Mark Sherman

July 27, 2012 | Daily Report Online

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is downplaying reports of discord among the justices following last month's decision to uphold President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

By Mark Sherman

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April 09, 2008 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP _ The desire to sell books, it seems, can make even the Supreme Court's fiercest critic of the media smile for the camera.Justice Antonin Scalia, who once banned broadcast media from covering his acceptance of an award for supporting free speech, will be profiled on CBS' "60 Minutes" in late April, just before publication of his new book on legal writing and advocacy.

By MARK SHERMAN

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March 18, 2008 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the state of Washington's open primary election system, a setback for the Republican and Democratic political parties in the state.By a 7-2 vote, the court says the state may use a primary system that allows the top two vote-getters to advance to the general election, even if they are from the same party.

By MARK SHERMAN

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February 28, 2008 | National Law Journal

The Supreme Court decided Wednesday that employees who claim job discrimination should not suffer because of mistakes made by the federal agency charged with investigating their allegations. The 7-2 ruling allows an age discrimination lawsuit to proceed against FedEx Corp. The majority opinion is critical of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which failed to notify FedEx that 14 employees had filed a complaint. Companies must be told about complaints before discrimination lawsuits can be filed.

By Mark Sherman

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March 03, 2009 | Daily Report Online

By MARK SHERMAN

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April 21, 2009 | National Law Journal

The Supreme Court said Monday it will explore a dark corner of Americans' fascination with animals, whether the sale of videos depicting dog fights and violent deaths of small animals is protected by the First Amendment's guarantee of free speech. The justices agreed to hear arguments in the fall in the government's appeal of a 3rd Circuit ruling that struck down a federal law aimed at the sale of images of animal cruelty on the basis that the law illegally restricts speech.

By Mark Sherman

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March 11, 2011 | Daily Report Online

A couple of angry dissents aside, the Supreme Court has shown a remarkable degree of consensus in the nearly two dozen opinions issued so far this term.Fifteen of the 23 decisions have been unanimous and four have drawn just one dissenting vote. No case has ended in a 5-4 split in which the liberals and conservatives are on opposite sides.

By Mark Sherman

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March 19, 2008 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - The Supreme Court threw out the death sentence and conviction in a Louisiana murder case Wednesday, citing racial prejudice in the actions of a prosecutor who called the murder trial his "O.J. Simpson case" and kept blacks off the jury.By a 7-2 vote, the justices said state prosecutor Jim Williams improperly excluded blacks from the jury that convicted Allen Snyder of killing his estranged wife's companion.

By MARK SHERMAN

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June 04, 2007 | Daily Report Online

By Mark Sherman

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February 27, 2008 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - The Supreme Court is considering whether to prevent victims of the Exxon Valdez disaster from collecting a $2.5 billion judgment, nearly 19 years after the tanker dumped 11 million gallons of oil into Alaska waters.In the case being argued Wednesday, Exxon Mobil Corp. wants the court to erase the award of punitive damages to nearly 33,000 commercial fishermen, Native Alaskans, landowners, businesses and local governments.

By MARK SHERMAN

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