Mark Sherman

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Justices will decide privacy case on hotel records

Mark Sherman · October 20, 2014 11:49 am

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2014 file photo, an election official checks a voter's photo identification at an early voting polling site in Austin, Texas. A majority of the nation's highest court on Saturday Oct. 18, 2014 rejected an emergency request from the Justice Department and civil rights groups to prohibit the state from requiring voters to produce certain forms of photo identification in order to cast ballots. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

High court balks at last-minute voting changes

Mark Sherman · October 18, 2014 8:04 pm

Justices stop parts of Texas abortion law

Mark Sherman · October 15, 2014 12:17 am

Visitors line up to enter the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014, as the justices begin the second week of the new term. The landscape has changed very quickly for gay marriage in the U.S. Last week, the Supreme Court declined to hear appeals from several states seeking to retain their bans on same-sex marriage. The Oct. 6 move effectively legalized gay marriage in about 30 states and triggered a flurry of rulings and confusion in lower courts across the nation. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Can dentists bar competition over teeth-whitening?

Mark Sherman · October 14, 2014 7:49 pm

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2010 file phoro, a lone voter takes part in early voting in Milwaukee. The Supreme Court deals with churning election rules in several states less than a month from November's voting, blocking voter ID laws in Wisconsin while siding with Republicans for stricter rules in North Carolina and Ohio. In Texas, a federal court strikes down a voter ID law, but the state may still appeal that ruling. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Court orders on voting rights mostly about timing

Mark Sherman · October 11, 2014 9:59 am

Yes, Supreme Court justices can goof, too

Mark Sherman · October 9, 2014 7:11 pm

Court says it erred in halting Nevada gay marriage

Mark Sherman · October 9, 2014 2:33 pm

Justice Kennedy allows gay marriage in Nevada

Mark Sherman · October 8, 2014 7:51 pm

Gay marriage focus returns to lower courts

Mark Sherman · October 7, 2014 8:45 pm

This undated photo provided by the Arkansas Department of Correction shows prison inmate Gregory Holt. On Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court will take up the case of Holt, who says his Muslim beliefs require him to grow a half-inch beard. Arkansas prison officials permit no beards, with the exception of inmates with certain skin conditions, who can have beards a quarter-inch long. (AP Photo/Arkansas Department of Correction)

Justices signal support for Muslim inmate’s beard

Mark Sherman · October 7, 2014 6:12 pm

Nicole Pries, left, and Lindsey Oliver hold up their marriage license as they celebrate being one of the first same-sex couples in Virginia to be married outside a Richmond court building in Richmond, Va., Monday, Oct. 6, 2014. The Supreme Court's order turning way appeals from five states seeking to prohibit same-sex marriage has triggered a series of moves in affected states to clear the way for gay and lesbian unions. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Court clears the way for gay marriage expansion

Mark Sherman · October 7, 2014 3:45 am

Bishop of Arlington, Rev. Paul Loverde, talks with U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, center, and his wife Jane Marie, as they leave the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle after the annual Red Mass for Supreme Court justices in Washington, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014. The new Supreme Court term starts Monday. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Justices’ new term has expectations on gay unions

Mark Sherman · October 5, 2014 5:24 pm