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8 Tributes to Antonin Scalia From His Fellow Justices
His eight colleagues on the Supreme Court reveal their affection and admiration for Antonin Scalia in the statements they released within 48 hours of the… Read More
LawCommentary
Fight to Replace Scalia Proves Supreme Court Has Become Too Powerful
The stakes are high—very high. Finding a replacement for deceased Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia will be a battle royale. But why should one… Read More
LawNews
Americans’ Views of Scalia a Mixed Bag, Gallup Review of Polls Finds
Americans were divided over Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia at the same time many didn’t know who he was, according to a historical review by the Gallup polling… Read More
LawCommentary
Next President, Not Obama, Should Pick Scalia’s Successor
The unfortunate passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has opened a vacancy on our nation’s highest court. Whoever fills that vacancy, the American people… Read More
LawNews
Senate in Turmoil Over Whether Obama Should Fill Scalia’s Seat
Lawmakers from both parties exchanged salvos Sunday over who should fill the Supreme Court seat vacated Saturday by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. After… Read More
LawNews
Republicans, Obama Already Clashing Over Scalia’s Replacement
The fight over who should fill Antonin Scalia’s seat on the Supreme Court broke out quickly after the justice’s death Saturday. Both parties wasted little… Read More
LawNews
9 Zingers From the Sharp Mind of Justice Antonin Scalia
Justice Antonin Scalia, who died Saturday during his 29th year on the Supreme Court, was known for a sharp wit as well as a brilliant legal mind,… Read More
LawCommentary
What Scalia Taught Us
Antonin Gregory Scalia has died. For some, it is the painful loss of a husband or father. For those who knew him, it is the… Read More
LawNews
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Dies, Creating Election Year Vacancy on Court
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died from natural causes while visiting friends in West Texas on Saturday morning. He was 79. News of the conservative… Read More
LawCommentary
What This New York Times Writer Got Wrong on Supreme Court Case Challenging Obama’s Executive Actions
In a recent New York Times op-ed, Linda Greenhouse takes the Supreme Court justices to task for the “startling” action of asking the Obama administration… Read More
LawCommentary
Is It OK For Government to Demote Employee Based on Misunderstanding of His Politics?
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in another free speech and association case, this time involving a police officer who was demoted for… Read More
LawCommentary
After Hearing Oral Arguments, Legal Expert Thinks Abigail Fisher Should Win in Racial Discrimation Case
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in what is likely to be one of the most controversial cases of the current term: Fisher v. University… Read More
LawCommentary
Supreme Court Hears Case on Racial Preferences in College Admissions. Again.
It was “déjà vu all over again” as Yogi Berra would have said, at the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday, with protesters outside the court and… Read More
LawCommentary
Obama’s Unilateral Immigration Amnesty Plan Gets to the Supreme Court
On Friday, the U.S. Justice Department filed a 35-page petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review Texas v. U.S., the case filed by 26… Read More
LawCommentary
Supreme Court to Decide Major Abortion Case
The Supreme Court will decide one of the most important cases on abortion policy in recent years by the end of June. Today, the justices… Read More
LawCommentary
Supreme Court Will Hear Obamacare Abortion-Inducing Drugs Case. Why That’s Important for Religious Freedom.
Today, the Supreme Court announced it will take up seven cases challenging the Obamacare requirement that non-profit employers offer their employees health care coverage that… Read More
PoliticsNews
Disapproval Rating of Supreme Court Reaches New High
Disapproval rates of the high court are rising, according to a new Gallup poll. The poll, released Friday, shows a 50-percent disapproval rating of the… Read More
LawNews
Two Top Litigators Preview Upcoming Supreme Court Cases
The new term for the Supreme Court is gearing up to begin on Oct. 5. Top Supreme Court litigators Paul Clement, a former U.S. solicitor general,… Read More
LawNews
Poll: Trust in Three Branches of Government at Historic Lows
Americans’ trust in the three branches of U.S. government is at historic lows, specifically in the judicial branch, according to a Gallup poll released on… Read More
LawCommentary
5 Cases to Watch in the Supreme Court’s Next Term
The Supreme Court’s last term was one for the history books, with high-profile cases involving Obamacare and gay marriage. The next term may not attract… Read More
SocietyCommentary
In Obamacare Mandate Case, Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Religious Freedom
Thursday, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of a challenge to the Affordable Care Act requirement that employers offer their employees health… Read More
LawCommentary
Can Government Unions Demand Your Money? The Supreme Court Will Decide Next Term.
After multiple tries, the U.S. Supreme Court will have the opportunity next term to overturn an outdated ruling from a 1977 case, Abood v. Detroit… Read More
LawNews
Ted Cruz: Supreme Court Nominees Should Have ‘Paper Trail’ to Prove Conservatism
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who recently called for amending the Constitution to allow the public to vote on Supreme Court judges, says strict constructionist Supreme… Read More
LawCommentary
The Supreme Court’s One Good Decision
To say that conservatives haven’t had much to cheer about at the Supreme Court lately is an understatement. Much has been said—and rightly so—denouncing the judicial acrobatics… Read More
LawNews
Chief Justice Roberts Receives Low Approval Ratings From Republicans, Conservatives
In the aftermath of the Supreme Court ruling, conservatives aren’t John Roberts’ biggest groupies. Half of Republicans and 55 percent of self-identified conservatives disapprove of… Read More
LawCommentary
Welcome to John Roberts’ America, Where Words Mean Nothing
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s lament last week that “words no longer have meaning” got me to thinking. I don’t claim to know Chief Justice… Read More
LawCommentary
Thanks to This Supreme Court Decision, The Government Could Seize Your Living Room
Take a look around your living room. There’s a risk that it could become part of a food court in a mall or an assembly… Read More
LawCommentary
How ‘Robert Bork’s America’ Gave Us Justice Kennedy’s America
It would go down in history as Sen. Edward Kennedy’s “Robert Bork’s America” speech. Judge Bork, a brilliant constitutional scholar, had been nominated by President… Read More
LawCommentary
An End to Colleges’ Racial Discrimination in Admissions?
The U.S. Supreme Court has an opportunity to finally get rid of racial discrimination in college admissions. The court agreed this week to review, for… Read More
LawCommentary
What Do We Do Now?
Conservatives are reeling after two outrageous decisions last week by the Supreme Court. In one case they reinterpreted Obamacare so that “established by the state”… Read More
