supreme court

The Supreme Court is the highest court in the United States of America, and is the apex of the judicial branch in the American government system. Commonly referred to as the High Court or by the acronym SCOTUS, the Supreme Court consists of a chief justice and eight associate justices who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Supreme Court Justices, like all Article III federal judges enjoy lifetime tenure.

The Supreme Court hears cases that have come up through the federal appellate courts and state supreme courts. The court decides which cases to take by granting those cases that it wishes to hear a writ of certiorari or, in some extreme death penalty cases, a writ of habeas corpus.

The Court currently has six male and three female justices. The average age is 65 years, 6 months, and every current justice has an Ivy League background. Upon the retirement of Justice Stevens, the Court is without a Protestant for the first time in its history.

There are actually a few blogs that cover the cases and rulings of the Supreme Court. These include SCOTUS' own blog, the Volokh Conspiracy written by a group of professors, and Justia.com. There are also many more blogs that cover different aspects of constitutional law, or specifically investigate constitutional law itself and not necessarily the High Court.

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• U.S. Catholic Bishops Step Up Anti-Gay Efforts

  
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  While we continue to see sex abuse scandals exploding around the world - e.g., Australia and now Africa -  involving sexual predator priests and a Vatican orchestrated conspiracy to cover up crimes and protect child rapists what do the U. S. Catholic bishops focus their efforts on?  Stopping gay marriage and placing ...
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• Why Do We Need Human Rights? (38): Different Justifications for Different Types of Free Speech

  
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  ( source ) There are different types of speech, and therefore also different types of free speech. The point I want to make here is that different types of free speech require different justifications. It’s a common error to reject some kinds of free speech because they seem unacceptable from the point of view of ...
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• Allegation of harassment and torture by making demand of dowry - No evidence as to what was the exact act or conduct of accused by which the deceased felt tortured - Conviction set aside

  
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  SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before :- R.M. Lodha and A.K. Patnaik, JJ. Criminal Appeal No. 854 of 2004 Amar Singh  Versus  State of Rajasthan, D/d. 03.08.2010 IMPORTANT Dowry death - Allegation of harassment and torture by making demand of dowry - No evidence as to what was the exact ...
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• Gunmen kidnap Supreme Court Justice’s wife, daughter

  
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  Gunmen on Friday night, abducted the wife, daughter, and driver of a Supreme Court Justice, Bode Rhodes-Vivour.   The victims were travelling to Edo State, ahead of the Justice’s daughter’s wedding ceremony.   It was learnt that they were kidnapped between Ekiadolor and Okada along along the ...
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• Supreme Court Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour’s wife,daughter and driver kidnapped

  
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  The wife, daughter, and driver of a Supreme Court Justice, Bode Rhodes-Vivour were abducted on Friday night by unknown gunmen.The victims were travelling to Edo State, ahead of the Justice’s daughter’s wedding ceremony. It was learnt that they were kidnapped between Ekiadolor and Okada along along the Ore-Benin ...
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• Gunmen Abduct Wife, Daughter & Driver of Supreme Court Justice

  
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  On Friday night, on their way to Edo state, Supreme Court Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour’s wife, daughter and driver were kidnapped by unknown gunmen. The victims were supposedly travelling to the state in preparation for the Justice’s daughter’s wedding ceremony, when they were kidnapped between Ekiadolor and ...
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• Sections 306 and 498A - Cruelty - Suicide by Bride within 10 months of marriage - Whenever the bride came to parents she complaint about cruelty meted out to her by in-laws - Not necessary to prove exact time and date of cruelty

  
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  SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before :- K. Jayachandra Reddy and G.N. Ray, JJ. Criminal Appeal No. 734 of 1991 State of West Bengal  Versus  Orilal Jaiswal, D/d. 25.9.1993 A. Indian Penal Code, Section 306 - Criminal Procedure Code, Section 154 - Suicide by bride within 10 months of ...
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• Long Nights Journey Into Day

  
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• California Supreme Court’s Anti-Dispensary Ruling Should Cause A Rebellion

  
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• After Winning a New Trial, Goodman Loses a Lawyer, and Death Row Inmate William Van Poyck Wins A Team of Lawyers

  
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  SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before :- Doraiswamy Raju and Arijit Pasayat, JJ. Criminal Appeal No. 825 of 2002 Hira Lal and Ors.  Versus  State (Govt. of NCT) Delhi, D/d. 25.7.2003 For the Appellants :- Naresh Kaushik, Ms. Shilpa Chauhan, Advocate for Ms. Lalita Kaushik, Advocates. For the ...
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• KAP 2013-8 – Parliament Hill and Downtown Ottawa from Victoria Island – March 23, 2013

  
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• Feds Demand Wiki-Weapon Maker Pull Its 3D Gun Blueprints

  
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• Columbia Law Review Article on Constitutionality of VAWA/TLOA-Type Statutes

  
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  Zachary S. Price has published “ Dividing Sovereignty in Tribal and Territorial Criminal Jurisdiction ” in the Columbia Law Review . Here is the abstract: In both federal Indian law and the law regarding United States territories, the Supreme Court in recent decades has shown increasing skepticism about ...
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• Washington Supreme Court Hears Arguments Over Barred Death Penalty

  
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• In Slovakia, Integration of Roma Mirrors Early Struggles in U.S

  
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• Tanya J. Monestier, “(Still) a ‘Real and Substantial’ Mess: The Law of Jurisdiction in Canada”

  
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  Tanya J. Monestier (Roger Williams University School of Law) has published “(Still) a ‘Real and Substantial’ Mess: The Law of Jurisdiction in Canada”,  Fordham International Law Journal , Vol. 36, p. 397, 2013/Roger Williams Univ. Legal Studies Paper No. 136. The abstract reads: In April 2012, the Supreme ...
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• CA Supreme Court ruling puts the ball in our court

  
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• Sanjay Dutt gets no relief from SC to go to jail on May 15

  
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  With the Supreme Court on Friday rejecting Sanjay Dutt’s petition seeking review of its judgement in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, top lawyers involved in the case said the actor has no option but to surrender and start serving his term before seeking relief. They said the apex court’s ruling was “expected” ...
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