Justices voice objections to federal sentencing rules
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A majority of the Supreme Court appeared yesterday to find constitutional problems with the federal sentencing guidelines and grappled with whether to dramatically
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Several Supreme Court justices indicated today that it may be difficult for them to definitely answer whether or when lethal injections violate the constitution's protection from cruel and unusual punishment.
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Three federal judges reacted with skepticism Monday to a call by some local officials from Texas to overturn a section of the Voting Rights Act.
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday  declined to decide a legal dispute over whether states can  prevent convicted felons from voting.
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The US Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal of a lower court decision upholding the Federal Trade Commission&#39;s imposition of a national do not call registry.
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The US Supreme Court opened its new term on Monday, with two hours of arguments on federal sentencing rules and the rejection of some 1,800 appeals, including a challenge
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The US Supreme Court opened its new term on Monday, with the government&#39;s top courtroom lawyer trying to save the long-standing federal rules used to sentence about 1,200 criminals each week.
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WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court appeared poised Monday to alter the system used for sentencing 64,000 federal criminal defendants a year, but justices clashed over whether changes would create greater inequity.    Judges, not juries, consider factors that can add years to defendants' prison sentences, under the government's 17-year-old system which has been challenged as unconstitutional...
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A federal judge said that tribunals like the one the suspect is facing are contrary to principles of American justice.
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The Supreme Court begins its new term today by moving to clear up confusion over the future of federal sentencing rules that have been in place for nearly two decades.
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The justices begin their term Monday by reviewing judges' role in federal sentences.
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WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court session starting Monday features many of the same wrenching issues that splintered the justices during the last term and led to some unusually acrimonious dissents. The death penalty, free speech and prison sentences are back on the agenda, along with new topics such as medical marijuana and out-of-state wine purchases that are likely to produce significant disagreement...
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A divided U.S. federal appeals court  panel on Wednesday expressed skepticism about whether the  government had the authority to force cigarette makers to pay  billions of dollars in past profits as part of its racketeering  case against the industry.
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After three stinging reversals for lower courts, the Supreme Court seems poised to deliver another rebuke on Monday.
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The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that criminal sentences within guidelines set by a federal commission are generally entitled to be upheld on appeal, a decision that limits legal options for defendants who feel that they have been punished too harshly.
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A divided U.S. Supreme Court on  Wednesday ruled that federal judges no longer have to abide by  the controversial 18-year-old sentencing guidelines.
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Most federal judges are imposing prison terms within sentencing guidelines even though the Supreme Court says they do not need to, according to an analysis presented Thursday to Congress.