Mark Sherman

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Justice Sotomayor faults Ala. death sentences

Mark Sherman · November 18, 2013 7:20 pm

Court weighs arrestee’s objection to home search

Mark Sherman · November 13, 2013 8:12 pm

High court considers whistle-blower protections

Mark Sherman · November 12, 2013 9:33 pm

Legal blog seeks recognition from high court

Mark Sherman · November 9, 2013 3:05 pm

The Supreme Court will take up a Florida case over how judges should determine if a death row inmate is mentally disabled, and thus ineligible for execution. (Thinkstock Image)

High court to look at death row inmate with low IQ

Associated Press, Mark Sherman · October 21, 2013 5:47 pm

Indicted couple want assets freed to pay lawyers

Mark Sherman · October 16, 2013 7:02 pm

FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2010, file photo then-Michigan Attorney General-elect Bill Schuette speaks in Detroit. After the Supreme Court ruled a decade ago that race could be a factor in college admissions in a Michigan case, affirmative action opponents persuaded the state's voters to outlaw any consideration of race. Now, the high court is weighing whether that change to Michigan's constitution is itself discriminatory. ( AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Court likely to uphold Michigan measure on race

Mark Sherman · October 15, 2013 8:51 pm

FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2010, file photo then-Michigan Attorney General-elect Bill Schuette speaks in Detroit. After the Supreme Court ruled a decade ago that race could be a factor in college admissions in a Michigan case, affirmative action opponents persuaded the state's voters to outlaw any consideration of race. Now, the high court is weighing whether that change to Michigan's constitution is itself discriminatory. ( AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Justices consider Michigan affirmative action ban

Mark Sherman · October 14, 2013 11:32 pm

This artist rendering shows Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., seated, center, listening as attorney Bobby Burchfield,standing, right, argues for McConnell during the Supreme Court's hearing on campaign finance, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, at the Supreme Court in Washington. Justices, from left are, Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice John Roberts, Anthony Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito and Elena Kagan. (AP Photo/Dana Verkouteren)

High court wary of campaign contribution limits

Mark Sherman · October 8, 2013 7:49 pm

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2013 file photo, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. In its first major campaign finance case since the Citizens United ruling in 2010, the Supreme Court is considering whether to undo some limits on contributions from the biggest individual givers to political campaigns. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky want the court to overturn the overall limits on what contributors may give in a two-year federal election cycle. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

High court weighs limits on campaign contributions

Mark Sherman · October 7, 2013 7:05 pm

Chris Sharp of Brooklyn, N.Y., takes a photo of the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, Oct. 7, 2013, as he waits in line for the beginning of the 2013-2014 opening term. The justices take the bench Monday for the start of their new term with important cases about campaign contributions, housing discrimination and government-sanctioned prayer already on tap. Abortion, contraceptive coverage under the president's new health care law and mobile phone privacy also may find their way onto the court's calendar. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Supreme Court term begins amid government shutdown

Mark Sherman · October 7, 2013 5:53 pm

Cardinal Donald Wuerl walk with U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts as they leave the church, after the Red Mass at Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013. The Supreme Court's new term starts tomorrow, Monday, Oct. 7. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Supreme Court term begins with contentious topics

Mark Sherman · October 6, 2013 6:51 pm