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Friday, April 4, 2025

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Recent News About U.S. Supreme Court

  • Fla. lobbyists appeal to U.S. Supreme Court

    By Kathy Woods |
    MIAMI (Legal Newsline)-A case pending in the U.S. Supreme Court has given lobbyists in Florida hope that they will once again be able to wine and dine state lawmakers.

  • Perdue picks U.S. attorney to join Ga. SC

    By John O'Brien |
    Nahmias ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) - Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue has named federal prosecutor David Nahmias to the state Supreme Court to replace retired Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears.

  • Senate confirms Sotomayor to U.S. Supreme Court

    By Chris Rizo |
    Sonia Sotomayor WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, making her the nation's first Hispanic justice.

  • Shurtleff takes aim at Sotomayor

    By Chris Rizo |
    Mark Shurtleff (R) SALT LAKE CITY (Legal Newsline)-Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff on Thursday took aim at U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor over her views on gun rights.

  • Kansas AG ends 20-year water dispute

    By Ashley Stinnett |
    Steve Six (D) TOPEKA, Kan. (Legal Newsline) - Kansas Attorney General Steve Six signed papers Wednesday, officially ending a 20-year dispute between his state and Colorado over usage of the Arkansas River.

  • Western AGs meet in Idaho

    By Chris Rizo |
    SUN VALLEY, Idaho (Legal Newsline)--The attorneys general from 16 western states are meeting in this resort town for the next three days to discuss a bevy of legal issues related to the West, including water rights, Indian gaming and cross-border relations with Mexican authorities.

  • Senate committee approves Sotomayor

    By John O'Brien |
    Sotomayor WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Tuesday in support of making federal appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor the next U.S. Supreme Court justice.

  • Previous vote should affirm $50M verdict, mining company says

    By John O'Brien |
    Blankenship CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - There is no need for the West Virginia Supreme Court to hear a headline-causing case a third time, attorneys for Harman Mining Co. said Thursday.

  • Princeton provost: Pointless for GOP to fight Sotomayor appointment

    By John O'Brien |
    Sotomayor WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - At this point in the process, any Senate Republican who opposes Sonia Sotomayor's appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court does so at his or her own risk, an observor said.

  • U.S. SC rejects challenge to N.H. prescription privacy law

    By John O'Brien |
    Ayotte WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court recently decided not to hear an appeal that sought to overturn a New Hampshire law against the collection and disclosure of the prescribing practices of physicians.

  • Arguments set in Massey appeal

    By Justin Anderson |
    Blankenship CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - Arguments have been set in the West Virginia Supreme Court for the third round of Massey Energy's appeal of a $50 million verdict against it.

  • Sotomayor hearings to begin Monday

    By Chris Rizo |
    Sonia Sotomayor WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)- Judge Sonia Sotomayor's U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings begin Monday, with legal grillings from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

  • Poll: Most expect partisan battle over Sotomayor nomination

    By Chris Rizo |
    Sonia Sotomayor WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-Nearly half of Americans would like to see the U.S. Senate confirm Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court, but most expect a partisan battle, a poll released Friday indicates.

  • AG McDaniel to testify at Sotomayor hearings

    By Chris Rizo |
    Dustin McDaniel (D) WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel will testify at the U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Sonia Sotomayor, the Senate Judiciary Committee said.

  • Sotomayor gets ABA stamp of approval

    By Chris Rizo |
    Sonia Sotomayor WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor has received the endorsement of an American Bar Association panel less than a week before she appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for her confirmation hearings.

  • Powell: Sotomayor nomination should not be derailed

    By Chris Rizo |
    Colin Powell (R) WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -The U.S. Supreme Court nomination of appellate Judge Sonia Sotomayor should not be derailed because of a ruling she endorsed in a race bias case that the high court overturned, Colin Powell, one of the nation's most prominent African-Americans, said Sunday.

  • Senate Republicans question Sotomayor's views on racial bias

    By Chris Rizo |
    Sonia Sotomayor WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-Republicans on Capitol Hill say they are wondering what role U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor played in lawsuits filed by a Latino legal advocacy group when she sat on the group's board.

  • Obama says Supreme Court 'moving the ball' on affirmative action

    By Chris Rizo |
    Barack Obama (D) WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-President Barack Obama on Thursday praised this week's U.S. Supreme Court decision favoring white firefighters in New Haven, Conn.

  • Arbitrator says Nebraska owes Kansas $10k for water usage

    By Chris Rizo |
    Jon Bruning (R) LINCOLN, Neb. (Legal Newsline)-The arbitrator appointed to resolve a multistate water fight among Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska says Nebraska has violated a U.S. Supreme Court decree.

  • McKenna argues against federal preemption of consumer laws

    By Chris Rizo |
    Rob McKenna (R) OLYMPIA, Wash. (Legal Newsline)-The federal government should be careful not to fetter efforts by state attorneys general to go after consumer frauds in the banking industry, Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna said.