Court rejects effort by detainee allegedly waterboarded at Guantanamo to disclose information

Court rejects Gitmo detainee appeal over secrecy

US appeals court reverses course, upholds Wash. ban on voting by prison inmates

9th Circuit upholds Wash. ban on voting by inmates

Struggling Supreme Court debates protests at soldiers’ funerals: family’s pain vs. free speech

High court: Does father’s pain trump free speech?

Supreme Court seems skeptical on $14 million judgment for exonerated inmate vs. New Orleans DA

Court seems skeptical on $14 million judgment

Supreme Court justices debate whether free speech right covers protests at soldiers’ funerals

High court struggles with funeral protest case

Protesters, crowds outside Supreme Court awaiting case over picketing at military funerals

Crowds, protesters at high court for speech case

Supreme Court weighs whether right to free speech covers protests at soldiers’ funerals

High court to hear military funeral protest case

Israeli Supreme Court upholds deportation order on pro-Palestinian Nobel laureate Maguire

Court upholds deportation of Nobel laureate

Israeli Supreme Court upholds deportation order on Nobel laureate Mairead Corrigan Maguire

Israel court upholds deportation of Nobel laureate

Kagan makes three: Supreme Court opens new term with three women for first time in history

New high court era: Kagan makes 3 women on bench

Supreme Court won’t let former UN official’s sexual harassment trial go forward

Court won’t hear UN sex harassment case

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court won’t let a sexual harassment trial go forward against a former United Nations official.

Supreme Court says NSA doesn’t have to say whether it has warrentless wiretapping records

Court: NSA doesn’t have to say if it has records

Israel Supreme Court justice rebukes Irish Nobel laureate for calling Israel ‘apartheid’ state

Israeli Supreme Court rebukes Irish Nobel laureate

Supreme Court opens new term Monday with Justice Kagan on the bench

New Supreme Court term starts Monday

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is starting its new term with a new justice, Elena Kagan, and bad news for hundreds of parties trying to get their cases heard at the high court.

Barred from entering Israel, detained Nobel laureate turns to country’s Supreme Court for help

Irish Nobel laureate challenges Israeli detention

Judge grants request by 2 Blagojevich attorneys to step aside from upcoming retrial

Judge allows 2 Blagojevich attorneys to step aside

Justice Kagan takes her seat at Supreme Court in front of Obama

Elena Kagan takes her place on high court bench

Fed judge dismisses suit by states seeking control over gun rights within their borders

Fed judge dismisses states’ gun suit

HELENA, Mont. — A federal judge in Missoula has dismissed a lawsuit by gun rights advocates and states seeking freedom from federal gun laws, a move that the advocates promised to appeal.

Judge dismisses lawsuit by states seeking freedom from federal gun laws

Judge dismisses states’ gun suit

HELENA, Mont. — A federal judge in Montana is dismissing a lawsuit launched by gun rights advocates and states seeking freedom from federal gun laws.

Obama attempts to fill vacancy on DC appeals court with NY lawyer, names other nominees

Obama taps NY lawyer for DC circuit

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Wednesday nominated the general counsel for the Manhattan district attorney’s office to a vacancy on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

Ahead of his own comeback attempt, Musharraf says Pakistan’s military needs political role

Musharraf: Pakistan’s military need political role

AP Source: Obama to attempt to fill vacancy on DC appeals court, a very influential court

AP source: Obama to tap NY lawyer for DC circuit

NY, NJ longshoremen on strike despite court order over Del Monte work dispute

Longshoremen on strike in NJ, NY over produce work

Supreme Court to hear contractors’ appeal in lengthy fight over Navy’s canceled A-12 airplane

High court enters legal fight over Navy plane

Supreme Court to weigh whether corporations can claim personal privacy interests

High court takes case on corporate privacy

Indian Supreme Court dismisses plea that sought to delay verdict on Ayodhya holy site

Indian Court rejects deferral of case on holy site

Officials: Calif governor delays execution by 45 hours to allow time for appeals

Calif gov delays execution to allow appeals time

Officials: Calif governor delays execution by 45 hours for clemency request, appeals

California governor delays execution by 45 hours

Calif judge refuses death row inmate’s request to block 1st state execution since 2006

Calif state court judge refuses to block execution

As outside groups spend millions on ads, group behind landmark case finds its political niche

After landmark case, Citizens United finds niche

Calif. death row inmate asks court to halt execution, refuses to choose type of injection

Calif. inmate asks federal court to halt execution

US cannot document any payment to detainees for abuse at Abu Ghraib

US unable to document any payments for Abu Ghraib

PROMISES, PROMISES: US cannot document any payment to detainees for abuse at Abu Ghraib

PROMISES, PROMISES: No amends yet for Abu Ghraib?

Judge gives death row inmate 18 more hours to consider method of execution

Inmate gets more time to choose execution method

Judge refuses to throw out Tennessee student’s convictions in hacking of Sarah Palin’s e-mail

Judge: Verdict stands in hacked Palin e-mail case

Judge to approve $75M Citigroup settlement once bank adds assurances against future actions

Judge ready to approve $75M Citigroup settlement

Federal judge OKs 1st Calif execution since ‘06 after state revises lethal injection procedure

Judge clears way for 1st Calif execution since ‘06

Federal judge in Washington state orders lesbian flight nurse reinstated to Air Force

Judge orders lesbian reinstated to Air Force

Feds: Court should not issue ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ injunction, leave issue to Congress

‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ injunction now up to judge

Feds object to injunction on ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ being considered by federal judge

Feds object to ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ injunction

Democrats say GOP blocking votes for Obama nominees to lower courts, call tactic unprecedented

Democrats: GOP now blocking picks for lower courts

Anti-abortion female Republican candidates could change political equation in Senate

Abortion an issue in Senate races

NEW YORK — An unusually large contingent of female Republican candidates with strong anti-abortion views is heating up debate on the issue and could change the political equation in the next Congress.

NY judge throws out lawsuit by estate of author who claimed ‘Disturbia’ copied ‘Rear Window’

NY judge: ‘Disturbia’ did not copy short story

Woman on track to be 1st female executed in Va in nearly a century as high court clears way

Va. could execute 1st woman in nearly a century

Trial concludes in case of Wash. lesbian seeking Air Force reinstatement; judge to rule Friday

Judge to rule Friday on Witt’s return to Air Force

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