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

November 9, 2009

There are just over 100 people in the world serving sentences of life without the possibility of parole for crimes they committed as juveniles in which no one was killed. ...more

November 9, 2009

Joe Sullivan was sent away for life for raping an elderly woman and judged incorrigible though he was only 13 at the time of the attack. ...more

November 8, 2009

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that electoral districts must have a majority of African-Americans or other minorities to be protected by a provision of the Voting Rights Act. ...more

March 9, 2009

On June 23, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia overturned the government's classification of a Guantanamo Bay detainee as an enemy combatant. The court directed the military to release him, to transfer him or hold a new proceeding promptly. This type of legal process is authorized by Congress and the president to afford prisoners adequate due process, yet keep sensitive military matters out of the civilian court system. (As a matter of fact, this ruling contained classified military information, so a sanitized version is now being prepared for public release.) ...more

July 4, 2008

On June 23, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia overturned the government's classification of a Guantanamo Bay detainee as an enemy combatant. ...more

July 3, 2008

A week ago, Justice Anthony Kennedy was a liberal hero. Joining the court's four liberal jurists, he declared that while Sept. 11 may have changed everything, it didn't change the Constitution. ...more

July 2, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court has struck down a Louisiana law that allows the execution of people convicted of a raping a child. In a 5-4 vote, the court says the law allowing the death penalty to be imposed in cases of child rape violates the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment. ...more

June 25, 2008

One momentous case down, another equally historic decision to go. The Supreme Court returns to the bench today with 17 cases still unresolved, including its first-ever comprehensive look at the Second Amendment's right to bear arms. ...more

June 16, 2008

WASHINGTON - One momentous case down, another equally historic decision to go. The Supreme Court returns to the bench Monday with 17 cases still unresolved, including its first-ever comprehensive look at the Second Amendment's right to bear arms. ...more

June 15, 2008