Politics Oct 05 Inside the Supreme Court: Marcia Coyle on NASA Background Checks Case Courtroom sketch courtesy William Hennessy How much personal information should a job applicant have to give up to a prospective employer? That's the question the Supreme Court wrestled with Tuesday as it heard arguments in the privacy case…
Politics Sep 29 Supreme Court Preview: Marcia Coyle on the Cases and Justices to Watch Do a Kansas preacher and his anti-gay followers have a constitutional right to picket and protest during the burial of a Marine who was killed in Iraq? How far can the government go in checking the background of a potential…
Politics Jul 21 Boehner Says Tea Party Activists Are ‘Tip of the Iceberg’ Minnesota Republican Rep. Michelle Bachmann did not ask House Minority Leader John Boehner for permission before launching her new Tea Party Caucus, which met for the first time Wednesday. In a luncheon sponsored by the Christian…
Politics Dec 18 A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia A Google search for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia turns up phrases like "the Court's most colorful Justice," "defies simple characterization," and "brainy and flamboyant." Scalia, known as a largely conservative voice on the high court, granted USA Today…