WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump spoke with Republican Senator Mike Lee of Utah about the coming vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court, Utah’s Desert News reported on Tuesday. Lee confirmed he spoke with Trump by telephone on Monday but did not elaborate, the newspaper said. Lee and his brother, Utah Supreme Court Justice Thomas Rex Lee, are both on Trump’s list of potential nominees. Reporting by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama … [Read more...] about Trump spoke with Senator Mike Lee about Supreme Court: report
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Energy 202: Supreme Court to rehear moose-hunting case with wider implications for Alaska
Dino Grandoni, The Washington Post Published 6:34 am, Tuesday, June 19, 2018 Photo: Washington Post Photo By Bill O'Leary. Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 John Sturgeon, in front of the Supreme Court in January 2016, is part of a case involving a hovercraft and moose hunting. John Sturgeon, in front of the Supreme Court in January 2016, is part of a case involving a hovercraft and moose hunting. Photo: Washington Post Photo By Bill O'Leary. Energy 202: Supreme Court to rehear moose-hunting case with wider implications for Alaska 1 / 1 Back to Gallery The Supreme Court decided Monday to again take up the case of a hunter who sued the National Park Service for stopping him from shooting moose from a hovercraft in Alaska. The case may seem provincial for the highest court in the land - and that is exactly … [Read more...] about Energy 202: Supreme Court to rehear moose-hunting case with wider implications for Alaska
Supreme Court upholds Ohio voter registration purge policy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday revived Ohio’s contentious policy of purging infrequent voters from its registration rolls, dealing a setback to voting rights proponents who said the practice has disenfranchised thousands of registered voters. FILE PHOTO: Police officers stand in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, DC, U.S., January 19, 2018. REUTERS/Eric Thayer/File Photo In a 5-4 decision with the court’s conservatives in the majority, the justices overturned a lower court ruling that Ohio’s policy violated the National Voter Registration Act, a 1993 federal law that forbids removing voters from registration lists for failing to vote. The Republican-governed state argued that the policy was needed to keep voting rolls current, clearing out people who have moved away or died. The court’s four liberal justices dissented from the decision. Voters purged from registration rolls, represented by liberal advocacy group … [Read more...] about Supreme Court upholds Ohio voter registration purge policy
Supreme Court puts brakes on police searches of rental cars
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday limited the ability of police to search rental cars driven by someone other than the person who signed the rental agreement, shoring up privacy rights behind the wheel. The Supreme Court stands before decision was released vacating a death penalty conviction finding that the man’s lawyer violated his constitutional rights by ignoring his objections and telling jurors the defendant killed the victims in Washington, U.S., May 14, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts The nine justices unanimously threw out a lower court ruling that had approved of a search by Pennsylvania police of a Ford Fusion driven by Terrence Byrd, whose girlfriend had rented the car. State troopers told Byrd they could search the car because he was not listed as an authorized driver, and they found heroin and a bulletproof vest in the trunk. Writing for the court, Justice Anthony Kennedy said the “mere fact that a driver in lawful possession … [Read more...] about Supreme Court puts brakes on police searches of rental cars
Supreme Court agrees to review case of death-row inmate who can’t remember his crime
Home Daily News Supreme Court agrees to review case of death-row… U.S. Supreme Court By Debra Cassens Weiss Posted February 26, 2018, 12:46 pm CST The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether the Eighth Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment prevents the execution of an Alabama inmate who can’t remember his crime. The Supreme Court agreed to hear the case of Vernon Madison, who suffers from vascular dementia and can’t remember killing a police officer in 1985, AL.com reports. The New York Times had prior coverage of the case in a column by its former Supreme Court reporter, Linda Greenhouse. Madison had suffered a stroke in January 2016. Afterwards, a cognitive assessment showed a significant decline from previous scores, according to the cert petition. He couldn’t recall any of 25 elements in a brief story vignette, couldn’t remember the alphabet past the letter “G,” and couldn’t remember the name of the previous … [Read more...] about Supreme Court agrees to review case of death-row inmate who can’t remember his crime