K2 Radio » U.S. Supreme Court http://k2radio.com Wyoming's Radio Station Thu, 23 May 2013 15:47:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 High Court To Weigh In On Legislative Prayers http://k2radio.com/high-court-to-weigh-in-on-legislative-prayers/ http://k2radio.com/high-court-to-weigh-in-on-legislative-prayers/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 15:20:22 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=285163 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking a new case on the intersection of religion and government in a dispute over prayers used to open meetings in an upstate New York town.

The justices said Monday they will review an appeals court ruling that held that he town of Greece in suburban Rochester violated the Constitution by opening nearly every meeting over an 11-year span with prayers that stressed Christianity

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]]> http://k2radio.com/high-court-to-weigh-in-on-legislative-prayers/feed/ 0 Mark Wilson/Getty Images High Court Rejects Challenge To New York Gun Law http://k2radio.com/high-court-rejects-challenge-to-new-york-gun-law/ http://k2radio.com/high-court-rejects-challenge-to-new-york-gun-law/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:06:53 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=275121 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is staying out of the gun debate for now.

The justices on Monday declined to hear a challenge to a strict New York law that makes it difficult for residents to get a license to carry a concealed handgun in public

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]]> http://k2radio.com/high-court-rejects-challenge-to-new-york-gun-law/feed/ 0 Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images California Gay Marriage Argument At High Court http://k2radio.com/california-gay-marriage-argument-at-high-court/ http://k2radio.com/california-gay-marriage-argument-at-high-court/#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:43:34 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=269607 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is wading into the fight over same-sex marriage at a time when public opinion is shifting rapidly in favor of permitting gay and lesbian couples to wed, but 40 states don't allow it

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]]> http://k2radio.com/california-gay-marriage-argument-at-high-court/feed/ 0 Justin Sullivan/Getty Images High Court Weighs Drug Companies' Generics Policy http://k2radio.com/high-court-weighs-drug-companies-generics-policy/ http://k2radio.com/high-court-weighs-drug-companies-generics-policy/#comments Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:41:30 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=269388 WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators are pressing the Supreme Court to stop big pharmaceutical corporations from paying generic drug competitors to delay releasing their cheaper versions of brand-name drugs

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]]> http://k2radio.com/high-court-weighs-drug-companies-generics-policy/feed/ 0 Mark Wilson/Getty Images Must Voters Have To Prove Citizenship To Register? http://k2radio.com/must-voters-have-to-prove-citizenship-to-register/ http://k2radio.com/must-voters-have-to-prove-citizenship-to-register/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:02:09 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=267964 WASHINGTON (AP) — WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court justices seem conflicted on whether they think states can force people to prove their U.S. citizenship before registering to vote.

Arizona is challenging a lower court's refusal to let it demand that prospective voters document their U

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]]> http://k2radio.com/must-voters-have-to-prove-citizenship-to-register/feed/ 0 Alex Wong/Getty Images High Court Rejects Medicare Challenge http://k2radio.com/high-court-rejects-medicare-challenge/ http://k2radio.com/high-court-rejects-medicare-challenge/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:21:42 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=249226 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has turned away a challenge from former House Majority Leader Dick Armey and other Social Security recipients who say they have the right to reject Medicare in favor of continuing health coverage from private insurers

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]]> http://k2radio.com/high-court-rejects-medicare-challenge/feed/ 0 Alex Wong/Getty Images High Court Says Government Can Be Liable For Flood http://k2radio.com/high-court-says-government-can-be-liable-for-flood/ http://k2radio.com/high-court-says-government-can-be-liable-for-flood/#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2012 16:13:23 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=242094 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ruled that the federal government is not automatically exempt from paying for damage caused by temporary flooding from government-owned dams.

The court on Tuesday sided with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission in its appeal of a lower court ruling that said the federal government did not have to pay for damage to thousands of trees after the U

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]]> http://k2radio.com/high-court-says-government-can-be-liable-for-flood/feed/ 0 Mark Wilson/Getty Images High Court Rejects Appeal Over Sanity Defense http://k2radio.com/high-court-rejects-appeal-over-sanity-defense/ http://k2radio.com/high-court-rejects-appeal-over-sanity-defense/#comments Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:18:43 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=239826 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is refusing to consider whether a criminal defendant has a constitutional right to plead not guilty by reason of insanity.

The justices on Monday rejected an appeal from convicted killer John Joseph Delling of Idaho, one of four states that bar defendants from claiming that they were legally insane, or unable to appreciate that what they did was wrong

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]]> http://k2radio.com/high-court-rejects-appeal-over-sanity-defense/feed/ 0 Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images U.S. Supreme Court Justice Scalia Speaking At UW http://k2radio.com/u-s-supreme-court-justice-scalia-speaking-at-uw/ http://k2radio.com/u-s-supreme-court-justice-scalia-speaking-at-uw/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2012 11:46:55 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=200659 LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is set to speak at the University of Wyoming.

Scalia is set to speak Thursday afternoon at the university's fine arts concert hall in Laramie

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]]> http://k2radio.com/u-s-supreme-court-justice-scalia-speaking-at-uw/feed/ 0 Alex Wong/Getty Images Supreme Court Halts Turnover Of Secret IRA Tapes http://k2radio.com/supreme-court-halts-turnover-of-secret-ira-tapes/ http://k2radio.com/supreme-court-halts-turnover-of-secret-ira-tapes/#comments Wed, 17 Oct 2012 17:17:55 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=185791 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked Boston College from turning interviews over to the government that academic researchers recorded with a former Irish Republic Army member.

