Tag: Supreme Court

North Dakota, the seat of the shale oil boom in the Midwest, says even though dozens of states filed for a stay earlier this week, the state is a unique case that must be considered separately. (AP File Photo/Mike Cronin)

Energy and Environment

North Dakota says it’s being unfairly targeted by EPA climate rule

John Siciliano · January 30, 2016 12:11 am

The case is called Zubik v. Burwell and is led by a charity run by Catholic nuns called Little Sisters of the Poor. (AP Photo)

Supreme Court to hear Obamacare birth control case March 23

Robert King · January 29, 2016 6:16 pm

A New Constitutional Convention?

Terry Eastland · January 29, 2016 4:20 am

White House: Obama unlikely to seek Supreme Court seat

White House: Obama unlikely to seek Supreme Court seat

Nicole Duran · January 28, 2016 7:37 pm

Harris has threatened censorship, fines and other penalties for those charities trying to protect their donors' privacy. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Kamala Harris crosses lines of both privacy and the law

Mark Fitzgibbons · January 28, 2016 5:01 am

"Wow, what a great idea, nobody has ever suggested that to me," Hillary Clinton said Monday on the possibility of nominating Barack Obama for the Supreme Court. (AP Photos)

Clinton considers nominating Obama to Supreme Court

Anna Giaritelli · January 27, 2016 12:23 am

The climate rules, called the Clean Power Plan, require states to cut greenhouse gas emissions a third by 2030, yet they must begin submitting plans on how they will achieve that target this year. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

States ask Supreme Court to stay Obama climate rules

John Siciliano · January 26, 2016 10:35 pm

Civil rights law allows winning plaintiffs to request that their legal fees be covered by the losing party. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

States pay $13.5M to plaintiffs’ lawyers in same-sex marriage cases

Sean Higgins · January 25, 2016 9:08 pm

The high court ruled 6-3 on Monday that an earlier ruling that outlawed mandatory sentences of life without parole for juveniles can be retroactively applied to earlier cases. (AP Photo)

Supreme Court retroactively limits youths’ life sentences

Robert King · January 25, 2016 6:43 pm

Without comment, the Supreme Court justices declined to hear an appeal by Shonda Walter of her death penalty sentence. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Supreme Court won’t hear capital punishment case

Kelly Cohen · January 25, 2016 6:41 pm

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's demand-response program is touted as a key tool in making President Obama's climate change rules work in the states. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Supreme Court rules for feds’ energy-saving program

John Siciliano · January 25, 2016 4:43 pm

The Supreme Court indicated Monday it won't take up the case, leaving in place a federal appeals court ruling last summer that blocked the law. (AP Photo)

Supreme Court won’t take up ‘fetal heartbeat’ case

Paige Winfield Cunningham · January 25, 2016 4:04 pm