Tag: Supreme Court

The comments follow speculation that Justice Anthony Kennedy could step retire and the president could appoint another justice. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Spicer: Trump could add new names to his list of potential Supreme Court justices

Alex Pappas · June 26, 2017 6:48 pm

White House press secretary Sean Spicer said the Supreme Court's decision to reinstate President Trump's travel ban is a positive thing. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Spicer: Supreme Court’s travel ban ruling is ‘a positive step forward’

Alex Pappas · June 26, 2017 6:43 pm

Hirono's comments came following the Supreme Court's unanimous ruling to allow the partial implementation of President Trump's travel ban until the court hears the case in October. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Mazie Hirono calls Gorsuch, Thomas and Alito ‘the three horsemen of the apocalypse’

Matthew Trunko · June 26, 2017 6:02 pm

A Victory at SCOTUS for Religious Freedom

Mark Hemingway · June 26, 2017 5:57 pm

The Supreme Court said Arkansas made its birth certificates "more than a mere marker of biological relationships," but new Justice Neil Gorsuch strongly dissented. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Supreme Court rules Arkansas birth certificate law unconstitutional following legalization of same-sex marriage

Ryan Lovelace · June 26, 2017 5:56 pm

Trump praised the justices and said the decision to allow a limited version of the ban to begin is a "clear victory for national security." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

Jeff Sessions: Travel ban decision ‘important step towards restoring the separation of powers’

Kelly Cohen, Melissa Quinn · June 26, 2017 5:55 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan called a Supreme Court ruling that favored federal funding of a religious school playground important for religious liberty. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Paul Ryan: Supreme Court ruling on church playground ‘important for religious liberty’

Susan Ferrechio · June 26, 2017 5:51 pm

Supreme Court Unanimously Allows for Partial Implementation of Travel Ban

Andrew Egger · June 26, 2017 5:18 pm

Hawaii is challenging the Trump administration's decision to not allow grandparents, fiances and other nationals from six Muslim-majority countries into the U.S. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, file)

DHS: Supreme Court’s travel ban decision restores ‘crucial and long-held constitutional authority’

Melissa Quinn · June 26, 2017 5:09 pm

They want her to recuse herself over Trump comments. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Republican lawmakers want Ruth Bader Ginsburg to recuse herself from Trump cases

Jack O'brien · June 26, 2017 4:48 pm

The fact that the decision was 9-0 pleased him. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

Trump celebrates Supreme Court decision to reinstate travel ban

Alex Pappas · June 26, 2017 4:18 pm

The Supreme Court on Monday denied New Mexico's petition to hold Colorado responsible for the 2015 Gold King Mine spill that resulted in 3 million gallons of toxic sludge sullying into the waterways of New Mexico and two other western states. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

Energy and Environment

Supreme Court denies New Mexico’s case over toxic mine spill

John Siciliano · June 26, 2017 3:07 pm