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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• Supreme Court won’t get involved in Mississippi redistricting

  
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  DatzHott.com - "Where Everything Cool is Hott!" WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court won’t order new legislative elections in Mississippi over complaints about the timing of the state’s redistricting. The Mississippi NAACP had challenged the state’s 2011 state elections because the Legislature did not ...
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  Case No. 1120465 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA HUGH MCINNISH, et al., Appellants v. BETH CHAPMAN, SECRETARY OF STATE, et al. Appellees. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY CV 2012-1053 AFFIDAVIT OF MICHAEL ZULLO L. Dean Johnson L. DEAN JOHNSON, P.C. 4030 Balmoral Dr., Suite B Huntsville, AL 35801 Tel: ...
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• Aid for F.C.C. in Defending Its Net Neutrality Rules

  
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  A Supreme Court decision seems to help the Federal Communications Commission’s high-profile attempt to defend its net neutrality rules against a court challenge. … Read More
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• The Supreme Court Agreed To Hear A Case Today That Will Probably Nuke Separation Of Church And State

  
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  Eight years ago, in an opinion warning of the “violent consequences of the assumption of religious authority by government,” retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor offered a challenge to her fellow conservative justices eager weaken the wall of separation between church and state: “[t]hose who would renegotiate ...
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• VIDEO: U.S Supreme Court to Review Prayer at Public Meetings

  
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• Supreme Court to Hear Case About Public Prayers

  
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    The Supreme Court announced this Monday that they will try another religious concern, this time the use of prayers to open public meetings. They will review an appeals ruling that claims the small town of upstate New York, Greece, violated the Constitution not in opening their town meetings with prayers, but for ...
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• The “public safety” exception to Miranda then and now

  
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  By Yale Kamisar In 1984 a 6-3 majority of the US Supreme Court established the “public safety” exception to Miranda in a case called New York v. Quarles . Unfortunately, the factual basis for the exception the Court made in this case was quite weak. A woman told the police she had just been raped, that the ...
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• Scalia Fumes Over Name of Telecom Trade Group

  
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  Add "orphan acronyms" to the list of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalias pet peeves. Those are acronyms that used to stand for something -- like BP, formerly known as British Petroleum, or KFC, once Kentucky Fried Chicken -- but now stand without explanation as official names. The acronym Scalia went after in a ...
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• Boeing Showcases Its BBJ3 In Switzerland and 2 Other Dow Movers to Watch

  
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• Law School Clinics and American Law

  
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  It is fantastic to see clinical work-product being used in court cases; to have clinical briefs being referenced in front of the Supreme Court of the United States shows the impact that effective experiential study can have and the effects that clinic experience can have on the future practices of these students. ...
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• Arguably the Biggest Religious Liberty Case in Decades?

  
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  By the Family Research Council, Special for US Daily Review. Family Research Council (FRC) commends the U.S. Supreme Court for its decision today granting review in  Town of Greece v. Galloway . If the Court decides in favor of the town of Greece, the decision could become the most significant religious liberty ...
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• SCOTUS takes government prayer case

  
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  The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a First Amendment case involving town board meetings in Greece, N.Y., that include prayer. The Supreme Court granted the cert petition (PDF) on Monday, SCOTUSblog reports. It’s reportedly the first time in three decades that the…
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• IRS Files $3.4 Million Tax Lien on Mary J. Blige

  
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  By Maurice Bobb The Internal Revenue Service wants to know “Whats the 411?” on Mary J. Blige not paying her taxes. According to TMZ , the R&B Queen owes $3,426,255.43 to Uncle Sam for unpaid income taxes for the years 2009, 2010 and 2011. Records show that the IRS officially filed a federal tax lien ...
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• Justices Take Case on Prayer at Town Board Meetings

  
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  A federal appeals court found that though the prayer at meetings in Greece, N.Y., could be given by members of all faiths and atheists, in practice almost all of the chaplains were Christian. Read this article: Justices Take Case on Prayer at Town Board Meetings
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• The IRS’s Job Is To Violate Our Liberties

  
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  “What do you expect when you target the President?” This is what an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agent allegedly said to the head of a conservative organization that was being audited after calling for the impeachment of then-President Clinton. Recent revelations that IRS agents gave “special scrutiny” to ...
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• Woman who filed vaccine suit too late can still get attorney fees, Supreme Court says

  
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  Melissa Cloer filed suit too late to win any potential damages for her claimed injury from hepatitis B vaccines. But that doesnt preclude an award of attorney fees under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a Monday opinion (PDF) authored by Justice…
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• For Next Big Religion Case, High Court Goes to Greece

  
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  The Supreme Court is tackling one of the most divisive First Amendment issues, agreeing on Monday to hear a case on whether an upstate New York town violated the Constitution by opening its public meetings with a Christian prayer.
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• Obama Recess Appointments Found Unconstitutional By Second Appellate Court

  
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  I have previously testified and written about President Barack Obama’s use of recess appointments, which I viewed as flagrantly unconstitutional. Recently, the D.C. Circuit agreed with that view and found that the Obama Administration had violated the recess appointment powers. Now a second appellate court has ...
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• Supreme Court Rules Local Towns Can’t Hold Up Cell Towers

  
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  The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with the Federal Communications Commission regarding a dispute over cell towers. Wireless industry players complained to the FCC that local governments are often slowing down the process to adjust existing cell towers or install new ones. The FCC recommends that local jurisdictions ...
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• Sheriff Joe To Congress: Investigate Obama’s Eligibility

  
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  Hey, while Congress is investigating the use of the IRS to harass conservative activists, is trying to find out what the Obama White House covered up about Benghazi and is looking into why the Justice Department went after reporters’ phone records, why not include a check into Obama’s eligibility, too? That’s ...
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