SUPREME COURT JUSTICE ANTONIN SCALIA
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia oversees the 61st annual Columbus Day Parade held on Oct. 10, 2005 in New York City. (UPI Photo/Ezio Petersen)
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- The clamor for Justice Clarence Thomas to withdraw from hearing the challenge to President Obama's healthcare reform law appears to have died down for the moment, but the pressure on Justice Elena Kagan to get out of the case has been relentless.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court said unanimously Monday placing a global positioning system tracking device on a vehicle is considered a search under the Constitution.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- A divided U.S. Supreme Court heard argument Monday on how Texas should redraw its state House and U.S. congressional districts.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court, dominated by a 5-4 conservative majority, may be poised to gut the national healthcare reform law when it rules next year on a challenge brought by 26 states, at the same time delivering a blow to President Barack Obama's chances of re-election.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court turned its collective face from two linked cases last week, rejecting them without comment other than a blistering dissent from Justice Clarence Thomas, who caustically told the rest of the justices their guidance in religious display cases was a mess.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court is historically averse to opening up a can of worms, so it comes as no surprise that the justices looked darkly last week at cases asking them to consider whether defendants are constitutionally harmed when they pass up plea bargains through the actions of "ineffective" -- read incompetent -- lawyers.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court took no action Monday on a request for $1.4 million in attorneys' fees and expenses by the video game industry.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Many legal analysts believe we are hearing the death rattle of the class action lawsuit, pushed into last sacrament territory by a 5-4 conservative majority in the U.S. Supreme Court that has enormous sympathy for business but almost none at all for the average consumer.
WASHINGTON, July 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court term that ended last week will go down in the history books as a triumph for the First Amendment, sometimes at the cost of pain for grieving families, and the ongoing emergence of Justice Anthony Kennedy as one of the most powerful people in U.S. government.
WASHINGTON, June 13 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court Monday ruled unanimously that Nevada's ethics law is not unconstitutionally broad -- giving a boost to all state ethics laws.
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