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Washington: Supreme Court

Court won't get involved in Miss. redistricting

2 days, 4 hours ago

(AP) The Supreme Court won't order new legislative elections in Mississippi over complaints about the timing of the state's redistricting.The Mississippi NAACP had challenged the state's 2011 state elections because the Legislature did not immediately use the 2010 census to draw ...

High court to weigh in on legislative prayers

2 days, 4 hours ago

(AP) The Supreme Court is taking a new case on the intersection of religion and government in a dispute over prayers used to open meetings in an upstate New York town.The justices said Monday they will review an appeals court ruling ...

Court won't get involved in Miss. redistricting

2 days, 21 hours ago

(AP) The Supreme Court won't order new legislative elections in Mississippi over complaints about the timing of the state's redistricting.The Mississippi NAACP had challenged the state's 2011 state elections because the Legislature did not immediately use the 2010 census to draw ...

Court: Should whistleblower protection be wider?

2 days, 21 hours ago

(AP) The Supreme Court will decide if government whistleblower protection applies to employees of a privately-held contractor or the subcontractor of a publicly-held company.The justices on Monday agreed to hear appeals from Jackie Hosang Lawson and Jonathan M. Zang. The two ...

High court to weigh in on legislative prayers

2 days, 22 hours ago

(AP) The Supreme Court is taking a new case on the intersection of religion and government in a dispute over prayers used to open meetings in an upstate New York town.The justices said Monday they will review an appeals court ruling ...

High court rules for Monsanto in patent case

6 days, 5 hours ago

(AP) The Supreme Court has sustained Monsanto Co.'s claim that an Indiana farmer violated the company's patents on soybean seeds that are resistant to its weed-killer.The justices, in a unanimous vote Monday, rejected the farmer's argument that cheap soybeans he bought ...

In entire court term, justices see 1 black lawyer

6 days, 5 hours ago

(AP) In roughly 75 hours of arguments at the Supreme Court since October, only one African-American lawyer appeared before the justices, and for just over 11 minutes.The numbers were marginally better for Hispanic lawyers. Women accounted for just over 17 percent ...

In entire court term, justices see 1 black lawyer

7 days, 5 hours ago

(AP) In roughly 75 hours of arguments at the Supreme Court since October, only one African-American lawyer appeared before the justices, and for just over 11 minutes.The numbers were marginally better for Hispanic lawyers. Women accounted for just over 17 percent ...

Justices more diverse than lawyers before court

8 days, 5 hours ago

(AP) In roughly 75 hours of arguments at the Supreme Court since October, only one African-American lawyer appeared before the justices, and for just over 11 minutes.The numbers were marginally better for Hispanic lawyers. Four of them argued for a total ...

High court rules for Monsanto in patent case

8 days, 5 hours ago

(AP) The Supreme Court said Monday that an Indiana farmer violated Monsanto Co.'s patents on soybean seeds resistant to its weed-killer by growing the beans without buying new seeds from the corporation.The justices unanimously rejected the farmer's argument that cheap soybeans ...

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