WASHINGTON (AP) — When Gail Curley began her job as Marshal of the U.S. Supreme Court less than a year ago, she would have expected… Read More:
Category: Supreme Court

Kansas ordered by state Supreme Court to pay over $63 million to Gene Bicknell – Joplin Globe
#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } WICHITA, Kan. — A 15-year-old tax dispute has finally… Read More:

Letter: Supreme Court interprets laws, doesn't make them – Fredericksburg.com
Supreme Court interprets laws, doesn’t make them Regarding the letter written by Anne McCord, “SCOTUS reversing Roe v. Wade only hurts the poor” [May 18],… Read More:

Supreme Court hobbles challenges by inmates based on poor legal representation – NPR
Enlarge this image The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that state prisoners have no constitutional right to present new evidence in federal court to support… Read More:

Editorial: A code of ethics could help the Supreme Court maintain integrity – Chicago Tribune
In his recent alarm over a widely reported decline in public confidence in the Supreme Court, Justice Clarence Thomas chose a worthy target, but his… Read More:
Vermont Supreme Court affirms murder conviction in Montpelier ambush-style shooting – vtdigger.org
<img data-attachment-id="200218" data-permalink="https://vtdigger.org/2017/05/22/suspect-pleads-not-guilty-basketball-player-slaying/0523_ta_jayveon-cabellero-1/" data-orig-file="https://vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/0523_TA_Jayveon-Cabellero-1.jpg" data-orig-size="1024,672" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.8","credit":"","camera":"NIKON D4","caption":"Stefan Hard / Times Argus / Pool photonJayveon Cabellero, 29, of Barre, left, appears Monday in Washington County… Read More:

Supreme Court condemns Barry Jones to die despite strong evidence he’s innocent – Vox.com
In 1995, Barry Jones was convicted of murdering Rachel Gray, his girlfriend’s 4-year-old daughter, and sentenced to die. Since then, the case against him has… Read More:

HUB Talks: Arbitration World: U.S. Supreme Court to Address Prejudice Requirements For Waiver of Arbitration Agreements – JD Supra
In this episode, partners Jackie Celender and Lindsay Sampson Bishop, along with associate John Gavin, discuss the oral argument recently heard by the U.S. Supreme… Read More:

Supreme Court rules in ineffective counsel case – NPR
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a federal court can’t consider new evidence to support arguments in ineffective counsel cases. The evidence must be introduced… Read More:

Divided Supreme Court limits access to federal court review in death penalty cases – Axios
Federal judges cannot hear new evidence from death row inmates who argue that their state-appointed lawyers were constitutionally ineffective during state trials, a divided Supreme… Read More: