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Supreme Court rules school strip search violates Fourth Amendment

June 25, 2009 10:30:00 AM

The US Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in Safford United School District #1 v. Redding that a strip search of a school student violated her Fourth Amendment...

June 25, 2009 10:04:00 AM

The US Supreme Court on Thursday ruled 5-4 in Horne v. Flores and Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives v. Flores that the US Court of...

June 25, 2009 08:01:00 AM

JURIST Guest Columnists RenÃ©e Landers of Suffolk University School of Law and Lawrence Friedman of New England School of Law say that unless US Presidents embrace a broader view of "diversity" in future Supreme Court nominations, they may deprive the...

June 22, 2009 11:57:00 AM

The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Monday in Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council and Alaska v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council that the US Army...

June 22, 2009 11:18:00 AM

The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Monday in Forest Grove School District v. T.A. that the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) permits a tuition reimbursement...

June 18, 2009 11:21:00 AM

The US Supreme Court issued opinions in four cases Thursday. The Court ruled 5-4 in District Attorney's Office v. Osborne that a defendant does not have the...

June 15, 2009 10:10:00 AM

The US Supreme Court issued opinions in two cases Monday. The Court ruled 7-2 in Polar Tankers v. City of Valdez that a municipal tax that falls...

June 9, 2009 02:23:00 PM

Confirmation hearings for US Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor will begin on July 13, as announced Tuesday by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy . The committee released a schedule [fact sheet,...

May 30, 2009 03:51:00 PM

US President Barack Obama rebuked Republicans who would oppose his nomination of Sonia Sotomayor for the US Supreme Court Saturday in his weekly address. The president predicted failure for...

May 27, 2009 02:26:00 PM

Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions , the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee , said Wednesday that he does not anticipate a filibuster against US Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor . Sessions...

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