Mark Sherman

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FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2013 file photo, a view of the Supreme Court can be seen from the view from near the top of the Capitol Dome on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Supreme Court hears arguments Monday in a clash between President Obama and Senate Republicans over the power granted the president in the Constitution to make temporary appointments to fill high-level positions. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Court weighs president’s recess appointments power

Mark Sherman · January 12, 2014 3:24 pm

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2013 file photo, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia speaks at Tufts University in Medford, Mass. At the Supreme Court, technology can be regarded as a necessary evil, and sometimes not even necessary. When they have something to say to each other in writing, the justices never do it by e-mail. And the court's historical society says the Supreme Court had no photocopying machine until 1969, a few years after Xerox had become a verb. Among those who think the Supreme Court will weigh in is Justice Antonin Scalia, who addressed the topic in July in a question-and-answer session with a technology group. Scalia said the elected branches of government are better situated to balance security needs and privacy protections. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, File)

Technology? Some justices want to keep distance

Mark Sherman · January 7, 2014 8:03 pm

In this photo taken on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013, Shelly Eyre, left, holds the marriage license just issued to her and her partner Cheryl Haws at the Utah County Clerk's office in Provo, Utah. The Supreme Court has put same-sex marriages on hold in Utah, at least while a federal appeals court more fully considers the issue. (AP Photo/The Daily Herald, Mark Johnston)

Supreme Court puts Utah same-sex marriage on hold

Mark Sherman · January 6, 2014 5:05 pm

Court looks at EPA rule on cross-state pollution

Mark Sherman · December 10, 2013 7:52 pm

Justices hear dispute between airline, pilot

Mark Sherman · December 9, 2013 6:27 pm

John Dennis Apel, stands in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013, following an argument on the right to protest at a military base. Apel had been barred from entering any part of Vandenberg Air Force Base on the central California coast, including the protest area on a public highway that passes near the main gate. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Court looks at protest ban at Calif. military base

Mark Sherman · December 4, 2013 7:06 pm

In a Jan. 7, 2003 photo, Rabbi S. Binyomin Ginsberg leads students at the Torah Academy in St. Louis Park, Minn., in a discussion and debate. The Supreme Court indicated Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013 it won't offer much help to frequent flyers who want to sue when airlines revoke their miles or their memberships. The justices heard the case of Ginsberg, who was stripped of his top-level "platinum elite" status in Northwest's WorldPerks program because the airline said he complained too much. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune,Bruce Bisping) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT

High court casts doubt on frequent flier’s lawsuit

Mark Sherman · December 3, 2013 9:43 pm

FILE - In this May 15, 2012, file photo, retired California Supreme Court Justice Cruz Reynoso, speaks at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. The Obama administration is aggressively pursuing lawsuits over minority voting rights in Texas and North Carolina, but the Justice Department has sat on evidence that the latest round of redistricting in Los Angeles County unfairly reduces the influence of Latino voters. "I support the Obama administration and the president, but frankly, Obama and the top people around him seem to be unaware on this issue. Obama is somewhat blind to the issues of Latinos," said Reynoso, who is also a member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Reynoso said the administration seems more attuned to voting-rights complaints of African-Americans.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Latinos want gov’t to look into LA County voting

Mark Sherman · November 30, 2013 9:19 am

FILE - In this May 15, 2012, file photo, retired California Supreme Court Justice Cruz Reynoso, speaks at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. The Obama administration is aggressively pursuing lawsuits over minority voting rights in Texas and North Carolina, but the Justice Department has sat on evidence that the latest round of redistricting in Los Angeles County unfairly reduces the influence of Latino voters. "I support the Obama administration and the president, but frankly, Obama and the top people around him seem to be unaware on this issue. Obama is somewhat blind to the issues of Latinos," said Reynoso, who is also a member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Reynoso said the administration seems more attuned to voting-rights complaints of African-Americans.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Latinos want US to sue over LA supervisors’ board

Mark Sherman · November 29, 2013 3:55 pm

FILE - This May 22, 2013 file photo shows customer at a Hobby Lobby store in Denver. President Barack Obama's health care law is headed for a new Supreme Court showdown over companies' religious objections to the law's birth-control mandate. The administration wants the court to hear its appeal of the Denver-based federal appeals court ruling in favor of Hobby Lobby, an Oklahoma City-based arts and crafts chain that calls itself a "biblically founded business" and is closed on Sundays. Founded in 1972, the company now operates more than 500 stores in 41 states and employs more than 13,000 full-time employees who are eligible for health insurance. The Green family, Hobby Lobby's owners, also owns the Mardel Christian bookstore chain. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)

Supreme Court weighs new health law dispute

Mark Sherman · November 26, 2013 8:09 am

FILE - This May 22, 2013 file photo shows customer at a Hobby Lobby store in Denver. The Supreme Court has agreed to referee another dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law, whether businesses can use religious objections to escape a requirement to cover birth control for employees. The justices said Tuesday they will take up an issue that has divided the lower courts in the face of roughly 40 lawsuits from for-profit companies asking to be spared from having to cover some or all forms of contraception. The court will consider two cases. One involves Hobby Lobby Inc., an Oklahoma City-based arts and crafts chain with 13,000 full-time employees. Hobby Lobby won in the lower courts. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)

Supreme Court will take up new health law dispute

Mark Sherman · November 26, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this July 12, 2013, file photo, abortion rights supporters rally on the floor of the State Capitol rotunda in Austin, Texas. A sharply divided Supreme Court on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013, allowed Texas to continue enforcing abortion restrictions that opponents say have led more than a third of the state's clinics to stop providing abortions. (AP Photo/Tamir Kalifa, File)

Supreme Court refuses to block Texas abortion law

Mark Sherman · November 20, 2013 12:42 am