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High Court Reveals a Mind for Business
At the end of a course-changing, gut-wrenching Supreme Court term littered with heated 5-4 decisions, one bit of clarity is shining through: the Roberts Court, and especially its newest member, Justice Samuel Alito Jr., are both very conservative and very pro-business — more so than any Supreme Court in decades. More than most novice justices, Alito has taken bullets for business in the term just ended, most notably for his controversial majority opinion in .
Supreme Court term shows shift to right (AP)
AP - The Supreme Court limited abortion rights, restricted school integration programs and gave freer rein to political advertising in a 2006-07 term that saw the emergence of a solid conservative majority.
Supreme Court to review Guantanamo cases (AP)
AP - The Supreme Court agreed Friday to review whether Guantanamo Bay detainees can use federal courts to challenge their confinement, reversing an April decision not to hear arguments on the issue.
Supreme Court term shows shift to right (AP)
AP - The Supreme Court limited abortion rights, restricted school integration programs and gave freer rein to political advertising in a 2006-07 term that saw the emergence of a solid conservative majority.
US Supreme Court to weigh in on Guantanamo again (AFP)
AFP - The US Supreme Court Friday announced it would examine the demands by several "war-on-terror" suspects held at the US prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to have their detention reviewed by a federal court.
Supreme Court to review Guantanamo cases (AP)
AP - The Supreme Court, reversing course, agreed Friday to review whether Guantanamo Bay detainees may go to federal court to challenge their indefinite confinement.
Court allows student’s anti-Bush T-shirt (AP)
AP - Putting its recent ruling on student speech into practice, the Supreme Court on Friday rejected a school district’s appeal of a ruling that it violated a student’s rights by censoring his anti-Bush T-shirt.
Beset by setbacks, Bush carves out legacy with Supreme Court (AFP)
AFP - Facing stirrings of Republican revolt over Iraq and domestic policy disappointment, US President George W. Bush can at least point to the Supreme Court for an enduring legacy.
Reaction to High Court’s school ruling (AP)
AP - Some reaction to the Supreme Court decision Thursday rejecting school integration plans in Louisville, Ky., and Seattle:
Excerpts from ruling in school cases (AP)
AP - Excerpts from the Supreme Court’s ruling Thursday that struck down voluntary integration plans in public schools in Louisville, Ky., and Seattle: