Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Jerry Brown on California Prison Overcrowding
On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear California Governor Jerry Brown’s appeal against a lower court ruling that…
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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Cases to Restrict the Power of EPA
On Tuesday, the US Supreme Court decided to accept six separate petitions seeking to restrict the clout of the Environmental…
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Appeal to Reclassify Marijuana
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal led by the Americans for Safe Access that sought…
US Supreme Court Declines to Hear Appeal to Revive Virginia’s Anti-Sodomy Law
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal against a lower court ruling that struck down Virginia’s…
Upcoming Court Term Full of Issues Ripe for a Right Sweep
A new term has opened in the Supreme Court this Monday, in what some commentators are calling an especially poignant…
Supreme Court Justices Attend Mass before New Term
On Sunday, a number of Supreme Court Justices attended the annual Red Mass at Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle…
U.S. Supreme Court Tackles Big Labor, Privatized Unions, and Worker Disputes Gone Awry
Case after case of labor and workplace disputes fill the U.S. Supreme Court certiorari docket this term. In the next…
Supreme Court to Stay Open Even if Government Shuts Down
The U.S. Supreme Court has announced on its website that “In the event of a loss of appropriations, the…
49 Percent of the Supreme Court’s Links are Defunct
If anybody is supposed to have their ship in order, you'd expect the Supreme Court to. Yet though they've increasingly…
Chief Justice Myron Steele of Delaware’s Supreme Court Retires
On November 30 Chief Justice Myron Steele will retire from Delaware’s Supreme Court. Delaware has had a large role in…
NRA Petition at Supreme Court Backed by 22 US States
In the case of National Rifle Association of America, Inc., et. Al. v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives,…
U.S. Supreme Court Refuses California to Delay Measures on Overcrowded Prisons
On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld without comment a lower court order that requires California to reduce its prison…