News Topic: Supreme Court
Wednesday October 14 2009
Siegelman Hopeful U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear His Appeal
Attorneys for former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman see a positive sign in the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to hear the appeal of former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling. more »
Monday October 05 2009
SCOTUS Will Not Review FL Pledge of Allegiance Law
The law requires public school students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance each day unless they have their parents' written permission excusing them. more »
Tuesday September 08 2009
Sotomayor Takes Her Place at Supreme Court
Justice Sonia Sotomayor has taken her seat at
the Supreme Court in front of a packed courtroom that included
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden. more »
Wednesday August 12 2009
Siegelman Files Appeal With U.S. Supreme Court
Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman and HealthSouth Corp. founder Richard Scrushy are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn their federal bribery convictions. more »
Saturday August 08 2009
Sotomayor Sworn In
The U.S. now has it's first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice more »
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Associated Press/ CBS News
Thursday August 06 2009
Senate Confirms Sotomayor to Supreme Court
In a history-making vote, the Senate has confirmed Sonia Sotomayor as the Supreme Court's first Hispanic justice. more »
Monday July 27 2009
Sessions Plans To Vote ‘No’ Tuesday
The senior Republican on the Senate Judiciary
Committee says he'll vote against Supreme Court nominee Sonia
Sotomayor. more »
Saturday July 25 2009
Sessions Makes His Decision On Sotomayor
Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions says he has made up his mind on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, but not ready to make his decision public. more »
Thursday July 16 2009
Classic TV Show Mentioned In Confirmation Hearings
Sotomayor, Franken both 'Perry Mason' fans. more »
Monday July 13 2009
Sessions Wonders Whether Sotomayor Can Be Impartial
At the start of Supreme Couty nominee Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearing, Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions said he wants impartial judges and wondered whether Sotomayor could be one. more »
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The Associated Press/WKRG Staff
Monday June 01 2009
Judge Roy Moore Running For Governor
The former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice made national headlines in 2003 after refusing to remove the Ten Commandments from the State Judicial Building. He lost the 2006 republican primary to Governor Bob Riley. more »
Sunday May 03 2009
Shelby Weighs-In On Vacant Justice Seat
Alabama Senator Richard Shelby hopes President Obama is careful in his replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter. more »
Friday April 03 2009
Supreme Court Denies Thomas’ Petition
The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled on an emergency petition filed by former Judge Herman Thomas. more »
Thursday February 26 2009
Execution Date Set For Death Row Inmate
Jack Trawick stabbed a woman and then used a hammer to beat her to death. more »
Thursday February 12 2009
25 Years On Death Row Will End Tonight
The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a stay of execution for Danny Joe Bradley. Bradley will be excuted Thursday after 25 years on Alabama's death row. more »
Wednesday January 21 2009
Supreme Court OKs Searches Of Buccaneer Fans
A Tampa Bay Buccaneers fan challenged the team's pat-down searches. The Supreme Court rejected his appeal. more »
Friday January 02 2009
Florida Supreme Court Appointment
Gov. Charlie Crist on Friday tapped Jorge Labarga, a Cuban-American circuit judge he only recently named to the state appeals court, for the Florida Supreme Court vacancy created by the retirement of Justice Harry Lee Anstead. more »
Thursday October 23 2008
Compare The Candidates
Here’s a quick comparison of where John McCain and Barack Obama stand on 10 key issues. more »
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Amy Dominello, Billy House, Sean Mussenden, Neil H. Simon
Wednesday September 03 2008
Worker Quits, Refuses To Price Gouge
The Mississippi Supreme Court has awarded unemployment benefits to a Days Inn worker who quit her job rather than follow orders to charge double for rooms after Hurricane Katrina. more »
Tuesday August 26 2008
Ludgood Throws In Towel
Mobile County Commissioner Merceria Ludgood resigns and leaves the District 1 seat open. more »
Tuesday July 29 2008
Is Thomas Arthur The Real Killer?
