantanamo detainees, this time involving prisoners who remain in custody even after the Pentagon determines they're not a threat to the United States, the court said today. Last year, the court said in a 5-4 ruling that federal...http://www.newser.com/story/72127/supreme-court-takes-uighurs-case.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Oct 2009 10:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71982/justice-stevens-hints-hell-retire-this-term.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJohn Paul Stevens, the senior justice on the Supreme Court and the bench's liberal lion, says he gave serious thought to retiring—in the late 1980s, when he was 65 years old. Instead, while younger colleagues have packed their bags, Stevens has become the court's master tactician, cobbling together narrow...http://www.newser.com/story/71982/justice-stevens-hints-hell-retire-this-term.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Oct 2009 6:01:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71976/sotomayor-white-house-picked-my-clothes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEvery aspect of Sonia Sotomayor's nomination procedure to become the newest Supreme Court justice was so controlled that she was even told what to wear at the acceptance ceremony, she said in a talk at Yale yesterday. Sotomayor, who appeared on campus for her 30th Yale Law School reunion, wanted...http://www.newser.com/story/71976/sotomayor-white-house-picked-my-clothes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Oct 2009 1:43:28 CDT