Tag: Supreme Court

"It has worked its way up to the Supreme Court, but in the meantime many utilities have chosen to shut down coal plants and burn natural gas rather than invest in the pollution controls needed to comply with this rule," UMWA President Cecil Roberts said. "This has cost thousands of coal miners their jobs in just the last year, including UMWA members." (Getty Image)

Energy and Environment

Mineworkers union gears up for major court fight on climate rules

John Siciliano · June 9, 2015 4:01 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said last week that he was putting the kibosh on most of Obama's federal court nominees. (Washington Examiner)

No more showdowns over Obama’s judicial nominations?

Susan Crabtree · June 9, 2015 4:01 am

President Obama argued Monday that the Supreme Court case on the legality of Obamacare subsidies is a no-brainer, and said it's a case the high court probably shouldn't have been bothered with. (AP Photo)

Obama slams Obamacare case as ‘twisted interpretation of four words’

Nicole Duran · June 8, 2015 5:57 pm

The case centered on Menachem Zivotofsky, an American born in Jerusalem whose parents wanted his passport to say he was born in Israel, not Jerusalem. (AP Photo)Â

State Dept. hails Supreme Court ruling against ‘born in Israel’ passports

Pete Kasperowicz · June 8, 2015 5:57 pm

The NRA lost its gun-rights argument against San Francisco Monday when the Supreme Court refused to take up the gun group's case against a city law that requires gun owners to keep their firearms in a locked container or use a trigger lock. (iStock)

Supreme Court refuses to take up NRA challenge to San Francisco gun law

Emilie Padgett · June 8, 2015 5:26 pm

The Supreme Court gave Obamacare supporters a victory Monday when it declined to take up a challenge from Maine seeking to strip Medicaid coverage for teens. (AP Photo)

Supreme Court won’t hear Maine Medicaid case

Robert King · June 8, 2015 3:39 pm

Poll: Americans split on whether to trust Supreme Court on healthcare, same-sex marriage

Kelly Cohen · June 8, 2015 3:23 pm

Poll: Fixing Obamacare is ‘a big winner politically’

Paul Bedard · June 8, 2015 1:54 pm

Sen. Lee: Court’s same-sex marriage ruling threatens nonprofit religious schools

Paul Bedard · June 8, 2015 12:37 pm

Obama’s Reformation

Adam J. White · June 8, 2015 4:00 am

Under Obama, the Environmental Protection Agency has adopted new interpretations of the Clear Air Act to justify new rules.Â (Getty images)

Attorneys general are the first line of defense

Hugh Hewitt · June 7, 2015 9:00 pm

This Nov. 21, 2013 file photo shows anti abortion protester Mary McLaurin calling out to a patient hidden on the other side of a sign outside the Jackson Women's Health Organization clinic in Jackson, Miss.Â The Supreme Court could announce Monday, or sometime after that, whether it will scrutinize a law that would effectively gut Mississippi's last remaining abortion clinic.Â (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Two abortion laws in Supreme Court queue

Paige Winfield Cunningham · June 7, 2015 4:01 am