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Madigan gets guns delay; speaker wants bill OK'd

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:59:50 -0400

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois - The U.S. Supreme Court granted an extension Tuesday for Illinois's attorney general to decide whether to appeal a court order permitting the state's gun owners to carry concealed firearms.

Court says pre-Miranda silence can be used

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:30:14 -0400

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court says prosecutors can use a person's silence against them if it comes before he's told of his right to remain silent.

Editorial: Post-arrest DNA test scrapes away privacy

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:48:04 -0400

An editorial / By Dale McFeatters - The Constitution's Bill of Rights guarantees the right of Americans "to be secure in their persons" against "unreasonable searches and seizures" unless authorized by a court-issued search warrant.

Police can collect DNA from arrestees, court says

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:30:38 -0400

WASHINGTON - A sharply divided Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for police to take a DNA swab from anyone they arrest for a serious crime, endorsing a practice now followed by more than half the states as well as the federal government.

SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Sotomayor at Yale

Wed, 22 May 2013 02:11:53 -0400

WASHINGTON - Justice Sonia Sotomayor was the author of a unanimous decision delivered at the Supreme Court on Monday, but Sotomayor was hundreds of miles from Washington when the court convened.