For example, the Supreme Court ruled in nineteen forty-eight that religious classes could not be taught in public schools.

VOA: special.2009.05.22

If confirmed by the Senate, the fifty-year-old Kagan would be the youngest justice on the current Supreme Court.

VOA: special.2010.05.15

In fact, from nineteen fifteen to nineteen fifty-two, the Supreme Court permitted censorship of movies for fear they could be "used for evil."

VOA: special.2011.07.04

She said doing so could be seen as pre-judging cases that the Supreme Court might consider.

VOA: special.2009.07.18

Manuel de la Pena y Pena -- president of the supreme court -- became acting president.

VOA: special.2009.02.26

Early in eighteen fifty-seven, the United States Supreme Court announced one of its most important rulings.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

Their case reached the Supreme Court, and in a five-to-four decision on Monday they won.

VOA: special.2009.07.03

Mister Marshall was the first African-American to serve on the Supreme Court.

VOA: special.2010.08.20

The Supreme Court took up the case in December, eighteen fifty-six.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

"The Supreme Court has said, for example, if Albert Einstein determined that E = mc squared -- which he did -- he never would have been able to get a patent on that.

VOA: special.2010.07.16

Planning for the conference comes as the supreme commander of those NATO-led and U.S.forces, General Stanley McChrystal,is reviewing the overall military strategy.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

"Even (Supreme Leader Ayatollah) Khamenei realized that they should not do this with a well-known journalist,".

VOA: standard.2009.05.06

But his criticism of what he saw as authoritarianism and human-rights abuses led to his being dropped as successor to the nation's Supreme Leader.

VOA: standard.2009.12.22

In 2005,then-minority Senate Democrats mounted an unsuccessful effort to filibuster the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, who was nominated by former-President George W.Bush.

VOA: standard.2009.05.31

In the months ahead the Supreme Court will have an opportunity to render important judgments about gun rights, anti-terror laws, freedom of speech and punishment for juvenile criminals.

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

Several Iranian politicians close to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei have demanded Tehran ship only part of its enriched-uranium stockpile abroad until some of the batch shipped to Russia was returned in more highly enriched form.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

North Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong-il is reported to have told Mr.Wen that he would return to the six party nuclear disarmament negotiations but only if North Korea has one-on-one talks with the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.10.10

In 2008,the Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms for the purpose of self-defense, striking down a Washington,D.C.law that banned the possession of handguns in the home.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

But in a press appearance here, she said the resolution of the standoff - with the reinstatement of the country's deposed Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry - was a resolution by the Pakistanis themselves and a hopeful first step toward broader dialogue.

VOA: standard.2009.03.16