Tag: Samuel Alito

It's worth going back and looking at President Obama's justification for filibustering Samuel Alito in 2006. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Beltway Confidential

Obama’s absurd defense of his Alito filibuster

Philip Klein · February 17, 2016 4:18 pm

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg mourned the late Antonin Scalia, her ideological rival but best buddy on the court, in a statement Sunday. (AP Photos)

Ginsburg mourns ‘buddy’ Scalia

Dan Friedman · February 14, 2016 8:41 pm

Justices have spoken at the conservative lawyers' convention since 2009. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Conservative justices skip Federalist Society event

Sean Higgins · October 30, 2015 6:38 pm

"I don't know if FERC really has that power" in differentiating between the federal and state markets," Antonin Scalia said. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Supreme Court appears split over reach of federal utility regulator

John Siciliano · October 14, 2015 8:01 pm

Marriage decision distorts the balance of powers

Washington Examiner · June 29, 2015 5:00 am

"On the other hand, marriage means something specific...for thousands of years," and it is "not the purview of five people...to think in their hubris that they have the power to change that," Carly Fiorina said. (AP Photo)Â

Fiorina sides with dissenting justices on same-sex marriage

John Siciliano · June 26, 2015 5:54 pm

As a society, "we are becoming addicted to wanting particular outcomes, not living with the outcomes we don't like," Thomas said during rounds of questioning at the May 6, 2022 11th Circuit Judicial Conference (AP Photo)

Clarence Thomas: NBA reveals problem with Court’s race case

Barbara Boland · June 26, 2015 5:31 pm

Texas Department of Motor Vehicles shows the design of a proposed Sons of Confederate Veterans license plate.

Supreme Court: Texas can reject Confederate license plates

Robert King · June 18, 2015 2:55 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

Samantha Elauf stands outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015. (AP Photo)Â

Supreme Court sides with Oklahoma woman in headscarf case against Abercrombie

Kelly Cohen · June 1, 2015 3:21 pm

This courtroom artist rendering shows Michael Carvin, lead attorney for the petitioners,, right, speaking before the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, March 4, 2015, a the court heard arguments in King v. Burwell. (AP Photo/Dana Verkouteren)

Alito’s wildcard could shape 2016

Philip Klein · March 6, 2015 3:25 am

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Muslim prisoner can grow beard, SCOTUS says

Kelly Cohen · January 20, 2015 6:41 pm