Tag: Elena Kagan

The Supreme Court's 'Bartleby' redistricting decision

Michael Barone · June 20, 2018 11:09 pm

Justice Department wants Supreme Court to ease nationwide ruling on sanctuary city policy

Melissa Quinn · June 18, 2018 8:31 pm

A court case in Oregon regarding a baker who refused to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding is very similar to the one currently making its way through the Supreme Court: Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Religious freedom lives to fight another day

Washington Examiner · June 4, 2018 8:31 pm

The Supreme Court building is seen in Washington, D.C.

Supreme Court case could hamper SEC, NLRB investigations

Sean Higgins · April 24, 2018 11:41 pm

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer speaks at an event.

Liberal Supreme Court judges ask if they can consider Texas redistricting case

Melissa Quinn · April 24, 2018 6:06 pm

Supreme Court questions federal practice that makes it easier to deport immigrants

Melissa Quinn · April 23, 2018 7:37 pm

Mark Janus, a soft-spoken record-keeper for the Illinois Department of Public Health, sued his workplace's union over a $50 fee it receives that automatically gets deducted from his paycheck every month although he never joined the union. Janus argues that violates his First Amendment rights. Now, the case is making its way to the Supreme Court.

Supreme Court justices struggle to find a solution for partisan gerrymandering

Melissa Quinn · March 28, 2018 5:29 pm

Illinois government employee Mark Janus walks outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. The Supreme Court is taking up a case that could deal a painful financial blow to organized labor. The court is considering a challenge to an Illinois law that allows unions representing government employees to collect fees from workers who choose not to join.

The Janus case: Uphold the Constitution, or protect its violators?

Robert Holland · March 22, 2018 4:00 am

This Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014 file photo shows the gurney in the the execution chamber at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, Okla.

Supreme Court rejects request to take up death penalty challenge

Melissa Quinn · March 19, 2018 2:12 pm

The Supreme Court is now hearing a case of a Minnesota man who attempted to attend a polling station wearing Tea Party-themed apparel, what election officials claimed was in violation of state law banning political attire.

Beltway Confidential

Some justices hide their cards, but this one didn’t mind tipping his hand to make a lawyer look foolish

Nicole Russell · March 14, 2018 1:58 am

Neal Katyal: ‘At times, President Trump has behaved far worse than Nixon did.’

Adam Rubenstein · February 22, 2018 10:05 am

In the opinion for the case, Rubin v. Islamic Republic of Iran, delivered by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the justices affirmed a decision from the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled against the victims of the attack and in favor of Iran. (iStock photo)

Supreme Court rules against US victims of 1997 terror attack in case involving Iranian artifacts

Melissa Quinn · February 21, 2018 4:02 pm