Tag: Samuel Alito

The case before the justices Wednesday, Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky, centers around a Minnesota law that prohibits people from wearing a "political badge, political button, or other political insignia" at a polling place on election day. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

NRA, #MeToo movement raised in Supreme Court argument over political attire at the polls

Melissa Quinn · February 28, 2018 7:10 pm

Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith, accompanied by Attorney Josh Rosenkranz, left, speaks to reporters outside the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a dispute between the Trump administration and Microsoft Corp. over a warrant for emails that were sought as part of a drug trafficking investigation.

Justices wade into fight over email data stored overseas

Melissa Quinn · February 27, 2018 6:41 pm

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court set a deadline of Feb. 9 for the GOP-led General Assembly to redraw the congressional map. Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, has until Feb. 15 to approve the new map. (iStock by Getty Images)

Pennsylvania lawmaker calls for impeachment of state Supreme Court judges who struck down congressional map

Melissa Quinn · February 6, 2018 4:27 pm

The Supreme Court took up a case on Tuesday involving the search of a rental car that lawyers say has the potential to affect privacy law, as well as the 115 million car rentals that occur annually in the U.S. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Five Supreme Court justices to miss Trump’s State of the Union

Melissa Quinn · January 30, 2018 6:52 pm

Leonard Leo, an executive vice president of the Federalist Society, has become a staple of Washington with an expansive network in the legal world.

Inside the mind of Leonard Leo, Trump’s Supreme Court right-hand man

Melissa Quinn · January 28, 2018 5:01 am

The Supreme Court is considering whether to hear the case of Vernon Madison, who was found guilty of killing Julius Schulte, a Mobile police officer, in 1985. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Supreme Court delays execution of Alabama man convicted of murdering police officer

Melissa Quinn · January 26, 2018 2:57 pm

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Monday the state's congressional map, drawn by the Republican-led General Assembly, "plainly and palpably violates" the state constitution. Lawyers for Pennsylvania's Republican state lawmakers are now asking the U.S. Supreme Court to put the ruling on hold. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pennsylvania GOP lawmakers ask US Supreme Court to halt order striking down congressional map

Melissa Quinn · January 25, 2018 11:15 pm

Let’s Stop With the ‘But Gorsuch’ Defense of Trump

Jonathan V. Last · January 3, 2018 9:40 am

Carpenter v. United States provides the first insight into how the justices view privacy rights in the digital age. (AP Photo/Jessica Gresko)

Major privacy case could reveal new fault lines in Supreme Court

Ryan Lovelace · November 29, 2017 7:44 pm

Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch spoke at the Federalist Society's 2017 National Lawyers Convention in Washington Thursday night. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

Neil Gorsuch: Scalia’s views on the Constitution aren’t ‘going anywhere on my watch’

Ryan Lovelace · November 17, 2017 4:53 am

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, (pictured right) said it was "surprising" that the American Bar Association decided to rate 8th Circuit Court of Appeals nominee Leonard Steven Grasz as "not qualified." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senators bicker over role of judges at Trump judicial nominee’s hearing

Ryan Lovelace · November 1, 2017 4:53 pm

What President Trump chooses to do as his travel ban expires Sunday will determine the contours of the battle scheduled to arrive at the Supreme Court next month. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

What Trump does with expiring travel ban will shape Supreme Court fight

Ryan Lovelace · September 23, 2017 4:01 am