http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 07 Oct 2008 7:02:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/39211/profanity-tobacco-cases-top-courts-new-term.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe Supreme Court and its Bush-era conservative additions launch a second term today, set to consider "pre-emption" cases that determine whether federal regulation makes drug and tobacco companies immune from state-level lawsuits. Other cases will determine penalties against profanity on radio or TV, a major sexual harassment question, and whether religious groups can erect public monuments, reports NPR.http://www.newser.com/story/39211/profanity-tobacco-cases-top-courts-new-term.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 06 Oct 2008 8:02:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29534/court-readies-terms-testiest-decisions.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe Supreme Court is poised to begin unveiling decisions today in some of the year's most heated cases, reports USA Today . As the term winds down, the 26 final opinions will be released on select days in June, and include clashes over Guantanamo detainees, DC's handgun ban, and the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill.http://www.newser.com/story/29534/court-readies-terms-testiest-decisions.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 09 Jun 2008 8:18:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/22052/supreme-court-overturns-la-death-sentence.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for a former Marine awaiting execution on Louisiana's death row. Allen Snyder, an African-American, was convicted of fatally stabbing his estranged wife and her boyfriend, but the court ruled 7-2 that prosecutors acted improperly by using its challenges to seat an all-white jury, reports the Washington Post .http://www.newser.com/story/22052/supreme-court-overturns-la-death-sentence.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 20 Mar 2008 5:02:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/19016/alito-whacks-sopranos-themes.html?refid=rss_all_defaultUS Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito isn't going to fuhgeddabout all the negative stereotypes concerning Italian-Americans spread by shows like The Sopranos. "You have a trifecta—gangsters, Italian-Americans, New Jersey—wedded in the popular American imagination" and overshadowing the true stories, the New Jersey native complained yesterday to an audience at Rutgers University.http://www.newser.com/story/19016/alito-whacks-sopranos-themes.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 14 Feb 2008 1:30:35 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/1674/high-court-eyes-mccain-feingold.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe Supreme Court looks poised to pull an about face on the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law by striking down its strictures on "issue ads"—pre-election commentary that mentions candidates by name. Sandra Day O'Connor joined a majority in upholding the ban in 2003; Alito and Roberts may provide critical mass to strike it down.http://www.newser.com/story/1674/high-court-eyes-mccain-feingold.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 21 Jun 2007 12:48:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/1535/alito-swings-court-against-late-abortion.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe Supreme Court's decision to uphold a ban partial-birth abortions is a gauntlet thrown down by the Roberts court, reports Linda Greenhouse in the Times . Samuel Alito, the newest justice, was the deciding factor in the 5-4 turnaround. While it will affect a small subset of abortion procedures, the focus on "ethical and moral concerns" signals a major shift.http://www.newser.com/story/1535/alito-swings-court-against-late-abortion.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 21 Jun 2007 12:48:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/1518/supreme-court-supports-late-term-abortion-ban.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe Supreme Court voted today to uphold a ban on partial birth abortions, handing a significant victory to President Bush, whose appointees to the high court voted with the 5-4 majority. The 2003 law, which bars a controversial late-term procedure, is the first federal restriction on abortion since the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling.http://www.newser.com/story/1518/supreme-court-supports-late-term-abortion-ban.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 21 Jun 2007 12:48:45 CDT