Ruth Bader Ginsburg: I Couldn’t Get Confirmed Today
Supreme Court nominees were confirmed quite easily within recent memory. What’s changed?
Supreme Court nominees were confirmed quite easily within recent memory. What’s changed?
A few liberal law professors say Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg should resign now so President Obama can pick her successor.
Another major campaign finance case from the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court struck down a ban on the sale of violent video games to children, a victory for the First Amendment and parental authority.
How many Texas politicians does it take to screw in a non-communist light bulb?
An important employment law decision today from the Supreme Court.
Prisons can be so overcrowded as to constitute cruel and inhuman punishment.
Later this week, Clarence Thomas will have gone five years without asking a question during oral argument at the Supreme Court. Is that really a big deal?
Predicting (after a fashion) what the SCOTUS will do with the PPACA and a return to the Commerce Clause and the activity/inactivity disucssion.
A 2005 concurring opinion from Antonin Scalia may be the piece of legal reasoning that ultimately saves the Affordable Care Act in the Courts.
Antonin Scalia hasn’t attended the State of the Union address in a decade and will continue that tradition tonight.
The Supreme Court’s refusal to take up the appeal of a far-reaching Commerce Clause case may indicate rough times ahead for challenges to ObamaCare
In a new interview, Justice Antonin Scalia says that the 14th Amendment does not bar discrimination against women, whether it’s done by public or private entities. He couldn’t be more wrong.
The new health care law’s individual mandate was the subject of another bruising court battle yesterday, but the real question in the room was what, if any, are the limits on Congressional authority?
Despite yesterday’s victory for opponents of the Affordable Care Act, the prospects in the Supreme Court are not good.
Justice Alito said recently he won’t be attending the next State of the Union address. Sounds like a good idea to me.
Last night’s one and only Nevada Senate Debate was an embarrassing affair all around, but it most likely sealed the electoral doom of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
The new health care law’s individual mandate has survived it’s first legal challenge, and that’s not really a surprise.
The Supreme Court yesterday heard oral argument in a case where being on the right side means supporting some vile people, but that’s what the First Amendment is all about.
Are we nearing the point where presidents won’t be able to fill Supreme Court vacancies?
In Court filings the Obama Administration is arguing that the health insurance mandate is a tax, and if they’re right the legal challenges to ObamaCare are dead.