Tag: Supreme Court

This Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014 file photo shows the gurney in the the execution chamber at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, Okla.

Supreme Court rejects request to take up death penalty challenge

Melissa Quinn · March 19, 2018 2:12 pm

The Supreme Court building is seen in Washington, D.C.

Supreme Court to weigh free speech for anti-abortion centers

Kimberly Leonard · March 19, 2018 4:01 am

Last year, according to its own annual report, Planned Parenthood performed 321,384 abortions.

Beltway Confidential

Big Abortion wants a monopoly

Frank Pavone · March 15, 2018 4:01 am

While Republicans and President Trump are hoping Ginsburg steps down, she has indicated she has no plans to hang up her robe.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg turns 85, with no signs she’ll retire

Melissa Quinn · March 15, 2018 4:01 am

In this photo from June 2017, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court gather for an official group portrait at the Supreme Court Building in Washington.

New documents shed light on protection for Supreme Court justices

Melissa Quinn · March 14, 2018 4:57 pm

The Supreme Court is now hearing a case of a Minnesota man who attempted to attend a polling station wearing Tea Party-themed apparel, what election officials claimed was in violation of state law banning political attire.

Beltway Confidential

Some justices hide their cards, but this one didn’t mind tipping his hand to make a lawyer look foolish

Nicole Russell · March 14, 2018 1:58 am

The U.S. Supreme Court deemed the individual mandate of Obamacare constitutional back in June 2012 by interpreting the provision as a tax â something Congress clearly has the power to impose. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Beltway Confidential

The Constitution may finally catch up with Obamacare

Sally Pipes · March 14, 2018 1:46 am

‘Obama administration attorney’ who endorsed Neil Gorsuch in ad named to Republican seat on privacy board

Steven Nelson · March 13, 2018 5:50 pm

Because Aaron and Melissa Klein of Sweet Cakes by Melissa could not write a message affirming same-sex marriage on a cake, the Oregon government penalized them.

Oregon encourages intolerance by punishing Aaron and Melissa Klein

Ken Klukowski · March 13, 2018 5:01 am

Even as major professional sports leagues like the National Basketball Association open their eyes to the multibillion-dollar opportunity, their ideas on how to get a piece of the action may impede the ability to attract gamblers away from illegal betting and offshore markets.

States bet on legalization of sports gambling

Kimberly Leonard · March 13, 2018 5:01 am

The two cases before the Supreme Court mark the first time since 2004 that justices have taken up the issue of partisan gerrymandering.

Redrawing America: Two Supreme Court gerrymandering cases that could reshape our elections

Melissa Quinn · March 13, 2018 4:01 am

4 big Supreme Court cases to watch over the next six weeks

Melissa Quinn · March 13, 2018 4:01 am