Alito disparages televising of Supreme Court proceedings
US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Friday became the latest high court member to publicly criticize the possibility of televising the court's proceedings. Speaking at the University of Virginia, Alito joked that televising the proceedings would be a mistake since it would directly compete with cable public affairs broadcaster C-SPAN for the lowest Nielsen ratings. More> >

Supreme Court to consider punitive damages in Exxon Mobil oil spill case
The US Supreme Court; JURIST news archive] granted certiorari Monday in a dispute over the punitive damages to be paid by Exxon Mobil for the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. Exxon Mobil and its shipping subsidiary have been ordered to pay $2.5 billion in punitive damages for the spill of 11 million gallons of crude oil in Prince William Sound, Alaska. According to its Order List Monday, the Court limited its review of Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker (07-219) to the following questions presented: More> >