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Duel on public funds for private school (AP)
AP - There is no question that Tom Freston can afford to give his children the best education money can buy. The former Viacom CEO was among the country’s most richly paid TV executives and got an $85 million severance deal when he was forced out of his job last year.
Supreme Court deliberations delay US executions (AFP)
AFP - While the US Supreme Court this week raised the prospect of a drop in executions by agreeing to consider whether the lethal cocktails used to kill most prisoners are constitutional or cruel, the future of pending death sentences is unclear.
Gitmo detainees on Supreme Court docket (AP)
AP - The Supreme Court is set to begin a term that could lead to enhanced rights for terrorism detainees, a ruling against part of a child pornography law and shorter prison terms for crack cocaine dealers.
New court term begins Monday (AP)
AP - NEW TERM: The Supreme Court is set to begin a term that could lead to enhanced rights for terrorism detainees, a ruling against part of a child pornography law and shorter prison terms for crack cocaine dealers.
Major cases to be heard by Supreme Court (AP)
AP - GUANTANAMO DETAINEES: The court is being asked to determine whether detainees at the Guantanamo Bay naval base can use U.S. civilian courts to challenge their indefinite imprisonment after Congress passed and President Bush signed a law that says they cannot. (Boumediene v. Bush, 06-1195, Al-Odah v. U.S., 06-1196).
New court term begins Monday (AP)
AP - The Supreme Court is set to begin a term that could lead to enhanced rights for terrorism detainees, a ruling against part of a child pornography law and shorter prison terms for crack cocaine dealers.
Supreme Court Heads Into New Term
After bulking up the Supreme Court’s docket last week with 17 additional cases, the justices head into their new term today facing a full array of hot button issues that will continue to measure just how far to the right the Roberts Court is heading on the eve of a presidential election. And at least one keen Court-watcher predicts that simply because of the different lineup of cases this term, by next June it will be conservatives, not liberals, who will be angry at the Supreme Court.
Justice Thomas writes autobiography (AP)
AP - Breaking his 16-year public silence on his bitter confirmation hearings, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas says Anita Hill was a mediocre employee who was used by political opponents to make claims she had been sexually harassed.
Justice Thomas writes autobiography (AP)
AP - Breaking his 16-year public silence on his bitter confirmation hearings, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas says Anita Hill was a mediocre employee who was used by political opponents to make claims she had been sexually harassed.
U.S. executions seen on hold as method challenged (Reuters)
Reuters - Executions in the United States will
most likely be put on hold as the U.S. Supreme Court reviews a
challenge to lethal injections, but that will not bring a quick
end to the death penalty, experts said on Friday.