Chicago Fights Gun Rights, and Loses
The city stubbornly insists on entering contests it is bound to lose.
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Supreme Court Hold Means Some Utah Gay Couples Aren't Legally Wed
Some waited to hold actual ceremony, and now the state cannot recognize them
Meet the Liberals Backing Obama's Executive Power Play in Labor Board Case
The Supreme Court weighs the constitutionality of Obama's recess appointments.
Can We Trust Medicaid Expansion Advocates?
What the Native Americans can teach us about the U.S. government and healthcare
Supreme Court Halts Same-Sex Marriage in Utah
Over 900 same-sex couples have been married in Utah since Dec. 20
Obama Administration Asks Supreme Court To Preserve ACA Contraception Mandate
Lawsuit filed by Catholic nun charity
Justice Ginsburg Resists Pressure to Resign While Obama is Still President
Some of the left fear a Republican president will name her successor
Snowden on NSA Phone Collection Ruling: Told Ya So
Save the victory laps for the Supreme Court ruling, though
Kill Off Software Patents
The Supreme Court has a chance to strike a blow for innovation and justice.
Supreme Court Restores Death Sentence in Kansas Murder Case
Defendant argued Fifth Amendment violation for being forced to submit to mental health testing
Supreme Court May Back EPA Rules over Cross-State Air Pollution
Giving feds the authority to impose solutions on states
Supreme Court Hears Case About Airline Lawsuit Immunity Related to Threats
Can an airline be held liable for defamation?
Supreme Court to Hear Case on Software Patents
Will look at what computerized processes can be covered
Supreme Court Hears Free Speech Case of Protest on Government Easement
Man blocked from protesting near, but not actually on, military base
The Three Most Important Ongoing Second Amendment Cases
Addressing who can own guns, where they can carry them, and whether guns can be transported to a second home.
Supreme Court Turns Back Christian Church's Challenge to Obamacare
Has agreed to hear a different challenge
Supreme Court Hears Case About Lawsuits Against Indian Tribes
Could affect commercial and gaming activities within sovereign territories
Supreme Court Declines To Hear Case Relating to Online Retailers Collecting Sales Tax
Traditional business say online retailers have an unfair advantage
Supreme Court to Review Secret Service Treatment of Protesters
Those who opposed the president treated differently from supporters
Supreme Court To Review Contraception Mandate
Obamacare requires most employers to cover contraception in their health plans
Grassley: GOP Will Expand Filibuster Rules When in Power
Changes today do not include Supreme Court nominations
Supreme Court Denies Stay of Execution For Serial Killer
Joseph Paul Franklin's lawyer had raised concerns over the use of a new execution drug
Supreme Court Won't Hear Challenge to NSA's Collection of Phone Records
Declined without comment
Supreme Court Won't Hear Case Connected to Duke Lacrosse Rape Trial
Players wanted courts to determine their rights had been violated
Supreme Court Declines to Take Oklahoma Abortion Case
Leaves in place ruling striking down mandated ultrasounds before terminating pregnancies
Justice Scalia Says He'd Probably Want To Be a Texan if He Weren't a Virginian
Recently welcomed to Texas by Gov. Rick Perry
Supreme Court To Consider Constitutionality of Opening Government Meetings With Prayer
Appeals court in New York found prayers before town board meeting to be unconstitutional
The 10th Amendment Is Not a Treaty Violation
A chemical weapons law threatens liberty by undermining federalism.
Supreme Court Declines Involvement in Okla. Abortion Pill Case
Previous rulings invalidated state ban on RU-486
Planned Parenthood Asking Supreme Court To Put Texas' New Abortion Restrictions on Hold
Says 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals went too far
Supreme Court Won't Hear Oklahoma's Attempt To Limit Drug-Induced Abortions
Justices not commenting on the dismissal
Sandra Day O'Connor Presides over Gay Wedding at Supreme Court
One groom was a friend from college
Supreme Court To Review Case of Low IQ Man on Death Row in Florida
Freddie Lee Hall's IQ has range of 71-80, Florida prohibits executing inmates with an IQ of lower than 70
How to Fix the Supreme Court
Institute for Justice lawyer Clark Neily on judicial activism, fundamental rights, and suing the government.