The U.S. Supreme Court will not stop Thursday's execution, but another inmate claims he's responsible for the murder. more »
Thursday July 24 2008
Appeals Court Won’t Stop Thomas Arthur’s Execution
The 11th Circuit of Appeals denied the 66-year-old Alabama death row inmate a stay of execution. Arthur is scheduled to die July 31st for a 1982 murder. more »
Wednesday July 23 2008
Bishop Executed For Hammer Attack
Dale Bishop has been executed at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman for his role in the claw hammer killing of Marcus Gentry. more »
Governor Denies Clemency For Hammer Attack
Gov. Haley Barbour has denied clemency to condemned inmate Dale Leo Bishop, leaving his life in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court. more »
Tuesday July 22 2008
Appeals Court Denies Dale Bishop Again
A Mississippi death row inmate who claims lethal injection is unconstitutional because its too painful will be executed Wednesday evening, barring a reprieve from the U.S. Supreme Court. more »
Thursday June 26 2008
SCOTUS Supports The Right To Bear Arms
The Supreme Court says Americans have a right to own guns for self-defense and hunting, the justices' first major pronouncement on gun rights in U.S. history. more »
By
The Associated Press/WKRG Staff
Supreme Court May Rule On Guns Today
Today is the final day of this session of
the U.S. Supreme Court, and the justices should be issuing a long
awaited ruling on guns. more »
Wednesday June 25 2008
No Death Penalty For Child Rapists
The Supreme Court has stuck down a law allowing the execution of people convicted of a raping a child. more »
Alabama AG Blasts Scotus Ruling
Alabama Attorney General Troy King says the public should be outraged by the U.S. Supreme Court ruling outlawing the execution of people convicted of raping a child. more »
Thursday June 12 2008
SCOTUS: Gitmo Detainees Have Constitutional Rights
The Supreme Court says foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have rights under the Constitution to challenge their detention in U.S. civilian courts. more »
Tuesday June 03 2008
`Survivor’ Winner Takes Case To Supreme Court
Richard Hatch is currently serving a 51-month prison sentence for failing to pay taxes on the $1 million he won for winning the first "Survivor." But he's hoping the U.S. Supreme Court will set him free. more »
Tuesday May 27 2008
Ludgood’s Reaction To SCOTUS Ruling
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SCOTUS Rules In Riley’s Favor
BREAKING NEWS: The Supreme Court says Gov. Bob Riley did not violate any laws when he appointed Juan Chastang to the Mobile County Commission. Update 1:00 p.m. more »
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WKRG Staff/The Associated Press
Wednesday May 07 2008
Gay Couples Denied Health Benefits
Supreme Court in Michigan says the ban on gay marriage also means gay public workers can be denied health care. more »
Monday April 21 2008
Supreme Court OKs Arthur Execution
BREAKING NEWS: The Supreme Court has cleared the way for Alabama to set a new execution date for
Thomas Arthur who was granted a last-minute reprieve by the justices last year. more »
Monday March 24 2008
Supreme Court Hears AL Case
The High Court is hearing a case involving Governor Bob Riley's power to fill vacancies on county commission seats. more »
Tuesday March 18 2008
Supreme Court “Gun Battle”
Supreme Court to hear arguments on the meaning of the "right to keep and bear arms" today. more »
Monday February 25 2008
Warrantless Vehicle Searches
The Supreme Court has agreed to decide when police without a warrant can search the vehicle of a person who is
under arrest. more »
Tuesday February 19 2008
SCOTUS Rejects Katrina Victims’ Flood Case
The Supreme Court has refused to offer help to Hurricane Katrina victims who want their insurance companies to pay for flood damage to their homes and businesses. more »
Supreme Court Won’t Hear Ex-Bama Coaches’ Appeal
The Supreme Court declined today to hear an appeal from two former Alabama assistant football coaches who lost their jobs following an NCAA investigation of the Crimson Tide's football program. more »
Thursday December 20 2007
Deathrow Lawsuit
A federal judge has put Alabama's next execution on hold because the inmate scheduled to die has field a lawsuit claiming Alabama's lethal injection
procedures are unconstitutionally cruel. more »
Tuesday December 11 2007
19,500 Crack Inmates May Get Terms Cut
A federal sentencing committee meets today to
re-examine crack cocaine sentencing in light of a pair of Supreme
Court rulings. more »
Thursday November 29 2007
AG Wants SCOTUS to Deny Stay of Execution
The Alabama attorney general's office is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to deny a stay of execution for convicted murderer Thomas Arthur, who faces lethal injection next week. more »
Wednesday November 28 2007
Arthur Asks Supreme Court For Stay
Alabama death row inmate Thomas Arthur, scheduled to die December 6th for a 1982 murder, has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stay his execution. more »
Tuesday November 20 2007
Supreme Court Takes Mobile County Case
Voting rights dispute involving former Mobile County Comissioner Juan Chastang headed to the Supreme Court. more »
Friday November 09 2007
Abolishing The Death Penalty
Lawmakers in New Jersey are deciding whether to become the first state to abolish capital punishment since the Supreme Court reinstated it in 1976. more »
Monday November 05 2007
SCOTUS Denies AL Death Row Inmates Appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against a terminally ill death row inmate in Alabama. more »
Thursday November 01 2007
FL Lethal Injection Procedures Upheld
The state Supreme Court has ruled that Florida's procedure for carrying out execution by lethal injection doesn't violate the U.S. Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment. more »
Friday October 05 2007
Lethal Injection Debate
Attorneys for a death row inmate say Mississippi shouldn't be setting execution dates until the U.S. Supreme Court decides whether death by lethal injection is cruel. more »
Tuesday October 02 2007
Scotus Denies 2 Mississippi Death Row Inmates
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear appeals from two inmates on Mississippi's death row. more »
A Mobile woman makes a sacrifice to help her best friend,…
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Family of Fairhope man accused of barricading himself inside…
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A man is shot during a carjacking in his own driveway.
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Some residents want work on Highway 98 bypass to resume.
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