Outside the Beltway

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving Federal law and the rights of transgender students.

The Supreme Court has handed down a major abortion rights ruling that reaffirms the central reasoning of Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, and makes it less likely that Roe will ever be overturned.

A true legend in legal journalism is moving on.

The Supreme Court balances the Fourth Amendment against public safety concerns and, for the most part, gets it right.

The Supreme Court has once again issued a ruling that further chips away at the protections of the Fourth Amendment.

President Obama has selected his nominee to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court, now the question is whether the Senate will act.

Is President Obama planning a Checkmate move in the SCOTUS nomination fight?

It didn’t take long for the political battle over the seat held by the late Justice Antonin Scalia to become another part of the 2016 political battle.

In the short term, Justice Scalia’s death will have a significant impact on cases the Supreme Court has already heard, and cases it is scheduled to hear in the next two months.

The Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal in what is guaranteed to be a high profile case heading into the 2016 elections.

After requesting a 30 day extension to reply to the Federal Government’s request for appeal in the case challenging President Obama’s immigration executive action, the states get only eight days.

The Supreme Court has accepted for appeal a Virginia case that deal with the issue of using race and politics as a basis for drawing district lines.

The Supreme Court has accepted a case involving a new Texas abortion law for review, the first abortion rights case it will hear in eight years.

The Supreme Court is now considering a case that deals with the problem of overly broad civil asset forfeiture laws and a Defendant’s right to counsel under the Sixth Amendment.

SCOTUS has upheld the use of election commissions to draw Congressional district lines.

The era of legal challenges to the Affordable Care Act is over.

The Supreme Court ruled that police are not entitled to access to a hotel registry without a warrant.

Starting tomorrow, we can expect to see the Supreme Court hand down decisions in some of its most high profile cases. Here’s a preview.

A sharply divided Court heard argument today on an issue that has sharply divided the nation.

Once again, the Supreme Court appears to be sharply divided on the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act.

The Supreme Court seems likely to strike down state laws that take redistricting completely out of the hands of state legislatures.

The Supreme Court says that police who have a “reasonable” misunderstanding of the law can still pull you over.

The Supreme Court is set to decide if the state can deny a license plate with the Confederate flag design because it is “offensive.”

The Justices of the Supreme Court seemed to struggle yesterday to find an easy way to draw a line between protected speech and the kind of threats that are not protected by the First Amendment.

Next week, the Supreme Court will be asked to determine the line between free speech online and criminal threats

States may not add to Federal requirements for voter registration, the Court rules. Which makes perfect sense.

The die is cast.

Freedom Of The Press, if you can afford to pay the fee.

Hobby Lobby wins, but it’s unclear just how far this opinion will go.

A committee of journalists who work in the “traditional” media has once again denied press credentials to SCOTUSBlog.

The First Amendment protects government employees who testify truthfully.

Next term, the Supreme Court will try to decide when online speech crosses the line and becomes a criminal threat.

It’s that time of year again.

If a decision by the Senate Press Gallery stands, SCOTUSBlog’s ability to cover the Supreme Court will be significantly restricted.

Another Circuit Court finds that the Second Amendment protects a right to carry a weapon in public.

Developments overnight in a small but controversial issue raised by the PPACA.

Another Federal Court has declared the PPACA’s contraceptive coverage mandate to be unconstitutional.

Should states have the right to ban affirmative action? The Supreme Court will decide that this term.

The Supreme Court heard argument in a major campaign finance case yesterday.

A privacy rights group has filed a Petition with the Supreme Court regarding recent actions by the FISA Court.

The future legal impact of the Supreme Court’s ruling striking down the Defense of Marriage was on full display in two cases out of Michigan.

The Supreme Court today struck down the most controversial part of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

A major Constitutional ruling from the Supreme Court.