Supreme Court considers whether lab analysts are ‘witnesses’
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court justices were sharply divided Tuesday over whether a lab analyst who did a crucial DNA test that identified a Chicago rapist must testify at his trial,...
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Supreme Court upholds special elections ruling
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court today turned down appeals from Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and former Sen. Roland Burris and let stand a legal ruling that requires the state to...
Supreme Court extends 2nd Amendment protection to state, local levels
Washington...The Supreme Court ruled Monday that cities and states must abide by the 2nd Amendment, strengthening the rights of gun owners and opening a new chapter in the national debate...
Supreme Court limits use of fraud law, siding with ex-Enron CEO Skilling
The Supreme Court weakened a key anticorruption law today, ruling 9-0 that the law against "honest services" fraud is too vague to constitute a crime unless a bribe or kickback...
Northwest Indiana man denies he’s part of militia murder plot
Claiming he had been "raped" by property taxes but is innocent of waging war against law enforcement, a reclusive truck driver arrested in the Chicago suburbs said a case of...
No gay marriage trial video
The camera-shy justices of the U.S. Supreme Court ordered a temporary halt Monday to the planned video coverage of the San Francisco trial of California's Proposition 8, apparently concerned that...
Owners go for broke
NFL players, like football fans everywhere, will be focused on the playoffs in January and the fierce competition for a spot in the Super Bowl. Their lawyers, however, will be...
Charges dismissed in Baghdad killings
Ruling in a case that severely strained U.S.-Iraqi relations, a federal judge in Washington on Thursday dismissed all criminal charges against five Blackwater Worldwide security guards who were accused of...
Justice facing ‘uphill battle’?
After Zacarias Moussaoui, the accused "20th hijacker" in the 9/11 attacks, was sentenced to life in prison in 2006 because one juror refused to agree to the death penalty, he...
High court: Illinois can refuse specialty plate
Illinois need not offer "Choose Life" license plates, under a ruling that the U.S. Supreme Court let stand Monday. The justices turned down a free-speech claim from Choose Life Illinois...