Sun, 05 October 2008. Predicting the Picks
Predicting whom a president might nominate to the Supreme Court is a hazardous venture that...

Sun, 05 October 2008. Supreme Court's Direction Hinges on Who Wins '08 Race
There were not many conspicuous tributes to the legacy of President Bush at last month's...

Sun, 05 October 2008. Justices attend Red Mass before new term
WASHINGTON -- The law is a guide to an orderly society, an American cardinal said an a church...

Sat, 04 October 2008. ICE Slow to Deport Detained
Illegal immigrants detained as part of the stepped-up enforcement effort in Virginia stay in the...

Sat, 04 October 2008. What McCain Learned From the Rough Rider
John McCain, like many Americans who should know better, extravagantly praises Theodore...

Sat, 04 October 2008. High court term begins quietly in campaign season
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court is doing its best to stay out of the spotlight in the final days...

Fri, 03 October 2008. Ethics Counsel Testimony Is Sought in Currie Probe
As part of an ongoing probe of Sen. Ulysses Currie, federal prosecutors are seeking to force the...

Fri, 03 October 2008. Man Gets 60 Years for Murder, Rape of Neighbor, 77
A D.C. Superior Court judge sentenced a Southeast Washington man yesterday to 60 years in prison...

Fri, 03 October 2008. Atheist group sues Bush over national prayer day
MADISON, Wis. -- The nation's largest group of atheists and agnostics is suing President Bush,...

Thu, 02 October 2008. Keeping Score With the Team Players
Some Obamaniacs have been grousing that the Clintons have not, despite fine speeches in Denver,...

Thu, 02 October 2008. Mont. same-sex parental rights ruling appealed
HELENA, Mont. -- A Montana woman who lost a court battle with her former same-sex partner over...

Thu, 02 October 2008. Slate: A Gaffe a Minute?
Slate XX Factor bloggers Dahlia Lithwick and Emily Bazelon were online Thursday, Oct. 2 at 3:30...

Wed, 01 October 2008. Correction: Sept. 30 Healthy-San Francisco story
-- In a Sept. 30 story about an appeals court ruling on San Francisco's universal health care...

Wed, 01 October 2008. Court Won't Reconsider Ban on Execution for Child Rape
The Supreme Court yesterday declined to revisit its June decision that imposing the death penalty...

Wed, 01 October 2008. Biden, Aides Focus On Tone of Debate
Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. spent the past several days at a hotel in Wilmington, Del., preparing...

Wed, 01 October 2008. Case Closed
THE SUPREME COURT erred yesterday in deciding not to rehear a case involving the death penalty...

Wed, 01 October 2008. Civil Rights Lawyer J.L. Chestnut Jr., 77
J.L. Chestnut Jr., 77, the first black lawyer in Selma, Ala., and an attorney for the Rev. Martin...

Wed, 01 October 2008. Buy Tiger, sell Kobe on new sports stock market
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Michael Sroka dreamed up a day-trading website for sports fans while still in...

Wed, 01 October 2008. Battle of religious symbol roils Hamptons village
WESTHAMPTON BEACH, N.Y. -- They are largely invisible, sometimes as simple as a small, plastic...

Wed, 01 October 2008. High court rebuffs Louisiana in child rape case
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court declined Wednesday to revisit its recent decision outlawing...

Wed, 01 October 2008. Court won't revisit child rape execution case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on Wednesday a request by Louisiana and...

Tue, 30 September 2008. Buy Tiger, sell Dolphins on new sports stock market
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Michael Sroka dreamed up a day-trading website for sports fans while still in...

Tue, 30 September 2008. Court upholds legality of SanFran health care plan
SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco's landmark universal health care program can continue to operate,...

Tue, 30 September 2008. NYC sues reservation smoke shops over bootlegging
NEW YORK -- Mayor Michael Bloomberg filed a federal lawsuit against eight smoke shops that sell...

Mon, 29 September 2008. Court rules Calif. newspaper can cover own trial
LOS ANGELES -- A California appeals court on Monday overturned a lower court's order that barred...

Mon, 29 September 2008. Outlook: In Roe's Reversal, a Trap
"President McCain appoints a suitably conservative replacement, and a complaisant or cowed Senate...

Sun, 28 September 2008. Eclectic Touch Draws Believers To Synagogue
Offering comedians, cooking classes, rock concerts, authors and a sex therapist, along with an...

Sat, 27 September 2008. If Roe Goes, Our State Will Be Worse Than You Think
In the 1980s, when abortion was severely limited in then-West Germany, border guards sometimes...

Sat, 27 September 2008. Seeking Justice on Death Row
By now you may know about Troy Anthony Davis, the 39-year-old death row inmate from Georgia who...

Sat, 27 September 2008. Informant Might Have Stood Among Gun Safety Activists
The day the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the D.C. gun ban, leading gun control advocates dialed...