Supreme Court strengthens Citizens United decision with Montana ruling

ShareThis Supreme Court strengthens Citizens United decision with Montana ruling 25 Jun 2012 The Supreme Court on Monday reaffirmed the right of corporations to make independent political expenditures, summarily overturning a 100-year-old Montana state law that barred corporations from such political activity. The justices ruled in an unsigned opinion that Montana’s law was in conflict [...]

Supreme Court rules mandatory juvenile life without parole cruel and unusual

ShareThis Supreme Court rules mandatory juvenile life without parole cruel and unusual 25 Jun 2012 The Supreme Court on Monday limited the use of life terms in prison for murderers under 18, ruling that judges must consider the defendant’s youth and the nature of the crime before putting him behind bars with no hope for [...]

If you sell your used iPad, you may be a copyright criminal, says U.S. Supreme Court

(NaturalNews) There is another copyright battle emerging over intellectual property, and this time you, John or Jane Q. Citizen, could be smack-dab in the middle of it, for one of the most innocuous acts you could imagine - selling your used iPad. At present the U.S. Supreme Court is preparing to rule on a case that [...]

Top court rejects appeals by Guantanamo prisoners

ShareThis Top court rejects appeals by Guantanamo prisoners 11 Jun 2012 The Supreme Court on Monday refused to reconsider challenges by Guantanamo Bay prisoners against their years-long detention at the U.S. military base in Cuba, an issue that prompted a landmark ruling four years ago. The high court sided with the Obama administration and rejected [...]

NY judge rejects lawsuit by OWS protesters against top officials

ShareThis NY judge rejects lawsuit by OWS protesters against top officials 08 Jun 2012 A Manhattan federal judge has said that the hundreds of anti-Wall Street protesters arrested on Brooklyn Bridge in New York last year cannot proceed with their claims against top city officials. US District Judge Red Rakoff said in a written ruling [...]

NDAA unconstitutional: Federal judge bans Obama from indefinitely detaining Americans

NDAA unconstitutional: Federal judge bans Obama from indefinitely detaining Americans

(RT)   Sorry, Mr. President. A US Federal judge has clarified a decision made last month with some news sure to upset the Obama administration: the White House cannot use the NDAA to indefinitely detain American citizens. Judge Katherine B. Forrest has answered a request made by US President Barack Obama last month to more carefully [...]

US top court rejects Blackwater Iraq shooting appeal

ShareThis US top court rejects Blackwater Iraq shooting appeal 04 Jun 2012 The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by four Blackwater Worldwide security guards mercenaries who argued prosecutors made improper use of their statements to investigators in charging them with killing 14 Iraqi civilians in 2007. The justices refused to review a [...]

Julian Assange given 14 days to challenge extradition ruling

ShareThis Julian Assange given 14 days to challenge extradition ruling 30 May 2012 Julian Assange’s fight against extradition to Sweden may stagger on to a second round at the supreme court after he was granted permission to submit fresh arguments. Despite losing by a majority of five to two, his lawyers have been given 14 [...]

Judge Rules Obama’s Indefinite Detention Violates Our Constitutional Rights

Judge Rules Obama’s Indefinite Detention Violates Our Constitutional Rights (via EcoLocalizer)   An Obama-appointed federal judge, Katherine Forrest, has just ruled that the administration’s indefinite detention provisions are indeed unconstitutional, and likely violate both the 1st and 5th Amendments. The landmark ruling came as part of a lawsuit brought by seven different plaintiffs —…   [...]

Federal judge: Terror law violates 1st Amendment

ShareThis Federal judge: Terror law violates 1st Amendment 16 May 2012 A judge on Wednesday struck down a portion of a law giving the government wide powers to regulate the detention, interrogation and prosecution of suspected terrorists, saying it left journalists, scholars and political activists facing the prospect of indefinite detention for exercising First Amendment [...]