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Mark Sherman

Mark Sherman

May 17, 2010 | Daily Report Online

Court rules out some life sentences for juveniles

WASHINGTON AP - The Supreme Court has ruled that teenagers may not be locked up for life without chance of parole if they haven't killed anyone.By a 5-4 vote Monday, the court says the Constitution requires that young people serving life sentences must at least be considered for release.The court ruled in the case of Terrance Graham, who was implicated in armed robberies when he was 16 and 17.

By MARK SHERMAN

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October 21, 2013 | Daily Report Online

High Court To Look At Death Row Inmate With Low IQ

The Supreme Court will take up a Florida case over how judges should determine if a death row inmate is mentally disabled, and thus ineligible for execution.

By Mark Sherman

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March 24, 2010 | Daily Report Online

Breyer, Scalia explain why they often disagree

WASHINGTON AP - Justice Antonin Scalia tends to see things as black or white. Justice Stephen Breyer sees a lot more gray.When contentious decisions come down at the Supreme Court, Breyer and Scalia are almost always on opposite sides. On Tuesday, they tried to explain why their differing views of judging so often lead them to opposite conclusions when the topic is abortion, the death penalty, gay rights or physician-assisted suicide.

By MARK SHERMAN

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April 09, 2010 | Daily Report Online

Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens retiring

WASHINGTON AP - Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, the court's oldest member and leader of its liberal bloc, is retiring. President Barack Obama now has his second high court opening to fill.Stevens said Friday he will step down when the court finishes its work for the summer in late June or early July. He said he hopes his successor is confirmed "well in advance of the commencement of the court's next term.

By MARK SHERMAN

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June 25, 2007 | Daily Report Online

Court allows issue ads' close to elections

WASHINGTON AP - The Supreme Court loosened restrictions Monday on corporate- and union-funded television ads that air close to elections, weakening a key provision of a landmark campaign finance law.The court, split 5-4, upheld an appeals court ruling that an anti-abortion group should have been allowed to air ads during the final two months before the 2004 elections.

By Mark Sherman

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March 21, 2012 | Daily Report Online

High court hears suit over Cheney event arrest

By Mark Sherman

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October 08, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Court wrestles with case on Navy sonar, whales

WASHINGTON AP - The Supreme Court appeared divided Wednesday over judges' authority to limit the Navy's use of sonar to protect whales.The court heard arguments in a dispute between the Bush administration and environmental advocates over court rulings that restrict sonar in naval training exercises off the coast of Southern California.

By MARK SHERMAN

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March 31, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Supreme Court stays out of congressional office search dispute

WASHINGTON AP - The Supreme Court on Monday refused to step into a legal fight between the Justice Department and a member of Congress who has been indicted on bribery charges.The court declined to review an appeals court ruling that the FBI reviewed legislative documents in the office of Rep. William Jefferson, D-La.

By MARK SHERMAN

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September 25, 2009 | Daily Report Online

Justice Ginsburg hospitalized; became ill at work

WASHINGTON AP - Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the 76-year-old Supreme Court justice who underwent pancreatic cancer surgery earlier this year, fell ill at work after a treatment for anemia and was hospitalized overnight.Ginsburg was taken to Washington Hospital Center at 7:45 p.m. EDT Thursday and would remain there for the night as a precaution, a statement from the court said.

By MARK SHERMAN

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January 25, 2007 | National Law Journal

Supreme Court justices defend decision that made Bush president

Three of the five Supreme Court justices who handed the presidency to George W. Bush in 2000 say they had no choice but to intervene in the Florida recount by deciding against Vice President Al Gore.

By Mark Sherman

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