Tag: Supreme Court

Justice Clarence Thomas criticized the federal appeals court's decision as meaning, "Congress could reduce a State to near nonexistence by taking all land within its borders and declaring it sovereign Indian territory." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Clarence Thomas fires away at justices for ‘giving Congress the power to destroy the states’ territorial integrity’

Ryan Lovelace · November 27, 2017 3:54 pm

Supreme Court justices rejected Kolbe v. Hogan, involving petitioners questioning the constitutionality of Maryland's assault weapons ban and whether semiautomatic rifles and magazines were excluded from Second Amendment protection under previous precedent from the high court. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Maryland assault weapons ban

Ryan Lovelace · November 27, 2017 2:57 pm

The Definitive Explanation of Why Trump Is Right on Mulvaney, English, and the CFPB

Shannen Coffin · November 27, 2017 10:05 am

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in Carpenter v. United States, a case about the constitutionality of law enforcement searching and seizing -- without a warrant -- a cellphone user's records to reveal that person's locations and movements. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Supreme Court to hear major cellphone privacy case amid end-of-year blockbusters

Ryan Lovelace · November 27, 2017 5:01 am

In early October, HHS?issued a new rule that protects religious non-profits like?the Little Sisters of the Poor from providing anything like contraception that would violate their religious beliefs. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Beltway Confidential

For the love of God, why can’t Democrats leave the Little Sisters of the Poor alone?

Nicole Russell · November 26, 2017 5:01 am

The Supreme Court will soon hear a case which centers on whether an administrative body, called the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, may judge patent validity challenges. (iStock)

Supreme Court should affirm patent property rights

James Edwards · November 24, 2017 5:01 am

Joe Biden, a former senator from Delaware, was chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee when former President George H. W. Bush nominated Clarence Thomas to replace Thurgood Marshall on the Supreme Court bench. (AP)

Anita Hill: Joe Biden hasn’t taken ‘ownership’ for his role in Clarence Thomas hearings

Naomi Lim · November 22, 2017 10:26 pm

Hawaii Attorney General Doug Chin talks to reporters outside a federal courthouse in Seattle. A U.S. appeals court is allowing C-SPAN to broadcast oral arguments on President Trump's travel ban. The 9th Circuit will hear arguments on Dec. 6 in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

9th Circuit allows C-SPAN to broadcast travel ban arguments

Ryan Lovelace · November 22, 2017 4:49 pm

President Trump, you may hear over Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday, is ruining sex, women's golf, football, marriages, and everything else. As a result, even if you steer the conversation away from politics, somehow Trump will come up. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Your Trump-era Thanksgiving guide to conservative arguments for your liberal relatives

Timothy P. Carney · November 22, 2017 1:40 pm

The Supreme Court previously agreed to hear arguments over the second iteration of Trump's travel ban issued by executive order, but scrapped the case from its schedule after expiration dates on different parts of the order passed and the administration issued a new guidance. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to stay Maryland judge’s block of travel ban

Diana Stancy Correll · November 22, 2017 12:58 am

In this photo, people protest outside the federal courthouse in Richmond, Va., Monday, May 8, 2017. Once again, a version of President Trump's travel ban will be argued over in the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals after a Maryland judge in October blocked the new guidance issued by the Trump administration in September. (AP Photo/Steve McMillan)

Travel ban arguments in appeals court will be broadcast live

Ryan Lovelace · November 21, 2017 11:07 pm

At issue in Masterpiece is the constitutionality of Colorado's public accommodations law forcing cake baker Jack Phillips to create speech that defies his religious beliefs by making a cake for a gay wedding. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Supreme Court grants Trump administration time for argument in Colorado cake baker case

Ryan Lovelace · November 21, 2017 10:51 pm