Supreme Court
Divided Court Tackles College Affirmative Action
A lot of questions asked about how preferences actually work in practice
Ohio Appeals to Supreme Court over Early Voting
Decision prohibited state from reducing number of days
Supreme Court To Decide High-Profile Affirmative Action Case
Discriminatory treatment may be slapped down
Supreme Court Takes Up Monsanto Patent Case
Can company stop farmers from replanting their soybeans?
Scalia Shows Psychic Skills as a "Textualist" Judge
Says he knows what founding fathers meant, so that's how he rules
Supreme Court to Decide Whether DUI Blood Draws Require Warrants
Chipping away at the fourth amendment
Used Products Face Threat From Supreme Court Case
The Supreme Court will consider an appeals court ruling that you need permission from the copyright holder to resell products you own made abroad
Supreme Court Won't Take Donation Disclosure Appeal
Attempt to keep from having to release names of donors to PAC
Silence from SCOTUS on Gay Marriage Today
Court doesn't indicate whether it will review Proposition 8 ruling as yet
Supreme Court Won't Hear Challenge of Wash. Top Two Primary System
The Democratic and Libertarian parties argued allowing anyone to run under the banner of any party, with or without the party's consent, was a violation of their rights
Supreme Court Set to Decide: Is it a House or a Boat?
Not quite a house boat, whether a structure on the sea indefinitely moored to and receiving power from the shore qualifies as a vessel is set to have profound implications for maritime law
Supreme Court Declines TSA Body Scanner Case
The DC appeals court previously dismissed the lawsuit
Supreme Court to Take on Forced Blood Tests For Suspected DUIs
Will determine if warrants are required first
The Authoritarian Jurisprudence of Oliver Wendell Holmes
Three generations of quoting him are enough.
Clarence Thomas Happy to Hire "Third-Tier Trash"
Says he doesn't look out for Ivy League degrees when taking on clerks
Protecting Property Rights from the Army Corps of Engineers
The Supreme Court prepares to hear a major Takings Clause case.
Scalia Accuses Prominent Judge of Lying
He's engaged in a spat with Richard Posner over judicial philosophy
'We Won in Our Effort to Preserve the Constitution'
Legal scholar Randy Barnett on why the Supreme Court ObamaCare decision isn't as bad as you think
House Passes New "Stolen Valor" Bill
In response to Supreme Court decision, those who lie about military record must be attempting to commit fraud
States Step Up to Oppose Defense of Marriage Act
Gay-marriage friendly states ask Supreme Court to strike it down
Funeral Rights and Speech Rights
The new federal ban on funeral protests sacrifices liberty in an ostentatious display of patriotism.
Obama Administration Supports Racial Preferences in College Admissions
Justice Department asks SCOTUS not to interfere with guidelines in University of Texas case.