SAMUEL ALITO SUPREME COURT CONFIRMATION HEARING
Supreme Court Justice Nominee Samuel Alito testifies before the Judiciary Committee, during his confirmation hearing in Washington, on January 10, 2005. If confirmed Alito would replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)
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An agency such as the Federal Communications Commission must be given deference concerning the scope of its jurisdiction, the U.S. Supreme Court said Monday.
A woman may seek attorney's fees from the U.S. government despite a ruling that her suit seeking compensation was filed late, the Supreme Court ruled Monday.
An apparently skeptical U.S. Supreme Court heard argument on whether a company can patent the building blocks of life for profit.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Tuesday a civil rights group does not have standing to challenge the government interception of foreign communications.
UPI Almanac for Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday pollutants flowing from an improved waterway into an unimproved one are not separate violations of federal law.
The U.S. Supreme Court, within the last five years, has twice affirmed the Second Amendment contains an individual right to bear arms, but in one of those majority rulings, the court's most conservative justice left room to control the types of weapons used in the Newtown, Conn., elementary school massacre, where 28 people were slaughtered, including 20 young children.
UPI Almanac for Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012.
The fight over whether states can demand some sort of identification before allowing voters to cast ballots has finally reached the U.S. Supreme Court as the justices agreed to hear argument on Arizona's law requiring voters to show proof of U.S. citizenship before registering.
With President Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney fighting for every vote as the bitter U.S. presidential election campaign races through its final weeks, Democrats appear to be winning in at least one vital arena: Republican sponsored voter ID laws are falling like flies in the courts.
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