Supreme Court

Supreme Court fumbles Native American mascot challenge

November 17, 2009 By Joel Wendland-Liu

The U.S. Supreme Court refused this week to hear a case involving a lawsuit by Native American activists on use of the name "Washington Redskins."

Supreme Court refuses to hear case of Cuba 5

June 16, 2009

WASHINGTON -- The United States Supreme Court today refused, without comment, to hear the case of the “Cuba 5,” Cuban citizens jailed by the federal government in a case that has generated intense international criticism of...

Suddenly it’s OK to call a judicial nominee a racist

May 31, 2009 By Jamison Foser

When the nation learned in 2005 that Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito had belonged to a Princeton University alumni organization that advocated a cap on the number of women and minorities allowed at Princeton, the news...