Tag: Supreme Court

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's Thursday move to weaken the filibuster is supposed to be limited to federal judicial appointments and executive nominations rather than Supreme Court appointments or actual legislation. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Beltway Confidential

Harry Reid’s Senate rule change won’t be limited

Philip Klein · November 21, 2013 5:00 am

Opponents and supporters of an abortion bill hold signs near a news conference outside the Texas Capitol, in Austin, Texas.

Supreme Court lets Texas abortion law stay for now

Associated Press · November 20, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this July 12, 2013, file photo, abortion rights supporters rally on the floor of the State Capitol rotunda in Austin, Texas. A sharply divided Supreme Court on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013, allowed Texas to continue enforcing abortion restrictions that opponents say have led more than a third of the state's clinics to stop providing abortions. (AP Photo/Tamir Kalifa, File)

Supreme Court refuses to block Texas abortion law

Mark Sherman · November 20, 2013 12:42 am

Senate Majority Leader Sen.ÃÂ HarryÃÂ Reid, D-Nev., speaks to the media on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Harry Reid considering rules change to curb minority power to block presidential nominees

Susan Ferrechio · November 19, 2013 5:00 am

There is no ‘right’ to abortion if it depends upon ‘access’

Gregory Kane · November 17, 2013 5:00 am

Supreme Court justices heard oral arguments on whether the 1935 National Labor Relations Act allows for "neutrality agreements," in which an employer promises not to block a union from seeking to organize its workers in exchange for certain provisions. (AP File)

Supreme Court hears dispute over labor organizing tactic

Sean Lengell · November 14, 2013 5:00 am

Supreme Court unlikely to say union-casino pact illegal

Associated Press · November 13, 2013 5:00 am

Abigail Fisher, the Texan involved in the University of Texas affirmative action case, and Edward Blum, who runs a group working to end affirmative action, walk outside the Supreme Court in October 2012. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals will rehear Fisher's case. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

5th Circuit rehears affirmative action appeal

Chris Tomlinson · November 13, 2013 5:00 am

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High court considers whistleblower protections

Washington Examiner · November 12, 2013 5:00 am

The Supreme Court is declining to revive Oklahoma's strict ultrasound law for women seeking abortions. (Thinkstock Image)

Supreme Court won’t hear Oklahoma ultrasound case

Associated Press · November 12, 2013 5:00 am

The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court at the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Labor union organizing tactic challenged

Sean Lengell · November 8, 2013 5:00 am

The Supreme Court's decision to take up Greece vs. Galloway suggests a desire to give greater clarity to the role of religious expression in public meetings. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Supreme Court wrestles with government prayer issue

Sean Lengell · November 6, 2013 5:00 am