WASHINGTON (AP) — A seemingly divided Supreme Court wrestled today with whether teenagers can be locked away forever for their crimes. ...more

November 9, 2009

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Monday delayed Chrysler's sale of most of its assets to a group led by Italy's Fiat, but didn't say how long the deal will remain on hold. ...more

June 9, 2009

Chrysler's five weeks of breakneck-speed bankruptcy proceedings came to a screeching halt Monday, when a Supreme Court justice delayed its sale of assets to Italy's Fiat. ...more

June 8, 2009

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told law students today there could be an opening on the Supreme Court soon but didn't hint at who might be leaving. ...more

March 13, 2009

To a nation reeling from recession and facing long-festering problems, President Barack Obama has a simple reminder: "We are not quitters." ...more

February 25, 2009

Here's the situation: A man with a known criminal past - let's call him Joe - heads over to the impound yard to retrieve something from his truck. ...more

February 1, 2009

One of the U.S. Supreme Court's more controversial rulings last term involved the tight deadline for employees to file claims of job discrimination. The high court said that even when employees don't know they're being discriminated against, the restrictive timeline must be followed. ...more

May 10, 2008

By now the Tale of Lilly Ledbetter is beginning to sound like the Perils of Pauline or the Pre-Feminist Follies. ...more

May 3, 2008

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the star of the syndicated TV show "Judge Alex" on Wednesday, saying an arbitrator must decide a fee dispute with a lawyer who claims 12 percent of the "Judge Alex" earnings. ...more

February 21, 2008

By definition, a judge's job is to hear a case and hand down the penalty, if one is merited. But Congress began eroding judicial discretion in 1986 with a law that mandated five years in prison for anyone caught selling as little as five grams of crack cocaine. ...more

December 12, 2007