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Supreme Court upholds affirmative action program Narrow decision allows use of racial preferences at University of Texas Check out this story on eveningsun.com: http://usat.ly/28P5Qgg Advocates of affirmative action policies at colleges and universities rallied outside the Supreme Court in December when the University of Texas case was heard. WASHINGTON - A deeply divided Supreme Court upheld the use of racial preferences in admissions at the University of Texas Thursday, giving an unexpected reprieve to the type of affirmative action policies it has condoned for nearly four decades.
States can make it a crime for a driver to refuse to submit to a breath test to detect the level of alcohol in the bloodstream, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled. The court, however, said the Constitution bars police officers from drawing blood without a warrant.
OCTOBER 10: People wait in line to enter the U.S. Supreme Court on October 10, 2012 in Washington, DC. Today the high court is scheduled to hear arguments on Fisher V. University of Texas at Austin, and are tasked with ruling on whether the university's consideration of race in admissions is constitutional.
APRIL 18: Tea Party Patriots supporters participate in a rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court April 18, 2016 in Washington, DC. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of United States v.
Lauren Baker of Plano and Mary Baumgard of Minnesota held signs in front of the U.S. Supreme Court March 2, 2016, as the court arguments in a case on a Texas abortion law. The process of compiling much-anticipated Texas abortion statistics for 2014 - expected to reflect the impact of abortion restrictions passed by the 2013 legislature - followed its normal course up until February of this year, a health agency insider says.
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor will speak at the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus later this summer as part of the Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning program.
The amount of same-sex cohabitating couples who are married has risen since the Supreme Court legalized the practice nationwide, according to a new poll. Gallup on Wednesday reported an 11-point increase in married couples since last year's landmark decision in Obergefell v.
In this Feb. 17, 2015, file photo, Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore poses in front the the American flag in Montgomery, Ala. The chief justice continues to fight against gay marriage in Alabama.
Regulation of Texas abortion clinics, race in college admissions, protections for people living in the U.S. illegally and the public corruption conviction of Virginia's former governor are among the big issues yet to be decided by the Supreme Court. The eight-justice court has eight cases to resolve in the waning days of a trying and mournful term since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in February.
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that courts need not throw out evidence of a crime even if the arresting police officer used unlawful tactics to obtain it. But the low-profile case more likely will be remembered for a fierce and personal dissent from Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who said the decision would exacerbate illegal stops of minorities.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor gave voice to what hundreds of thousands of people of color have experienced when being stopped and harassed by police. Earlier today, the Supreme Court made a terrible decision to allow evidence obtained by police who've made an unlawful stop be considered in an arrest resulting from that stop.
A gun manufacturer should be held accountable for selling the public semi-automatic rifles that were designed as military killing machines, a lawyer for families of some victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre told a judge Monday. The argument came during a court hearing on Remington Arms' request to dismiss a lawsuit by relatives of nine children and adults killed at the Newtown school on Dec. 14, 2012, and a teacher who survived the shooting.
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that evidence of a crime may be used against a defendant even if the police did something wrong or illegal in obtaining it. The ruling comes in a case in which a police detective illegally stopped defendant Joseph Edward Strieff on the streets of South Salt Lake City, Utah.
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that the European Union can't pursue a lawsuit accusing tobacco giant R.J Reynolds of taking part in a global money-laundering scheme that sponsored cigarette-smuggling in Europe. In a 4-3 ruling, the justices said the EU has no right to sue in U.S. courts because federal racketeering laws don't allow recovery for injuries occurring outside the United States.
It's been six months since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that some 2,500 "juvenile lifers" could seek a chance at parole for their childhood crimes, but only a few aging inmates have walked out of prison. Public defenders fear many will need the blessing of a judge, a parole board and perhaps the victim's family, even after Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote that only the "rarest of children" are so "incorrigible" they should never go free.
Jackie Lee Thompson poses for a portrait Tuesday June 7, 2016 near Wellsboro, Pa. Thompson, 61, appears to be the first of Pennsylvania's approximately 500 juvenile lifers released since the Supreme Court ruling in January.
It's hard to imagine. But it sure would be poetic justice if "The Roberts Court" ended up with Roberts and Alito huddled in their own little corner as the last remnants of the Reagan Revolution.
In the minds of many Texans, the Lone Star State's two flagship universities are polar opposites: The University of Texas at Austin is perceived as diverse, urban and liberal. Texas A&M University is viewed as white, rural and conservative.
Rank-and-file activists urged Democratic leaders on Saturday to ensure that the party platform protects voter rights, advocates equality for women and recommends reducing the role of money on politics. The final day of the Democratic National Convention Committee's forum in Phoenix centered on how to attract supporters and appeal to their interests.