Tag: Supreme Court

Under current law, the federal government isn't required to obtain a warrant to get cell phone location information under what's known as the "third-party doctrine," derived from two Supreme Court decisions from the 1970s. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

Supreme Court takes up warrantless cellphone searches

Melissa Quinn · October 9, 2017 4:01 am

A prominent left-leaning legal scholar said Friday he thinks the Supreme Court looks poised to agree with the Trump administration that it should stop reviewing the travel ban case while the country hurtles toward a "constitutional crisis." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Supreme Court will adopt Trump view of travel ban case, liberal legal professor says

Ryan Lovelace · October 6, 2017 11:37 pm

Supreme Court lines up arguments in blockbuster cases for back-to-back days

Ryan Lovelace · October 6, 2017 5:31 pm

Killer Celebrities

Philip Terzian · October 6, 2017 8:00 am

Courts have no business fine-tuning partisan "fairness." (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Beltway Confidential

On redistricting and Gill v. Whitford, the best course of action for the courts is no action at all

Rick Esenberg · October 5, 2017 9:13 pm

President Trump administration told the Supreme Court Thursday to view earlier litigation over the president's travel ban as moot. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump attorneys tell Supreme Court travel ban fight is moot, Hawaii says not so fast

Ryan Lovelace · October 5, 2017 5:20 pm

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to advance a Catholic law school professor's nomination for a federal appeals court along party lines, after last month's hearing when Democrats grilled her over her faith. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Catholic law professor’s judicial nomination advances along partisan lines

Ryan Lovelace · October 5, 2017 4:36 pm

There is only one reason this case is being heard now. It is that Democrats still haven't accepted their loss in the 2016 election. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Democrats find excuses for election losses in lawsuits

Washington Examiner · October 5, 2017 4:01 am

Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, and Sonia Sotomayor dissented. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)

Supreme Court allows Alabama execution to proceed

Ryan Lovelace · October 4, 2017 9:52 pm

President Trump nominated Justice Neil Gorsuch to the bench earlier this year. Now, as the court convenes to hear several blockbuster cases, Gorsuch will be thoroughly tested for the first time -- and along with him, many conservatives' case for Trump. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, Pool)

Beltway Confidential

Was Trump worth it for the judges? We’re about to find out

Nicole Russell · October 4, 2017 5:27 pm

The Many Virtues of Scalia’s Speeches

Adam J. White · October 4, 2017 1:04 pm

The court has never thrown out a politically gerrymandered district, as the Constitution does not explicitly say how districts should be drawn. (Win McNamee/Pool Photo via AP)

John Roberts, Anthony Kennedy cast doubt on Supreme Court’s ability to resolve gerrymandering dispute

Ryan Lovelace · October 3, 2017 5:14 pm