Supreme Court Hears Sentencing Cases, Opens Term
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The U.S. 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 by telemarketers to the government's  popular do-not-call list.
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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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The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to consider the constitutionality of a federal law that requires state prisons to accommodate inmate religions, from Christianity to Satanism.
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During the first term under Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., justices found common ground by agreeing not to decide much. The new term is likely to be different.
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A majority of the Supreme Court appeared Monday to find constitutional problems with the federal sentencing guidelines and grappled with whether to dramatically
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With thousands of prison sentences on the line, the Supreme Court will decide whether judges have too much power to tack on extra cell time in a case that one justice said could wreak havoc on courthouses nationwide.
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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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Disposing of a constitutional challenge to the federal sentencing system, the Supreme Court has set up an anticipated fight in Congress over how judges punish convicted criminals.
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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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On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will take up the Christopher Simmons case and consider a question that could affect 73 death-row inmates across the nation who committed their crimes before age 18: whether executing such inmates amounts to "cruel and unusual punishment," which is forbidden by the U.S. Constitution's Eighth Amendment.
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Wednesday's Supreme Court ruling on federal sentencing had been keenly awaited for months because it was expected to resolve questions that had put cases on hold throughout the federal system.
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Description: NPR&#39;s Sheila Kast discusses the US Supreme Court&#39;s docket for this upcoming term with Mimi Wesson, a professor at the University of Colorado School of Law.
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Several Supreme Court justices suggested Monday that federal sentencing guidelines violate the Constitution&#39;s guarantee of a jury trial because they allow judges
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Some experts predicted that the Supreme Court decision on sentencing guidelines would renew a struggle between Congress and the judiciary.
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Among the new cases the Supreme Court announced Tuesday it will consider:
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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...