Tag: Supreme Court

The EPA was under a court-enforced deadline Friday to issue a cost study for previously enacted power plant rules cutting mercury and toxic air pollutants. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Energy and Environment

EPA says utilities can meet pollution rules cheaply

John Siciliano · April 15, 2016 5:56 pm

Labor Department filings show the union has lost 8,000 dues-paying members and $4 million in revenue. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)

Illinois union struggles to keep members after Supreme Court ruling

Sean Higgins · April 15, 2016 4:01 am

Sanders: I’d ask Obama to withdraw Supreme Court nomination if elected

Sanders: I’d ask Obama to withdraw Supreme Court nomination if elected

Al Weaver · April 15, 2016 3:06 am

"He is obviously a man of accomplishment and keen intellect," Jeff Flake said about Merrick Garland. "He is also kind and engaging." (AP Photo)

Another Republican senator says ‘no’ to Garland

Susan Ferrechio · April 14, 2016 6:30 pm

Presidential opportunities to appoint have become fewer as justices serve longer, so today every court appointment is now a major political event. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

End the Supreme Court lottery

Paul Moreno · April 14, 2016 4:02 am

The Supreme Court is weighing whether a compromise called an accommodation violates the religious beliefs of religious nonprofits such as the Little Sisters of the Poor. (AP Photo)

Feds give a little in Supreme Court birth control fight

Robert King · April 13, 2016 4:00 pm

Sixty-four percent of those asked say the Senate should hold hearings and vote on Judge Merrick Garland, according to a new poll. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Poll: Public wants Supreme Court justice nominee hearings

Kelly Cohen · April 13, 2016 12:39 pm

‘Cordial and Pleasant’

Terry Eastland · April 12, 2016 11:38 pm

The former ABA leaders countered Republicans’ argument that it is too close to a presidential election to consider Merrick Garland for the Supreme Court. (AP Photo)

Former ABA leaders urge Senate to vote on Garland

Nicole Duran · April 12, 2016 5:21 pm

"The meeting was cordial and pleasant," a readout from Chuck Grassley's office about the roughly hour-long meeting with Merrick Garland said. (AP Photo)

Grassley: No change after ‘pleasant’ meeting with Garland

Kelly Cohen · April 12, 2016 3:21 pm

"The Senate's power to withhold consent is as much a part of the Constitution as the president's power to nominate," Sen. Chuck Grassley wrote in an op-ed published Monday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Grassley defends ‘entirely American’ block on Supreme Court pick

Joel Gehrke · April 11, 2016 10:17 pm

The plaintiffs in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association say issue of union fees for workers in public-sector unions is too important for a 4-4 decision. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Friedrichs teachers ask Supreme Court for rehearing

Sean Higgins · April 11, 2016 5:24 pm