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Court meets to announce cases (AP)
AP - The Supreme Court meets Monday morning to announce cases it has rejected and to hear a dispute over retirement investments.
Court to consider investor’s 401(k) suit (AP)
AP - James LaRue says he lost $150,000 when his instructions to his employer on where to invest money in his retirement plan were ignored. Now the Supreme Court will decide whether a federal pension-protection law gives LaRue the right to sue to recover his losses. Arguments in the case were scheduled for Monday.
Baker Botts Cuts an Iraqi Oil Deal — and Draws a Backlash
Ever since oil first gushed in Texas, Houston-based Baker Botts has represented wildcatters. While those deals were always risky, even Baker may not have anticipated that the deal made by the firm for its latest wildcatter — Hunt Oil Co., a longtime client hungry for oil in Iraq — was risking quite so much. Both the U.S. and Iraqi governments are annoyed by the Hunt contract, and the Bush administration claims that the deal may hurt peace prospects in the region.
Supreme Court Agrees to Take D.C. Gun Case
The Supreme Court announced Tuesday it will take up the case of , setting the stage for its first hard look in nearly 70 years at the meaning of the Second Amendment’s “right of the people to keep and bear arms.” The timing of the case makes it likely that the contentious issue of gun rights, and the importance of the Supreme Court as an issue for voters, will gain more prominence in the 2008 presidential campaign.
High court to weigh ban on gun ownership (AP)
AP - The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will decide whether the District of Columbia can ban handguns, a case that could produce the most in-depth examination of the constitutional right to “keep and bear arms” in nearly 70 years.
Supreme Court will hear guns case (AP)
AP - HANDGUN CASE: The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will decide whether the District of Columbia can ban handguns, a case that could produce the most in-depth examination of the constitutional right to “keep and bear arms” in nearly 70 years.
US Supreme Court agrees to review handgun ban (AFP)
AFP - The US Supreme Court Tuesday agreed for the first time in 70 years to review the right to own guns and consider whether Washington can ban private handguns, a court spokeswoman told AFP.
High court to weigh ban on gun ownership (AP)
AP - The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will decide whether the District of Columbia can ban handguns, a case that could produce the most in-depth examination of the constitutional right to “keep and bear arms” in nearly 70 years.
Court takes Alabama voting rights case (AP)
AP - The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to review a voting rights dispute from Alabama in which the governor filled a county commission vacancy by appointing a Republican to represent a heavily Democratic district.
Supreme Court to rule on union law (AP)
AP - The Supreme Court intervened in a dispute between organized labor and management Tuesday, agreeing to decide the validity of a state law that limits employers’ ability to weigh in on union organizing.