LawCommentary
A New Challenge to the Constitutionality of Capital Punishment
Today, by a 5-4 vote, the court in Glossip v. Gross upheld a lower court’s ruling that a particular combination of drugs may be used… Read More
LawNews
21 Pictures From This Week at the Supreme Court
The past week was filled with anticipation, joy, disappointment, long hours of waiting in the merciless Washington, D.C., heat, and endless streams of analysis and commentary—all because… Read More
LawCommentary
Is Kennedy Still the Swing Vote on the Supreme Court?
For many of the highest-profile U.S. Supreme Court cases, it all comes down to one man. Though only 20 percent of cases each term are… Read More
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How the Supreme Court Housing Decision Will Hurt, Not Help, Poor Americans
The news about the Supreme Court’s abysmal decision in King v. Burwell, in which the majority assumed the job of Congress and rewrote an unambiguous provision… Read More
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In King v. Burwell Decision, Supreme Court Justices Acted as Lawmakers, Not Judges
It’s a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day for conservatives who pinned their hopes of blocking Obamacare on the Supreme Court. Today’s decision allowing… Read More
LawCommentary
Top 9 Quotes From Justice Scalia’s Scathing Dissent in King v. Burwell
Justice Antonin Scalia is known for his sharp wit and even sharper pen. He pulled no punches in his dissent from the Supreme Court’s decision… Read More
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Why Does America Love Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Loathe Clarence Thomas?
Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the most popular Supreme Court justice, while Clarence Thomas is the least liked, according to a new poll. A June Public… Read More
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Supreme Court Decision Makes It Harder for Government to Take Personal Property From Americans
Can the government force raisin farmers to hand over large portions of their crop without paying any compensation? On Monday, eight members of the Supreme… Read More
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The Two Key Mistakes the Supreme Court Made When Deciding Kelo
June 23 marks the 10th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s highly controversial decision, Kelo v. City of New London. The Fifth Amendment Public Use Clause… Read More
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Obama’s Attempt to Influence Supreme Court on Obamacare Case Breaks Precedent
Last week, President Obama made several comments about the Supreme Court’s pending decision in King v. Burwell, the Obamacare tax subsidies case, chiding the court… Read More
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Supreme Court Rules Government Can’t Pick and Choose What Speech Is Free
In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court struck down a town’s sign ordinance as an unconstitutional, content-based regulation of speech. This ruling for free speech… Read More
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Cartoon: Obama and the Supreme Court
This week, President Obama said of an Obamacare case set to be decided this month, “This should be an easy case. Frankly, it probably shouldn’t… Read More
LawAnalysis
7 Supreme Court Cases to Watch for This June
In the next three weeks, the U.S. Supreme Court will be wrapping up its 2014-2015 term. By the end of this month, the Court will… Read More
LawNews
Supreme Court Justice Scalia: Constitution, Not Bill of Rights, Makes Us Free
To hear Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia tell it, America’s freedoms don’t come from freedom of speech or freedom of the press. It’s not the… Read More
LawCommentary
No, Obama Isn’t Facing Activist Conservative Judges
In “Courts’ War on FDR Continues With Obama,” Noah Feldman argues that the courts have played an outsized role in opposing President Obama’s policy agenda…. Read More
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Will Court Upend Government’s Raisin Confiscation Scheme?
Will the U.S. Supreme Court protect small raisin growers from the grasping hand of the federal government? On Wednesday, the attorney for California raisin growers… Read More
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Cartoon: The Supreme Court and Gay Marriage
Ryan T. Anderson, the William E. Simon senior research fellow in American Principles and Public Policy at The Heritage Foundation, wrote about the same-sex marriage… Read More
LawAnalysis
Should Buying Bath Salts Land You in Jail? Four Cases the Supreme Court Will Hear in April
The Supreme Court justices will be hard at work churning out decisions through the end of June, but April brings to a close oral arguments… Read More
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Can EPA Ignore Costs of This Very Expensive Regulation? Supreme Court to Decide.
In 2012, the Environmental Protection Agency published its final Mercury and Air Toxics Standards that regulate the emissions of hazardous air pollutants from power plants…. Read More
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Obama Can’t Bypass the Supreme Court
News flash to the legal academy: No, President Obama can’t refuse to implement an (at this point purely conjectural) adverse ruling by the Supreme Court… Read More
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Memo to Supreme Court: Nothing in the Constitution Requires States to Redefine Marriage
Next month, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments about the constitutional status of state laws defining marriage as the exclusive union of husband… Read More
Health CareNews
Obamacare Supporters, Critics Clash at Supreme Court Over Law’s Subsidies
The highly anticipated case that could topple the Affordable Care Act reached the Supreme Court Wednesday, and already onlookers are attempting to deconstruct the justices’… Read More
LawAnalysis
The Supreme Court Heard King v. Burwell. Here’s What the Justices Asked About and Commented On.
Today the Supreme Court heard oral argument in King v. Burwell, an important case dealing with the Obama administration’s attempt to hand out tax credits… Read More
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How Liberals Are Trying to Intimidate Roberts Court in King v. Burwell Case
On Wednesday morning, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in King v. Burwell, a challenge to Obamacare that could gut a core provision of the… Read More
LawAnalysis
Who Has the Last Word When It Comes to Redistricting?
The Supreme Court heard a vigorous debate today over who ultimately has the constitutional authority to determine where the boundary lines are drawn for congressional… Read More
LawAnalysis
Did Abercrombie Discriminate Against an Applicant Because of Her Religion? Supreme Court Justices Hear Case
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, an anti-discrimination case involving a Muslim teenager… Read More
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Abigail Fisher Asks Supreme Court to Review Racial Preferences … Again
This week, Abigail Fisher asked the Supreme Court to review her case against the University of Texas at Austin for race-based discrimination for a second… Read More
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Obama Keeps Repeating This Same False Claim About Citizens United Decision
At almost the same time that protesters mad about the Citizens United decision were disrupting the start of the Supreme Court’s session on Wednesday, the… Read More
LawNews
How You Can Be Legally Guilty of Racial Discrimination When You Didn’t Intend to Discriminate
Can you be liable for racial discrimination even if you lacked the intent to discriminate? The Obama administration would say “yes,” under its favorite dubious… Read More
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Does Fair Housing Act Only Prevent Intentional Discrimination? Supreme Court to Hear Arguments
On Jan. 21, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case involving the Obama administration’s favorite dubious legal theory, “disparate impact.” Then… Read More
