http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/index.jsp Selected Supreme Court articles from the NLJ en-us 02/09/2012 Copyright 2009. Incisive Media US Properties, LLC. All rights reserved. http://www.law.com/service/terms_conditions.shtml http://www.law.com/img/newswire/nlj_rss.gif http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/index.jsp The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that an Alabama death row inmate should not be penalized for missing a crucial appeal deadline when the error was caused by his pro bono lawyers from New York's Sullivan & Cromwell. http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202538744906&rss=nlj The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the Constitution did not bar Congress from extending copyright protection to previously free foreign works, such as Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf. http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202538751474&rss=nlj Private lawyers hired by local governments for special tasks will hesitate to provide candid advice if they are denied immunity when sued, the Supreme Court was told on Tuesday. http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202538602534&rss=nlj Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. made a strong appeal to the Supreme Court on Tuesday to uphold the government's rules against broadcast indecency, asserting the need to preserve a television and radio "safe haven" devoid of foul language and nudity amidst a proliferation of new and coarser media. http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202537962791&rss=nlj What was billed as a possible Supreme Court showdown over the constitutionality of the Voting Rights Act on Monday turned instead into narrower debate over how the redistricting of Texas legislative districts should proceed. http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202537827926&rss=nlj