Ted Cruz: Justices 'rewrote the Constitution'
The presidential candidate tells Yahoo’s Katie Couric that the Supreme Court overstepped on gay marriage and Obamacare.
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Justices uphold use of drug implicated in botched executions
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the use of a controversial drug that has been implicated in several botched executions. Two of the justices said for first time that death penalty itself probably is unconstitutional.
US stocks fall in early trade as Greece debt woes escalate
Greece shuts its banks for six days in a dramatic turn in its struggle with heavy debts.
Meet the officer who caught escaped killer David Sweat
Sgt. Jay Cook was alone and on a routine patrol when he shot and captured the fugitive.
Decisions in last 3 Supreme Court cases expected Monday
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is meeting for the final time until the fall to decide three remaining cases and add some new ones for the term that starts in October.
New York prison break ends with shooting of second fugitive
David Sweat, one of two New York state inmates who escaped from prison three weeks ago, was shot by police near the Canadian border and rushed to a local hospital on Sunday, two days after his accomplice was killed, authorities said. Some 1,300 members of law enforcement took part in the search through the forests and bogs of northern New York. Sweat, 35, was shot twice and taken into custody
Supreme Court upholds Oklahoma lethal injection process
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a drug used by Oklahoma as part of its lethal injection procedure does not violate the U.S. Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment, dealing a setback to opponents of the death penalty. The court, in a 5-4 decision with its conservative justices in the majority, handed a loss to three inmates who objected to the
U.S. top court agrees to weigh affirmative action in college admissions
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday waded into a new major battle over the future of affirmative action in university admissions by agreeing to take up for the second time a challenge to the process for picking students used by the University of Texas. The justices agreed to hear a case brought by Abigail Fisher, a white applicant who was denied admission to the entering class of 2008. The court
Huckabee expects civil disobedience in response to SCOTUS gay marriage ruling
SpaceX rocket explodes after launch
An unmanned SpaceX rocket exploded less than three minutes after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Sunday, in the first major disaster for the fast-charging company headed by Internet tycoon Elon Musk. Skies were sunny and clear for the 10:21 am (1421 GMT) launch of the gleaming white Falcon 9 rocket that was meant to propel the Dragon cargo ship to the International Space Station on a routine supply mission,