Mark Sherman

July 31, 2007 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - Chief Justice John Roberts told President Bush Tuesday he was doing well after sustaining a seizure at his Maine vacation home, the White House said.Bush called Roberts Tuesday morning."The chief justice assured him that he was doing fine," White House press secretary Tony Snow said. "The president was reassured.

By Mark Sherman

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June 26, 2008 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - Americans can keep guns at home for self-defense, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday in the justices' first-ever pronouncement on the meaning of gun rights under the Second Amendment.The court's 5-4 ruling struck down the District of Columbia's ban on handguns. The decision went further than even the Bush administration wanted, but probably leaves most federal firearms restrictions intact.

By MARK SHERMAN

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September 02, 2009 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has hired fewer law clerks than usual, generating speculation that the leader of the court's liberals will retire next year.If Stevens does step down, he would give President Barack Obama his second high court opening in two years. Obama chose Justice Sonia Sotomayor for the court when Justice David Souter announced his retirement in May.

By MARK SHERMAN

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October 14, 2013 | Daily Report Online

After the Supreme Court ruled a decade ago that race could be a factor in college admissions in a Michigan case, affirmative action opponents persuaded the state's voters to outlaw any consideration of race.

By Mark Sherman

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November 11, 2009 | Daily Report Online

By MARK SHERMAN

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February 27, 2013 | Daily Report Online

The Supreme Court's conservative justices voiced deep skepticism Wednesday about a section of a landmark civil rights law that has helped millions of Americans exercise their right to vote.

By Mark Sherman

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July 18, 2013 | Daily Report Online

Justice Samuel Alito bowed out of roughly six dozen matters that came before the Supreme Court in the past 10 months with no explanation. Alito's latest report of his finances clears up the mystery.

By Mark Sherman

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June 28, 2007 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected integration plans in two major public school districts but left the door open for the limited use of race to achieve diversity in schools.The decision in cases affecting how students are assigned to schools in Louisville, Ky., and Seattle could imperil similar plans in hundreds of districts nationwide, and it further restricted how public school systems may attain racial diversity.

By Mark Sherman

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March 02, 2009 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - The Supreme Court expressed skepticism Monday about giving a convict the broad constitutional right to test DNA evidence, which for 232 people has meant exoneration years after they were found guilty.At issue is the case of William Osborne, who was convicted in a brutal attack on a prostitute in Alaska 16 years ago.

By MARK SHERMAN

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January 21, 2010 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that corporations may spend as freely as they like to support or oppose candidates for president and Congress, easing decades-old limits on business efforts to influence federal campaigns.By a 5-4 vote, the court overturned a 20-year-old ruling that said companies can be prohibited from using money from their general treasuries to produce and run their own campaign ads.

By MARK SHERMAN

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