Tag: Supreme Court

Use of contraception increased so much among teens that it not only drove down the pregnancy rate, but also compensated for the increased sexual activity. (AP Photo)

Religious groups win Obamacare birth control case

Robert King · September 17, 2015 10:16 pm

Republicans A Little Better on SCOTUS Nominees

Shoshana Weissmann · September 17, 2015 1:28 pm

InÂ King v. Burwell, Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for a 6-3 majority, ruled that the words "established by the state" mean "established by the state or the federal government." (AP Photo)Â

Cruz: ‘Mistake’ to support Chief Justice Roberts

Robert King · September 17, 2015 2:53 am

"I think absolutely putting Roberts, absolutely putting Kennedy, I think before them putting Souter on the bench was a mistake," Bobby Jindal said. (AP Photo)

Jindal: Roberts, Kennedy shouldn’t have been on the Court

Curt Mills · September 16, 2015 11:45 pm

The stay of execution for Richard Glossip, convicted of murder in 2004, is for two weeks. (AP Photo)Â

Okla. court halts execution of man who challenged injection drug

Robert King · September 16, 2015 5:59 pm

Washington Secrets

Conservatives demand GOP field pledge no more moderate judges

Paul Bedard · September 14, 2015 10:47 am

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa noted that Reid changed Senate rules last year in a way that allowed judges to win confirmation with just a simple majority, instead of the normal 60 votes.Â

Obama could beat Bush on court appointments

Nicole Duran · September 14, 2015 4:01 am

The battle over the birth control requirement has been raging in the lower courts for years, brought by dozens of religious nonprofits from evangelical universities to Catholic dioceses.

Supreme Court may take up this birth control challenge

Paige Winfield Cunningham · September 14, 2015 4:01 am

Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, was released after five days behind bars. (Pablo Alcala/Lexington Herald-Leader via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

Kentucky clerk again appeals to refuse gay marriage licenses

Paige Winfield Cunningham · September 12, 2015 7:17 pm

Federal Judge Francis Collyer ruled Wednesday that John Boehner could sue President Obama over the funding of cost-sharing reductions, but not the mandate delay. (AP Photo)Â

What’s at stake in Boehner’s Obamacare lawsuit

Robert King · September 12, 2015 4:01 am

Washington Secrets

Top cardinal warns Feds: Hands off our religion

Paul Bedard · September 8, 2015 3:58 pm

Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis was arrested and imprisoned on Thursday after she refused to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples. (AP Photo)

Kentucky clerk jailed for denying same-sex marriages

Kelly Cohen · September 3, 2015 6:49 pm