The high court on Wednesday stayed a lower court order that the school give the Justice Department portions of recorded interviews with convicted IRA car bomber Dolours Price

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]]> http://k2radio.com/supreme-court-halts-turnover-of-secret-ira-tapes/feed/ 0 High Court Won't Block Early Voting In Ohio http://k2radio.com/high-court-wont-block-early-voting-in-ohio/ http://k2radio.com/high-court-wont-block-early-voting-in-ohio/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2012 17:23:23 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=183682 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is siding with Democrats in refusing to block early voting in the battleground state of Ohio.

The court on Tuesday refused a Republican request to get involved in a dispute over early voting in the state on the three days before Election Day

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]]> http://k2radio.com/high-court-wont-block-early-voting-in-ohio/feed/ 0 Mark Wilson/Getty Images Court Won't Hear Anti-Gay Marriage Group Appeal http://k2radio.com/court-wont-hear-anti-gay-marriage-group-appeal/ http://k2radio.com/court-wont-hear-anti-gay-marriage-group-appeal/#comments Mon, 01 Oct 2012 15:22:39 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=154913 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from a national anti-gay marriage group that tried to thwart Maine's campaign disclosure law requiring it to release its donor list

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]]> http://k2radio.com/court-wont-hear-anti-gay-marriage-group-appeal/feed/ 0 Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images High Court Rejects Challenge To Roadless Rule http://k2radio.com/high-court-rejects-challenge-to-roadless-rule/ http://k2radio.com/high-court-rejects-challenge-to-roadless-rule/#comments Mon, 01 Oct 2012 15:15:50 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=154909 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has turned away an appeal challenging a federal rule that bars development on 50 million acres of roadless areas in national forests.

The justices said Monday they will leave in place a federal appeals court decision that upheld the so-called roadless rule that took effect late in the presidency of Bill Clinton

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]]> http://k2radio.com/high-court-rejects-challenge-to-roadless-rule/feed/ 0 Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Scalia Says No 'Falling Out' With Roberts http://k2radio.com/scalia-says-no-falling-out-with-roberts/ http://k2radio.com/scalia-says-no-falling-out-with-roberts/#comments Thu, 19 Jul 2012 15:08:08 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=108843 WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Antonin Scalia said he hasn't had a "falling out" with Chief Justice John Roberts over the Supreme Court's landmark 5-4 decision validating much of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul

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]]> http://k2radio.com/scalia-says-no-falling-out-with-roberts/feed/ 0 Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Countdown To Health Care Ruling http://k2radio.com/countdown-to-health-care-ruling/ http://k2radio.com/countdown-to-health-care-ruling/#comments Thu, 28 Jun 2012 11:39:59 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=103204 WASHINGTON (AP) — The stakes are huge as the anticipation grows for today's announcement of the Supreme Court's decision on the health care overhaul, but no matter what the court decides, it's unlikely to be the final word

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]]> http://k2radio.com/countdown-to-health-care-ruling/feed/ 0 Mark Wilson/Getty Images Health Care Ruling Looms As High Court Meets http://k2radio.com/health-care-ruling-looms-as-high-court-meets/ http://k2radio.com/health-care-ruling-looms-as-high-court-meets/#comments Mon, 25 Jun 2012 11:41:19 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=102270 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is meeting Monday to issue opinions in some of the handful of cases that remain unresolved.

As the justices enter what is looking like their final week, President Barack Obama's health care overhaul and Arizona's immigration law top the list of undecided cases

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]]> http://k2radio.com/health-care-ruling-looms-as-high-court-meets/feed/ 0 Alex Wong/Getty Images Justices Meet Friday To Vote On Health Care Case http://k2radio.com/justices-meet-friday-to-vote-on-health-care-case/ http://k2radio.com/justices-meet-friday-to-vote-on-health-care-case/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:46:29 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=79419 WASHINGTON (AP) — A vote today by the Supreme Court on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul will go a long way toward determining its fate but still may not be the final word.

The decision and accompanying opinions won't be released until sometime in late June

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]]> http://k2radio.com/justices-meet-friday-to-vote-on-health-care-case/feed/ 0 Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Court Says State Can't Be Sued Over Sick Leave http://k2radio.com/court-says-state-cant-be-sued-over-sick-leave/ http://k2radio.com/court-says-state-cant-be-sued-over-sick-leave/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:18:49 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=76440 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says a state can't be sued under the Family and Medical Leave Act for refusing to give an employee time off to recover from an illness.

The high court on Tuesday refused to let Daniel Coleman sue the Maryland state Court of Appeals for firing him after he asked for sick leave

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The justices on Monday are leaving in place a federal appeals court ruling that found that the policy doesn't violate the Constitution

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]]> http://k2radio.com/high-court-rejects-christian-campus-groups-appeal/feed/ 0 Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Texas Electoral Maps At Issue Before Supreme Court http://k2radio.com/texas-electoral-maps-at-issue-before-supreme-court/ http://k2radio.com/texas-electoral-maps-at-issue-before-supreme-court/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:40:22 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=55933 WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal law says states and localities with a history of discrimination cannot change any voting procedures without first getting approval from the Justice Department or a federal court in Washington

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