Tag: Supreme Court

A three-judge panel voided the congressional map of North Carolina drawn by the GOP-controlled state legislature in 2016 and said it constitutes a "partisan" gerrymander. (Corey Lowenstein/The News & Observer, File via AP)

North Carolina Republicans appeal ruling striking down congressional map to Supreme Court

Melissa Quinn · January 11, 2018 9:46 pm

The Supreme Court will decide on Friday whether to hear Weyerhaeuser v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service. In this case, the government is trying to seize control of land it does not own in order to protect an endangered species of frog (namely, the dusky gopher frog pictured above) that does not live there. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)

Energy and Environment

Supreme Court will decide the fate of an endangered frog in a regulatory swamp

Henry Miller · January 11, 2018 5:01 am

People rally outside of the Supreme Court in opposition to Ohio's voter roll purges. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Supreme Court appears sympathetic to Ohio voter purge effort

Associated Press · January 10, 2018 7:58 pm

The Supreme Court took up a case on Tuesday involving the search of a rental car that lawyers say has the potential to affect privacy law, as well as the 115 million car rentals that occur annually in the U.S. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Justices consider case on police right to search vehicle parked close to home

Melissa Quinn · January 9, 2018 9:08 pm

Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J., (pictured left) and Kamala Harris, D-Calif., (pictured right) are now joining the Senate Judiciary Committee, according to statements made on Tuesday. Booker will be the first black male to sit on the Senate Judiciary Committee, while Harris becomes the first black female to sit on the committee since the 1990s. (AP Photos)

Cory Booker, Kamala Harris join Senate Judiciary Committee

Kelly Cohen · January 9, 2018 8:38 pm

The Supreme Court took up a case on Tuesday involving the search of a rental car that lawyers say has the potential to affect privacy law, as well as the 115 million car rentals that occur annually in the U.S. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Supreme Court questions right of police to search rental car driven by unauthorized driver

Melissa Quinn · January 9, 2018 7:36 pm

For now, the ruling is a win for free speech and pro-life advocates in Maryland. (iStock by Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Finally, common sense: Court says a pro-life pregnancy center doesn’t have to promote abortion

Nicole Russell · January 9, 2018 12:00 am

The Mississippi law allows clerks, registers of deeds or their deputies to recuse themselves from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples if it violates their religious beliefs or moral convictions. It also protects private businesses and people from being sued if they deny services to LGBT people. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Supreme Court won’t hear case over Mississippi LGBT law

Melissa Quinn · January 8, 2018 6:09 pm

This undated photo provided by Georgia Department of Corrections shows Keith Tharpe. The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to send Tharpe's case back to the federal appeals court in Atlanta. (Georgia Department of Corrections via AP)

Supreme Court sends capital case involving juror’s racial slurs back to lower court

Melissa Quinn · January 8, 2018 3:57 pm

Multiple women have accused Judge Alex Kozinski of sexual misconduct, including inappropriate touching and showing them pornography. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Clerk for federal judge who retired after sexual misconduct details ‘hostile, demeaning’ workplace

Melissa Quinn · January 5, 2018 10:06 pm

According to the new book, "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House," the president questioned why his Supreme Court nomination "wasn't going to a friend and loyalist." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump wanted to nominate Rudy Giuliani to the Supreme Court: Book

Melissa Quinn · January 5, 2018 4:49 pm

New ads funded by the Judicial Crisis Network thank President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., for their work to seat conservative judges on the bench. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Judicial Crisis Network launches ad campaign applauding Trump and McConnell on judges

Melissa Quinn · January 5, 2018 5:01 am