JuristMail - Legal News » US Supreme Court http://juristmail.com Following Justice Everyday Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:53:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Anti-Fraud Laws Revisited for Validity http://juristmail.com/anti-fraud-laws-revisited-for-validity/2009/12/ http://juristmail.com/anti-fraud-laws-revisited-for-validity/2009/12/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:02:55 +0000 Alicia Norman http://juristmail.com/?p=2416 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> A law that was written in response to the Enron Scandal and other corporate trust violators is being challenged in Supreme Court by a company that claims it violates their constitution rights as well as the separation of powers.  Courts heard arguments on Monday from a small Nevada accounting firm and an anti-tax group who argues that the 2002 brought the challenge to the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley which permits the President to appoint or remove members law grossly violates the Constitution’s separation of powers mandate.

Proponents of the law indicated that they were put in place to increase oversight of internal controls to protect investors and workers.  It came on the heels of scandals at companies like Enron Corp., WorldCom Inc., and others, which many blame for the onset of the economic decline.

The Supreme Court is still hearing deliberations on the case.

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]]> http://juristmail.com/anti-fraud-laws-revisited-for-validity/2009/12/feed/ 0 Religious College Group May Have to Admit Gays for Funding http://juristmail.com/religious-college-group-may-have-to-admit-gays-for-funding/2009/12/ http://juristmail.com/religious-college-group-may-have-to-admit-gays-for-funding/2009/12/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:02:41 +0000 Alicia Norman http://juristmail.com/?p=2402 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> The United States Supreme court is  pondering if  a College Christian group at a California Law School has to admit homosexuals and non-believers in order to gain campus status.

The case was brought to the attention  of the US Supreme court after a chapter of the Christian Legal Society at the University of California’s Hastings College of the Law brought an appeal  before the Justices.  They argue that they do not receive funding and  benefits as a  group because of a policy of exclusion.  In an initial judgement, a federal judge ruled against the Chapter, indicating that the college made it clear that they recognized campus groups with an inclusion policy as a part of their evaluations.

Still, the chapter seeks to receive such funding and benefits despite the fact that refuse to  open membership to gays, lesbians and nonbelievers – a requirement of the San Francisco school.

The 30-member Hasting group appealed that decision and are seeking to have the requirements changed to accomodate thier own policies.

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]]> http://juristmail.com/religious-college-group-may-have-to-admit-gays-for-funding/2009/12/feed/ 0 Justice O’Connor’s Husband Dies at age 79 http://juristmail.com/justice-oconnors-husband-dies-at-age-79/2009/11/ http://juristmail.com/justice-oconnors-husband-dies-at-age-79/2009/11/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:02:40 +0000 Alicia Norman http://juristmail.com/?p=1771 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> The husband of retired United States Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, John J. O’Connor III died Wednesday from complications related to Alzheimer’s Disease.  The 79-year-old lawyer died in Phoenix Arizona after two decades of deterioration from the disease.

Married in 1952,  the O’Connor’s were a well known Washington couple who enjoyed the social scene there.  After Sandra Day O’Connor was confirmed as the first woman to sit on the Supreme court in 1981, the duo moved  to Arizona where they remained until his death.

Judge O’Connor retired from the US Supreme  Court in 2005 to take care of her ailing husband.

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]]> http://juristmail.com/justice-oconnors-husband-dies-at-age-79/2009/11/feed/ 0 Life in Prison Deemed Cruel and Unusual Punishment for Juveniles http://juristmail.com/life-in-prison-deemed-cruel-and-unusual-punishment-for-juveniles/2009/11/ http://juristmail.com/life-in-prison-deemed-cruel-and-unusual-punishment-for-juveniles/2009/11/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:04:38 +0000 Alicia Norman http://juristmail.com/?p=1724 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> The Supreme Court is examining the case of two Florida convicts who were given a  life without parole sentence for non-homicide related crimes.  The young men in question were both sent away to prison when they were in their teens.  Attorneys fro the men argue that   it would be considered cruel and unusual punishment to sentence teens to life in prison for crimes outside of murder.

Slated to be heard by the High Court on  Monday, the two cases in question involved Joe Sullivan, who was 13-years-old when he was sent away for life without possibility of parole for raping an elderly woman.  The other prisoner, Terrance Graham, was 16 when he was linked to an armed robbery.

Sullivan, now 33 and Graham 22, are being represented by a legal team who argues that rendering final judgment when the offenders are so young is not a good precedent to set.  The team  hope is to repeal sentences for adolescents who were sentenced to life in prison without parole in cases that were not homicide related.

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