Justices too mum about health issues?
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Among the many issues raised by the Supreme Court&#39;s recent disclosure that Chief Justice William Rehnquist has cancer is how much information the court owes the public about the chief justice&#39;s health.
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The Supreme Court Monday jumped into the fight over the use of illegal drugs for health purposes, as the justices debated whether allowing medical marijuana use
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Chief Justice William Rehnquist&#39;s health is shrouded in mystery, the extent of his thyroid cancer a closely guarded secret. Several coming events could give the public an idea about the seriousness of his condition.
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The Supreme Court opens its new term on Monday faced with urgent business and looming uncertainty.
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Several US Supreme Court justices expressed doubts that states can let seriously ill patients ease their symptoms by using marijuana, a drug the federal government has designated as illegal.
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The Supreme Court declined Monday to hear industry complaints that the Environmental Protection Agency should have dropped some old clean air safeguards when it imposed a more stringent air quality standard for ozone.
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A Supreme Court that has been defending states&#39; rights and supporting a law-and-order agenda finds itself in a quandary. A medical marijuana case the court heard Monday pits the two interests against each other.
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US Chief Justice William Rehnquist, 80, the leader of the Supreme Court&#39;s conservative majority, was recently diagnosed with thyroid cancer and is in the hospital after undergoing throat surgery, a court spokeswoman said on Monday.
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Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist&#39;s hospitalization for cancer brings with it the prospect of the first Supreme Court vacancy in a decade and is prompting speculation about who might take his place.
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Chief Justice William Rehnquist&#39;s thyroid-cancer diagnosis, as well as the cancer battles of three of his colleagues, serve as reminders that the US Supreme Court bench is aging
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WASHINGTON -- 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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Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON &#8212; The U.S. Supreme Court can ignore the usual liberal-versus-conservative divide in the next two weeks when it takes up California-centric cases on medical marijuana and the direct shipping of wine to consumers. Instead, the justices will be forced to decide between competing versions of conservatism.
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A food fight broke out at the Supreme Court on Wednesday, with justices considering whether the government can force farmers to pay for ad campaigns with catchy phrases like "Beef: It's what's for dinner" and billboards featuring milk mustaches on celebrities.
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Monday's announcement that Chief Justice William Rehnquist is being treated for thyroid cancer was a reminder of one man's mortality - and of how a single vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court could change the dynamics of the divided panel.
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A new Supreme Court term opens Monday with eyes on its leader, the junior justice, the oldest and the man in the middle as abortion, race and other familiar issues resurface.
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Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist was hospitalized last weekend after being diagnosed with thyroid cancer, the US Supreme Court announced yesterday
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Chief Justice William Rehnquist was unable to preside over the Supreme Court yesterday as planned, and specialists said his treatment indicates he has a particularly virulent, usually fatal form of thyroid cancer.