Tag: Supreme Court

FILE - This April 22, 2104 file photo shows videojournalists setting up outside the Supreme Court in Washington. The court said Monday it will hear the case of a Florida fisherman who wants the court to throw out his conviction for getting rid of some small grouper under a federal law originally aimed at the accounting industry. Commercial fishing boat captain John Yates argues that the federal government used its mighty power to convict him of tossing overboard three fish that were under the 20-inch minimum legal size for red grouper caught in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Supreme Court could limit states’ ability to impose excessive fines

Melissa Quinn · June 24, 2018 4:00 am

Illinois government employee Mark Janus walks outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. The Supreme Court is taking up a case that could deal a painful financial blow to organized labor. The court is considering a challenge to an Illinois law that allows unions representing government employees to collect fees from workers who choose not to join.

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A Janus victory could open up more legal and legislative questions

Akash Chougule · June 24, 2018 1:26 am

Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch.

The future of privacy rests on Justice Neil Gorsuch

Washington Examiner · June 22, 2018 10:23 pm

A supporter uses her cellphone during a protest.

Supreme Court says government generally needs warrant to obtain cellphone location information

Melissa Quinn · June 22, 2018 2:27 pm

FILE â In this Jan. 14, 2015, file photo, Amado Nanalang watches basketball games while making bets at a sports book owned and operated by CG Technology in Las Vegas. The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Dec. 4, 2017, as the state of New Jersey challenges a 1992 law forbidding state-authorized sports gambling in all but four states that met a 1991 deadline to legalize it: Delaware, Montana, Nevada and Oregon.

Sports gambling doesn’t threaten the integrity of games, but it could increase states’ freedom and prosperity

Jon Pritchett · June 22, 2018 4:00 am

In this April 6 photo, Adrienne Kosewicz, owner of Play It Safe World Toys, poses for a portrait in her home office in Seattle. Kosewicz pays $3,600 a year for tax collection software to handle payments and reports to her home state, Washington. Her Seattle-based online business sells through Amazon, which handles computation and collection.

After Wayfair, Congress must shield Internet sales from state and local taxes

Washington Examiner · June 21, 2018 10:24 pm

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Supreme Court finds balance in South Dakota v. Wayfair online sales tax ruling

john-buhl, Joseph Bishop-Henchman · June 21, 2018 7:18 pm

The sign for the National Labor Relations Board seen on the building that houses their headquarters in downtown Washington.

Supreme Court ruling against SEC judges hits labor board as well

Sean Higgins · June 21, 2018 5:41 pm

Walmart up, eBay down after Supreme Court rules on online sales taxes

Joseph Lawler · June 21, 2018 4:44 pm

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)

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Supreme Court ignores obvious solution to Internet sales tax debate in Wayfair ruling

Mattie Duppler · June 21, 2018 4:24 pm

Poster sized enlargements of passports marked as "rejected" by United States Immigration are on display at the Supreme Court.

Supreme Court sides with immigrant in case over accumulation of continuous time in US

Melissa Quinn · June 21, 2018 3:39 pm

The Supreme Court says states can force online shoppers to pay sales tax. The 5-4 ruling Thursday is a win for states, who said they were losing out on billions of dollars annually under two decades-old Supreme Court decisions that impacted online sales tax collection. The high court ruled Thursday to overturn those decisions.

Supreme Court rules that states can require collection of online sales taxes

Joseph Lawler · June 21, 2018 2:21 pm