http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 28 Aug 2008 7:37:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35150/retailers-struggle-with-ruling-that-okd-price-fixing.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA Supreme Court ruling that last year allowed manufacturers to set minimum sale prices for their goods is giving retailers fits, the Wall Street Journal reports. Manufacturers, barred from the practice for nearly a century, are being allowed to punish retailers who discount their products by cutting off supplies. Some retailers are fighting back by steering customers toward other brands.http://www.newser.com/story/35150/retailers-struggle-with-ruling-that-okd-price-fixing.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 18 Aug 2008 9:20:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32832/illegal-search-rule-faces-new-challenge.html?refid=rss_all_defaultAmerica is the only country in the world where evidence—even a carload of narcotics—is automatically suppressed if the police are found to have acted wrongly in acquiring it, writes the New York Times . Courts in other countries weigh the level of police misconduct with the gravity of the crime and the power of the evidence. In the US, the exclusion is absolute, but a change could be coming.http://www.newser.com/story/32832/illegal-search-rule-faces-new-challenge.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSat, 19 Jul 2008 0:25:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32310/supreme-court-its-a-dialog-not-an-isolated-oracle.html?refid=rss_all_defaultRather than boldly paving new roads, the Supreme Court functions largely as a bellwether of public opinion, cementing change “rather than propelling it,” writes Linda Greenhouse, looking back on some 30 years of reporting on the court for the New York Times . The justices don’t constitute a “remote oracle”--instead, they function as part of America’s ever-changing political dialog.http://www.newser.com/story/32310/supreme-court-its-a-dialog-not-an-isolated-oracle.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 13 Jul 2008 5:08:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31720/employers-use-law-to-withhold-benefits.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThomas Amschwand was dying, but made sure his wife would collect on his $426,000 life insurance policy. Yet when he died, his boss withheld the money, and his wife was powerless—because a federal law stops workers from suing employers for large sums of health, life, or retirement benefits. Amschwand’s wife recovered her husband's premiums, which didn't even cover the funeral.http://www.newser.com/story/31720/employers-use-law-to-withhold-benefits.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSat, 05 Jul 2008 14:01:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31412/supreme-court-goofs-up-key-fact-in-child-rape-decision.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe Supreme Court misconstrued a key fact in reaching its recent decision banning the death penalty for child rape, reports the New York Times . Swing justice Anthony Kennedy mistakenly noted in his decision that child rapists did not face the death penalty in federal jurisdiction. But in fact the rape of a child was made a military capital crime when the military code of justice was revised in 2006.http://www.newser.com/story/31412/supreme-court-goofs-up-key-fact-in-child-rape-decision.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 01 Jul 2008 22:30:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31281/mayors-call-for-middle-ground-on-guns.html?refid=rss_all_defaultExtremist-driven debate over gun control “made for good political theater,” but it hasn’t accomplished much, mayors Michael Bloomberg of New York and Thomas Menino of Boston write in the Wall Street Journal. Now that the Supreme Court has clarified the issue, it’s time to implement some common-sense consensus changes to the nation's gun laws.http://www.newser.com/story/31281/mayors-call-for-middle-ground-on-guns.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 30 Jun 2008 9:21:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31222/chief-justice-aint-got-a-bob-dylan-quote.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA Supreme Court decision was livened up this week by a quote from 1960s thinker, Robert Dylan—known to his fans as Bob. Regarding a stand-off between phone companies, Chief Justice John Roberts quoted, "When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose," from Bob Dylan's 1965 hit Like a Rolling Stone . But Roberts left out a word that most Dylan fans remember, the New York Times reports.http://www.newser.com/story/31222/chief-justice-aint-got-a-bob-dylan-quote.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 29 Jun 2008 13:03:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31207/mccain-would-tilt-split-court-right.html?refid=rss_all_defaultAmerica’s choice for president will likely ripple all the way to the halls of the sharply divided Supreme Court, the Washington Post reports. Since the next justice to retire is likely to be left-leaning, a Barack Obama victory would maintain the status quo of four conservatives, four liberals, and Anthony M. Kennedy serving as the swing vote. But if John McCain appoints the next justice, the court could swing decidedly to the right.http://www.newser.com/story/31207/mccain-would-tilt-split-court-right.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 29 Jun 2008 6:28:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31176/supreme-courts-gay-rights-revolution.html?refid=rss_all_defaultIt’s been five years since the Supreme Court heard Lawrence v. Texas and handed down a landmark decision in effect decriminalizing homosexual activity and paving the way for gay marriage legislation in Massachusetts and California. The decision has been cited in numerous cases around the country challenging morals legislation, and triggered profound changes in law and society, Time reports.http://www.newser.com/story/31176/supreme-courts-gay-rights-revolution.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSat, 28 Jun 2008 18:06:32 CDT