The Supreme Court issued a pair of 5-to-4 rulings on workers’ lawsuits. Justice Ginsburg filed a dissent in both cases calling for Congress to overturn the decisions by passing new legislation.
By 7 to 2, the Supreme Court justices struck down Arizona’s Proposition 200 as violating the National Voter Registration Act, which requires only a written declaration of US citizenship.
An Alabama immigration law passed this spring is an unlawful attempt to shut down abortion clinics in the state, say Planned Parenthood and the ACLU.
The federal appeals court in Denver is set to hear arguments Thursday on whether the Obama health-care law can compel business owners to violate ‘sincerely held religious beliefs.’
The Supreme Court ruled against an Indiana farmer who sought to cut the planting cost of his soybean crop by relying on subsequent generations of a patented Monsanto herbicide-resistant seed.
Tunisian Ahmed Abassi is charged with making false statements on immigration documents in order to engage in ‘projects’ related to future terrorist activities, including recruitment.
Government lawyers give up their challenge to a temporary injunction in a Bible publisher’s lawsuit and will battle the issue in another pending case at the appeals court.
The Supreme Court decision Wednesday means that sometimes police will need to obtain a warrant in drunk-driving cases before administering a forced blood test – and that sometimes they won’t.
A New York law requires residents who want to carry a concealed handgun in public to demonstrate a need for self-protection beyond that of the general public. The Supreme Court turned aside a gun rights challenge to that law.
The US Supreme Court on Monday takes up a case with widespread implications for scientific innovation and health care in the US. The question: Are human genes patentable?
Cuba is not granting asylum to a Florida couple charged with kidnapping their two kids, after a Louisiana judge ended parental rights. The 2000 Elian Gonzalez case may have played a role.
US Supreme Court action lets stand the federal requirement that airlines disclose the full price of a ticket — base fare plus all taxes and fees — up front for consumers.
Supreme Court arguments on Prop. 8 were at times pointed, but the justices often seemed tentative, giving the impression that their decision in the gay marriage case might not be broad.
At issue in the Michigan affirmative action case is whether a ballot initiative violated the rights of minority students to try to influence school officials to adopt race-conscious admissions plans.
For the second time this month, the Obama administration has chosen to put a terror suspect linked to Al Qaeda on trial in a civilian court.
The Supreme Court ruled 7-1 against environmentalists’ bid to force the EPA to regulate runoff from logging roads. But how federal agencies’ rules are interpreted needs to be reviewed, Scalia warned.
At the US Supreme Court on Wednesday, defenders of the 1965 Voting Rights Act argued that the judiciary should defer to Congress’s judgment that the law is still needed as is. Several justices indicated that they thought not.
New lawsuits allege that the Carnival Triumph debacle involved a string of mistakes, including ignoring mechanical warnings and dangerously delaying the ship’s return to port.
The Supreme Court Tuesday agreed to hear a case that challenges limits on campaign spending, opening the door to a decision that could upend legal precedent on what individuals can contribute to candidates.
Matisse’s ‘Odalisque in Red Pants’ was switched for a fake at a Caracas museum, then recovered in an FBI sting at a Miami Beach hotel. Two conspirators were sentenced this week.
By Warren Richey
Jan. 24, 2013