Top court to consider Commandments cases
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The US Supreme Court yesterday agreed to consider two cases in the highly charged issue of whether the Ten Commandments can be posted in public buildings or public lands.
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The justices are set to hear a number of big cases, and their docket may also include any election disputes.
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Massachusetts highest court, which legalized gay marriage here three years ago, will hear arguments in December in a case that seeks to let voters decide if same-sex couples should be allowed to wed.
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This election's potential impact on the Supreme Court has seemed to be an afterthought, but the stakes for the court and the law are even higher now than they were in 2000. The prospect of a change on the court is greater and the replacement of one justice could affect the law on hot issues.
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FARGO, ND - A judge is expected to rule on a federal lawsuit over this city&#39;s public display of a Ten Commandments monument before the Supreme Court takes up two similar cases, the city attorney says.
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The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide whether a challenge can go forward arguing that President George W. Bush's faith-based initiative violates the constitutional requirement on church-state separation.
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The Supreme Court said it will take up the constitutionality of Ten Commandments displays on government land and buildings.
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The Supreme Court announced today that it will hear a case on whether judges can consider the alleged unfairness of a federal law regarding sentences for selling crack and powder cocaine when deciding on jail time for such crimes.
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Malaysia's highest court will rule next week on whether a Muslim has the right to convert to another faith, lawyers said on Friday, in a test case that could shake society in the mainly Muslim country.
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The Supreme Court is about to plunge into an agenda laden with issues affecting the business sector. Tobacco companies, the biotech industry and operators of coal-fired power plants have a stake in cases the court will hear in the next month.
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WASHINGTON - The US Supreme Court is to decide the constitutionality of displays of the Ten Commandments on government property in what could be the most important church-state ruling of its term.
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The US Supreme Court, in a surprise move, is to decide if it is legal to display the Ten Commandments on government property.
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The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will consider whether the Ten Commandments may be displayed on government property, ending a 25-year silence on a church-state issue that has prompted bitter legal fights around the country.
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The Christian Science Monitor - Abortion regulations and race-based public school enrollment plans are among major national issues at the US Supreme Court this year in a term that offers the first real insight into the constitutional vision of the high court under Chief Justice John Roberts.
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The court agreed to hear cases from Texas and Kentucky on displaying the Ten Commandments on government land and buildings.
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The Supreme Court returns Monday with an ailing leader, pressure to rule quickly on the constitutionality of federal prison sentences and a slew of contentious issues to decide, from medical marijuana to Ten Commandment displays.
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Malaysia&#39;s highest court is deciding whether it will review the graft conviction of opposition politician Anwar Ibrahim - just days after he was released from jail.