Supreme Court

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September 22, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Justice Thomas is not to blame for the outcome, his history and the intense scrutiny surrounding his…
September 21, 2011
JACKSON, Ga. (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court rejects a last-ditch request to stop the execution of Troy Davis...
September 15, 2011
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - Duane Buck, 48, was spared from lethal injection when the justices, without extensive comment, said they…
September 15, 2011
ATLANTA (AP) - The case is fraught with drama: The murder of an off-duty police officer. Conflicting eyewitness testimony...
September 15, 2011
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - Forty-eight-year-old Duane Buck is scheduled for lethal injection Thursday evening for fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend a…
September 7, 2011
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia corrections officials have set an execution date for a high-profile death row inmate who claims he's…
August 29, 2011
OPINION - It seems the GOP is on a campaign to rewrite American history and erase the lessons learned from…
August 26, 2011
The Cherokee nation Supreme Court ruled that a 2007 tribal decision to kick the so-called "Freedmen" out of the tribe…
August 22, 2011
In several of the most important areas of constitutional law, Thomas has emerged as an intellectual leader of the Supreme…
August 17, 2011
Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously agreed that African-American candidates did not wait too long before filing a lawsuit…
July 18, 2011
WASHINGTON - Authorities said a man charged with murder who escaped custody at D.C. Superior Court Friday was back in…
July 5, 2011
OPINION - He actually believes that race is a crutch, an impediment and even an archaic relic of the past…
June 30, 2011
CINCINNATI (AP) - A panel in Cincinnati handed the administration a victory Wednesday by agreeing that the government can require…
June 28, 2011
NEW YORK - The mother of a 19-year-old Cornell University student who died during an alcohol-related fraternity hazing ritual has…
June 21, 2011
OPINION - Justice Thomas must resign if America is to begin to restore integrity to the judiciary...
June 6, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has turned away the latest attempt by actor Wesley Snipes to get his conviction…
May 24, 2011
OPINION - Is it possible to reverse the alarming trends of overcrowding and lack of medical care throughout our nation's…
May 23, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - The court said in a 5-4 decision that the reduction is "required by the Constitution" to correct…
May 18, 2011
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Thomas told the Augusta Bar Association that the downward spiral of public discourse from people who…
May 6, 2011
HADDONFIELD, N.J. (AP) - The nine-time Olympic gold medalist -- one of the world's most decorated track stars -- is…