JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A U.S. Supreme Court ruling is calling into question whether some Missouri abortion regulations will stand. Supreme Court judges ruled 5-3 Monday thatsome Texas regulations are medically unnecessary and unconstitutionally limit women’s abortion rights. Missouri has similar laws requiring abortion doctors to have privileges at nearby hospitals and clinics to…
The outcome probably will enable Foster to win a new trial, 29 years after he was sentenced to death
Washington, D.C. (AP) The Supreme Court won’t reconsider its decision to reject former Illinois Goveror Rod Blagojevich’s appeal of his corruption convictions. The justices on Monday denied without comment a petition urging the court to take another look at the case. The court first turned down Blagojevich’s appeal on March 28th. He challenged an…
Although Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley has said he won’t consider Garland’s nomination, the White House had him fill out the questionnaire anyway
WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley has had breakfast with the man whose nomination to the Supreme Court he has promised to block. The Iowa Republican dined with federal judge Merrick Garland Tuesday in the Capitol’s Senate Dining Room. Grassley evaded reporters afterward, and his office said it would release a statement…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt says he has no plans to meet with President Barack Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court, though nearly 20 other Republican senators have said they are willing to do so. Blunt told reporters on a conference call Wednesday that he sees no need to meet…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Challengers in two politically tinged cases at the Supreme Court this week face the seemingly insurmountable problem of being unable to count the five votes they need to prevail. The death of Justice Antonin Scalia has deprived conservatives of a reliable vote on a range of issues, and two such cases are…
