An Iraqi journalist has thrown his shoes at George Bush, the US president, in his last visit to Baghdad, shouting "This is a goodbye kiss from the Iraqi people, dog". One of the shoes narrowly missed the president's head and slammed into the wall behind him. Nuri al-Maliki, the...

President Barack Obama named federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor as the nation's first Hispanic Supreme Court justice on Tuesday, praising her as "an inspiring woman" with both the intellect and compassion to interpret the Constitution wisely.

Sonia Sotomayor is a federal judge on the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and is considered to be a leading candidate to replace retiring Justice David Souter on the U.S. Supreme Court. In this video she makes the argument that judges make policy.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Monday delayed Chrysler's sale of most of its assets to a group led by Italy's Fiat, but didn't say how long the deal will remain on hold.

Chrysler's five weeks of bankruptcy proceedings came to a halt Monday, when a Supreme Court justice delayed its sale of assets to Italy's Fiat. AP writer Mark Sherman explains what lies ahead for the troubled American automaker. (June 8, 2009)

Iran's Supreme Leader has insisted there was no fraud in the recent disputed presidential elections and said that protests about the disputed result must end.

Amateur video shows a stream of people marching to protest the results of this month's presidential election. This comes as opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi issued a direct challenge to the country's supreme leader. (June 17, 2009)

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to block Tuesday's scheduled execution of sniper John Allen Muhammad. Muhammad is scheduled to die by injection at a Virginia prison for the slaying of Dean Harold Meyers during a three-week massacre in 2002. (Nov. 9, 2009)

President Barack Obama on Saturday sharply criticized a Supreme Court decision easing limits on campaign spending by corporations and labor unions, saying he couldn't "think of anything more devastating to the public interest."

AP - The wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas called Anita Hill to ask her to apologize for accusing the justice of sexually harassing her. Hill made the accusation during Thomas' confirmation hearing.