The US Supreme Court ruled Monday that senior officials from president George W. Bush’s administration cannot be held responsible for abuses against Muslim immigrants and others held in the frantic response to the September 11, 2001 attacks. The 4-2 decision marked a victory for ex-attorney general John Ashcroft and former FBI director Robert Mueller, who … Read more
Crisis-ridden Venezuela received a bit of good news Monday when the US Supreme Court ruled against an American oil firm whose equipment was expropriated under late president Hugo Chavez. In a unanimous decision, the court rejected the basis of a suit against Venezuela brought by Oklahoma-based Helmerich & Payne International Drilling, which asserted that the … Read more
Cheerleader outfits can be protected by copyright, the US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a verdict criticized by some as curbing creative freedom in the world of fashion and costumes. The vote among the eight judges was 6-2, a rare instance in which conservatives and liberals on the nation’s highest court agreed on something. The … Read more
The US Supreme Court appeared divided Tuesday as it weighed a thorny cross-border case involving the death of a young boy shot on Mexican soil by an American border patrol agent standing on the US side of the frontier. At issue before the eight black-robed justices is whether the family of 15-year-old Sergio Hernandez Guereca … Read more