Tag: Supreme Court

National Security

Dueling surveillance rulings stir legal ripples

Stephen Braun · January 7, 2014 5:00 am

Allowing one tech company to be sued over actions of another could stop innovation in its tracks, crippling small businesses and putting many of the products and services nearly all Americans use out of reach. (Thinkstock)

Patent litigation threat looms over network providers

Gary Shapiro · January 7, 2014 5:00 am

In this photo taken on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013, Shelly Eyre, left, holds the marriage license just issued to her and her partner Cheryl Haws at the Utah County Clerk's office in Provo, Utah. The Supreme Court has put same-sex marriages on hold in Utah, at least while a federal appeals court more fully considers the issue. (AP Photo/The Daily Herald, Mark Johnston)

Supreme Court puts Utah same-sex marriage on hold

Mark Sherman · January 6, 2014 5:05 pm

Alyssa Travino, center, of Edinburg, Texas, wears a birth control bill box costume during a Planned Parenthood rally on the steps of the Texas Capitol on March 7, 2013, in Austin, Texas. A federal appeals court was set to review a Texas law that led to the closing of many abortion clinics in the state, a case that ultimately appears to be bound for the U.S. Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Federal appeals court to review Texas abortion law

Washington Examiner · January 6, 2014 5:00 am

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor pushes the Waterford crystal button that signals the descent of the New YearÃ?s Eve Ball in Times Square on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013 in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

DOJ: Nuns have ‘no legal basis’ to contest birth control mandate

Brian Hughes · January 3, 2014 5:00 am

National Security Agency programs that mass collect innocent Americans' phone records and metadata should be curbed, according to a report commissioned by President Obama that was released Wednesday. (Photo: Thinkstock)

National Security

DOJ appeals federal court ruling against NSA surveillance

Meghashyam Mali · January 3, 2014 5:00 am

Sister Mary Grace visits with a resident in the dining room at the Mullen Home for the Aged, run by Little Sisters of the Poor, in Denver, Colo., on Jan. 2. Acting at the request of Little Sisters of the Poor, Justice Sonia Sotomayor onDec. 31, 2013, temporarily blocked the Obama administration from forcing some religious-affiliated groups to provide health insurance coverage of birth control or face penalties as part of the Affordable Care Act. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Beltway Confidential

DOJ asks Supreme Court not to block HHS mandate for Little Sisters of the Poor

Joel Gehrke · January 3, 2014 5:00 am

If the Supreme Court fails to exert its authority in two class-action lawsuit cases in the new year, incalculable damage will be done to American manufacturing and jurisprudence. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Examiner Editorial: Supreme Court should uphold its class-action standards

Washington Examiner · January 1, 2014 5:00 am

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said the courts were hurt more by the sequestration cuts than elsewhere in the federal government because "virtually all of [the judiciary's] core functions are constitutionally and statutorily required." (AP File)

Chief Justice Roberts wants more money for courts

Sean Lengell · January 1, 2014 5:00 am

President Barack Obama shakes hands with people waiting to meet him as he holds his shave ice outside Island Snow, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2014. The first family is in Hawaii for their annual holiday vacation. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

White House: Birth control mandate strikes right ‘balance’

Brian Hughes · January 1, 2014 5:00 am

Justice John Roberts renews call for court funding

Jesse Holland · December 31, 2013 11:00 pm

Utah asks Supreme Court to block same-sex unions

Washington Examiner · December 31, 2013 8:57 pm