Justices order new consideration of Texas redistricting battle
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WASHINGTON -- The US Supreme Court Monday has ordered last year&#39;s bitterly fought Texas congressional redistricting back to a lower court.
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The Utah legislature will meet in special session on Monday to debate a redistricting map adding a fourth congressional seat to the stateÃ¢ÂÂs delegation as part of a deal to give the District of Columbia its first voting representative in Congress.
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The Supreme Court hears a California case Monday that could become a signature decision of the Rehnquist era.
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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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As the Supreme Court prepares to examine the issue, the arguments have again turned to the role of the federal courts.
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Texas is asking the Justice Department to approve Dec. 12 for a congressional runoff election &#151; a date opposed by a Latino civil rights group because it is a religious day for many Hispanics.
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The Supreme Court on Monday ordered a lower court to reconsider a Texas congressional map that could give Republicans six more seats in Congress in upcoming elections and help the GOP protect its majority.
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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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WASHINGTON (BP)--The issue of judicial appointments to the US Supreme Court found new life Oct. 25 with news that Chief Justice William Rehnquist has undergone thyroid cancer surgery.
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President Bush&#39;s re-election makes it more likely Chief Justice William Rehnquist will retire soon. And Republican gains in the Senate mean the president has more flexibility to nominate
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Gov. Schwarzenegger's proposal to reform redistricting takes on the red-blue divide.
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These are among the actions taken by the Supreme Court on Monday:
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President Bush said on Thursday he  would renominate a group of controversial judicial nominees who  were blocked by Senate Democrats, signaling the start of a  second-term battle over the make-up of the nation's top courts.
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The Supreme Court said yesterday that it will consider whether state laws requiring voters to present photo identification at polling places unfairly discriminate against the poor and minorities, injecting the justices into a fiercely partisan battle just before the 2008 elections.
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The future face of the Supreme Court, a muted issue throughout the heated presidential race, gained urgency Monday with the unexpected announcement that
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The Supreme Court kept alive a Democratic constitutional challenge to a Republican redistricting plan in Texas yesterday, ordering a three-judge district court to re-examine its decision in January upholding the plan.
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The Supreme Court considered Monday whether an almost all-white Texas jury unfairly convicted and sentenced a black man to death, the latest in a string of capital cases to reach the court from the state that executes more people than any other.