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US Supreme Court blocks government's anti-pollution rules – report

The Supreme Court of the United States has blocked regulations implemented by President Obama's administration against air pollution produced by national power plants.

11:05 01.07.2015

Execution of inmate in Florida on hold over lethal injection controversy

Death row inmate in Florida was granted a stay of execution by the Florida Supreme Court on the grounds of undetermined constitutionality of lethal injection protocols which are now reviewed by the United States Supreme Court.

13:32 20.02.2015

Owen Pell on the shrinking scope of extraterritoriality in US law

The extraterritorial application of US law in cases that at first glance have little if any connection to the US may have a chilling effect on foreign businesses and authorities. A partner with New York-based White & Case LLP, Owen Pell, sitting in its Moscow office tells RAPSI that the situation is changing with interesting implications for non-US companies.

17:03 26.03.2014

US court finds ‘encouraging’ suicide is a constitutionally protected right

Distasteful as it may be, speech encouraging or advising another to commit suicide is entitled to free-speech protection under the First Amendment of the US Constitution, Minnesota’s highest court held Thursday.

15:06 20.03.2014

Yanukovich will appeal to US authorities

On Tuesday, Viktor Yanukovich said at a press conference that he will appeal to the US Congress, Senate, and Supreme Court to review the current developments in Ukraine.

13:36 11.03.2014

US Supreme Court refuses to hear Russian jailed pilot case

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to hear an appeal filed by Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who had been sentenced to 20 years in jail in the United States for involvement in conspiring to smuggle drugs.

14:40 17.10.2013

US lawmakers introduce bill proposing ethics code for US Supreme Court justices

A small group of Democrat legislators from the US House of Representatives and Senate introduced on Thursday a bill that would require the US Supreme Court Justices to adhere to a code of ethics, as the country’s nine highest ranking judges are presently exempt from abiding by the Code of Conduct for the United States Judges.

19:04 02.08.2013

US Supreme Court refuses to review New York concealed weapon law

The US Supreme Court declined to consider a case challenging New York’s state gun laws in the context of the Second Amendment of the US Constitution, which guarantees the rights of citizens to bear arms.

22:01 15.04.2013

US Supreme Court zeroes in on gay marriage under federal law

For the second day in a row Wednesday, the US Supreme Court grappled with the issue of gay marriage - this time in light of the definition under federal law of marriage as being between a man and a woman.

02:08 29.03.2013

US Supreme Court grapples with California’s gay marriage ban

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a case contesting California’s state legislative initiative defining marriage as between a man and a woman.

18:58 27.03.2013

US Supreme Court to reconsider caps in political campaign finance

The US Supreme Court will revisit the deeply divisive issue of campaign finance, this time in the context of the aggregate sum individuals can donate to political campaigns, according to an order list issued by the court on Tuesday.

16:03 20.02.2013

Anonymous takes out US Sentencing Commission website

Infamous hacker group Anonymous replaced the contents of the US Sentencing Commission website over the weekend with a presentation lambasting US authorities for the suicide of programming mastermind Aaron Schwartz.

22:31 28.01.2013

US Supreme Court holds that houseboat is house, not boat

The US Supreme Court held Tuesday that for legal purposes, a houseboat is a house, not a boat. In so holding, the court reversed by a 7-2 majority the decisions of two lower federal courts, both of which had categorized the plaintiff's houseboat as a vessel.

11:24 17.01.2013

Atheists find new ways to spread their message in US

In the latest US courtroom battle between Christians and non-believers, a federal judge in the state of California on Monday denied a bid by a group of churches to force city officials in Santa Monica to allow private holiday displays – including an elaborate Christmas nativity scene – in a public park.

10:09 20.11.2012

US government argues with Amnesty International over surveillance law

The US Supreme court congregated to consider whether lawyers, journalists, and human rights researchers have standing to facially challenge the 2008 amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), in a case pitting national security against fundamental freedoms.

15:59 31.10.2012

US Supreme court term may be historic for gay marriage

The U.S. Supreme Court convened on Monday to kick off a new term that could prove to be a watershed for same-sex couples across the country.

09:48 02.10.2012

Bout to appeal conviction to US Supreme Court if necessary

Russian businessman Viktor Bout intends to seek the reversal of his guilty verdict using all levels of the U.S. judicial framework, right up to the Supreme Court of the United States, says Bout's defense attorney Robert Dayan.

12:25 26.07.2012