Mark Sherman

June 24, 2014 | New York Law Journal

The U.S. Supreme largely left intact Monday the Obama administration's only existing program to limit power plant and factory emissions of the gases blamed for global warming.

By Mark Sherman

6 minute read

June 02, 2014 | Daily Report Online

A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Monday that prosecutors may not rely on an international chemical weapons treaty to convict a woman who attacked her husband's mistress.

By Mark Sherman

3 minute read

May 28, 2014 | Daily Report Online

Twelve years after barring execution of the mentally disabled, the Supreme Court on Tuesday prohibited states in borderline cases from relying only on intelligence test scores to determine whether a death row inmate is eligible to be executed.

By Mark Sherman

5 minute read

May 27, 2014 | Daily Report Online

The Supreme Court sided with police officers Tuesday who were sued over a high-speed, two-state chase that ended with the deaths of the fleeing driver and his passenger.

By Mark Sherman

2 minute read

May 05, 2014 | Daily Report Online

The Supreme Court said Monday that prayers that open town council meetings do not violate the Constitution even if they routinely stress Christianity.

By Mark Sherman

4 minute read

April 30, 2014 | New York Law Journal

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday handed the Obama administration an important victory in its effort to reduce power plant pollution in 28 Midwestern and Appalachian states that blows downwind and leads to unhealthy air in states like New York.

By Dina Cappiello and Mark Sherman

6 minute read

April 28, 2014 | Daily Report Online

Two Supreme Court cases about police searches of cellphones without warrants present vastly different views of the ubiquitous device.

By Mark Sherman

5 minute read

April 23, 2014 | Daily Report Online

The Supreme Court has thrown out a nearly $3.4 million judgment against a man convicted of possessing two pornographic images of a child that have been seen by thousands of online viewers.

By Mark Sherman

1 minute read

April 22, 2014 | Daily Report Online

The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld Michigan's ban on using race as a factor in college admissions despite one justice's impassioned dissent that accused the court of wanting to wish away racial inequality.

By Mark Sherman

4 minute read

April 22, 2014 | Daily Report Online

The Supreme Court is taking up a dispute between broadcasters and an Internet startup company that has the potential to bring big changes to the television industry.

By Mark Sherman

3 minute read