Tag: Law

The Supreme Court issued new federal circuit assignments to the justices on Tuesday, giving Justice Neil Gorsuch jurisdiction over a portion of the Midwest via an 8th Circuit assignment. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Supreme Court gives Neil Gorsuch a Midwestern circuit in new assignments

Ryan Lovelace · June 27, 2017 2:58 pm

The Supreme Court is seen on the last day of its term, in Washington, Monday, June 26, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

On travel ban, the Supreme Court provides adult supervision for lower courts gone wild

Michael Barone · June 27, 2017 2:56 pm

The high court agreed to hear the challenge from New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who's squaring off against the NCAA. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Supreme Court to hear Chris Christie’s challenge to New Jersey sports gambling case

Ryan Lovelace · June 27, 2017 2:37 pm

A group from the Concerned Women for America, a Christian women's activist group, shows their support as the Supreme Court ruled 7-2 for Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Mo., that churches have the same right as other charitable groups to seek state money for new playground surfaces and other non-religious needs, Monday, June 26, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Supreme Court sends back lower court rulings barring state funding for religious institutions

Ryan Lovelace · June 27, 2017 2:25 pm

The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that President Trump's travel ban on visitors from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen can be enforced if those visitors lack a "credible claim of a bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the United States." (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Iran official: Trump travel ban is an ‘obvious breach’ of nuclear deal

Associated Press · June 27, 2017 11:59 am

He has come into compliance with the law in recent months. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

White nationalist Richard Spencer violated Virginia nonprofit laws

Josh Siegel · June 27, 2017 12:25 am

Justice Neil Gorsuch has delighted right-leaning groups that say their focus is religious freedom. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Conservatives cheer Gorsuch amid flurry of decisions on final day of Supreme Court term

Ryan Lovelace · June 26, 2017 9:56 pm

White House press secretary Sean Spicer said the Supreme Court's decision to reinstate President Trump's travel ban is a positive thing. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Spicer: Supreme Court’s travel ban ruling is ‘a positive step forward’

Alex Pappas · June 26, 2017 6:43 pm

Hirono's comments came following the Supreme Court's unanimous ruling to allow the partial implementation of President Trump's travel ban until the court hears the case in October. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Mazie Hirono calls Gorsuch, Thomas and Alito ‘the three horsemen of the apocalypse’

Matthew Trunko · June 26, 2017 6:02 pm

The Supreme Court said Arkansas made its birth certificates "more than a mere marker of biological relationships," but new Justice Neil Gorsuch strongly dissented. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Supreme Court rules Arkansas birth certificate law unconstitutional following legalization of same-sex marriage

Ryan Lovelace · June 26, 2017 5:56 pm

Trump praised the justices and said the decision to allow a limited version of the ban to begin is a "clear victory for national security." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

Jeff Sessions: Travel ban decision ‘important step towards restoring the separation of powers’

Kelly Cohen, Melissa Quinn · June 26, 2017 5:55 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan called a Supreme Court ruling that favored federal funding of a religious school playground important for religious liberty. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Paul Ryan: Supreme Court ruling on church playground ‘important for religious liberty’

Susan Ferrechio · June 26, 2017 5:51 pm