Voting Rights Act needed even with increased African-American balloting
2 days ago
Shelby County has argued that the act is unnecessary and outdated and has urged the Supreme Court to hold it unconstitutional on that basis.
SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Sotomayor at Yale
2 days ago
Justice Sonia Sotomayor was the author of a unanimous decision delivered at the Supreme Court on Monday, but Sotomayor was hundreds of miles from Washington when the court convened.
Second court invalidates Obama recess appointment
7 days ago
"The strong dissent in the 3rd Circuit case makes it more likely the Supreme Court will decide to take up the issue when its new term begins in the fall, said Carl Tobias, a law professor at the...
Courts aren't best equipped to settle water wars like Texas-Oklahoma dispute
11 days ago
On April 23, Texas and Oklahoma squared off in a Supreme Court battle over water rights that has the drought-ridden West on edge.
In entire court term, justices see 1 black lawyer
12 days ago
Civil rights cases have historically given minority lawyers the greatest chance to argue before the court, but those cases have been in decline for some time at the Supreme Court.
Linda Campbell: Supreme Court could make history on Voting Rights Act
24 days ago
Linda Campbell: Supreme Court could make history on Voting Rights Act
Supreme Court appears split on Arizona voter law
67 days ago
The case, called Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, is the latest Supreme Court dispute arising from the state's politically charged concerns over illegal immigration.
Supreme Court agrees to hear Sierra Nevada forest case
67 days ago
A long-running Sierra Nevada forest planning dispute will now be settled by the Supreme Court in what could shape up as a crucial public lands case.
Supreme Court hears Arizona's voter proof-of-citizenship case
67 days ago
The case, called Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, is the latest Supreme Court dispute arising from the state's politically charged concerns over illegal immigration.
Supreme Court will divine the legal stakes in California raisin wars
70 days ago
Opponents call the fees a "speech tax" that violates the First Amendment's free speech guarantees, though the Supreme Court has ultimately upheld them.