Tag: Supreme Court

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch speaks at the Eighth Judicial District Conference, Friday, Aug. 17, 2018, in Des Moines, Iowa.

Beltway Confidential

Gundy v. US was a chance to tell Congress they can’t regift legislative power

Adam Carrington · June 21, 2019 7:21 pm

Visitors stand outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018. The U.S. Senate is expected to approve a sweeping revamp of financial rules this week. Some big banks are lobbying right up to the vote in hopes of salvaging a victory because the legislation probably marks the last time lawmakers with full plates will take up financial regulations before November's crucial midterm elections.

Mississippi death row inmate who claimed racial bias wins new trial

Melissa Quinn · June 21, 2019 3:54 pm

In this Feb. 13, 2019 file photo, visitors walk around the 40-foot Maryland Peace Cross dedicated to World War I soldiers in Bladensburg, Md. The Supreme Court says the World War I memorial in the shape of a 40-foot-tall cross can continue to stand on public land in Maryland.

Supreme Court puts the brakes on the militant war on religion

Washington Examiner · June 21, 2019 2:30 pm

The Supreme Court says it will "leave it to Congress" to adjust the birthright citizenship rule. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Supreme Court to hear dispute over Puerto Rico financial stability board

Melissa Quinn · June 20, 2019 7:59 pm

Philip Holdcraft, left, past commander of Colmar Manor American Legion Post 311, and Mike Moore, right, past commander of the Greenbelt American Legion Post 136. This week, the Supreme Court will hear arguments over the meaning of the Bladensburg World War I Veterans Memorial (otherwise known as the Peace Cross) in the The American Legion v. American Humanist Association case. The Peace Cross memorial, located in the three-way junction of Bladensburg Road, Baltimore Avenue, and Annapolis Road in Bladensburg, Maryland, Monday, February 25, 2019. The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case about whether the nearly 100-year-old, cross-shaped war memorial violates the Constitution's required separation of church and state.

Supreme Court lets Peace Cross stand

Melissa Quinn · June 20, 2019 2:18 pm

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Supreme Court is clear: Government hostility to religion not OK

Nicole Russell · June 20, 2019 12:33 pm

Supreme Court finds sex offender registration law did not violate Constitution

Melissa Quinn · June 20, 2019 11:07 am

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., listens during a hearing.

Senate Democrat: Congress should investigate the FBI’s Kavanaugh investigation

John Gage · June 18, 2019 11:05 pm

Baker Jack Phillips.

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‘The cruelty is the point’: The intolerant Left makes an example out of Jack Phillips

Kaylee McGhee White · June 18, 2019 10:19 pm

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas gestures as he speaks during an event.

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Justice Clarence Thomas slams the precedent worship, is itching to overturn Roe

Ryan Everson · June 18, 2019 9:08 pm

FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2018, file photo, the U. S. Supreme Court building stands quietly before dawn in Washington.

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Americans lost the double jeopardy round at the Supreme Court

Adam Carrington · June 18, 2019 2:34 pm

Sara Fitzgerald, left, and Michael Martin, both with the group One Virginia, protest gerrymandering in front of the Supreme Court, Wednesday, March 28, 2018, in Washington where the court will hear arguments on a gerrymandering case. The Supreme Court is taking up its second big partisan redistricting case of the term amid signs the justices could place limits on drawing maps for political gain.

Supreme Court hands Virginia Democrats victory on racially gerrymandered districts

Melissa Quinn · June 17, 2019 3:00 pm