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Summary of Supreme Court actions Monday (AP)
AP - The Supreme Court on Monday:
Court takes death penalty case (AP)
AP - The Supreme Court stepped into a Texas death penalty case Monday that mixes Bush administration claims of executive power with the role of international law in state court proceedings.
Court refuses child visitation dispute (AP)
AP - The Supreme Court on Monday declined to get involved in a dispute between two former lesbian lovers over visitation rights involving a 4-year-old child.
Court adheres to 2003 clean air rules (AP)
AP - The Supreme Court on Monday dealt the utility industry its second setback this month on a program designed to clean up pollution at aging, coal-fired power plants.
Court decides trash fight (AP)
AP - The Supreme Court ruled Monday that local governments can compel private trash haulers to use municipal facilities, even if it would cost more to keep garbage at home than to dispose of it elsewhere.
Breyer stresses civil liberties (AP)
AP - Justice Stephen Breyer on Saturday stressed the role of the Supreme Court in protecting civil liberties in an age of terrorism.
Roberts pans Texas death penalty opinion (AP)
AP - When Chief Justice John Roberts took his center seat for the first time in October 2005, John Paul Stevens, the court’s senior justice, wished him “a long and happy career in our common calling.”
Chief justice denies detainees’ request (AP)
AP - Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday denied a request to step in and prevent cases of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay from being thrown out of court.
Court eyes McCain-Feingold limits on ads (AP)
AP - Supreme Court justices seem skeptical of a key provision of the landmark campaign finance law, and that could lead to a bigger role for corporations, unions and other interest groups in the 2008 presidential elections.
US Supreme Court overturns three Texas death sentences (AFP)
AFP - The US Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned three death sentences which were issued to convicts in the 1990s in the southern state of Texas, saying the men deserved new trials.