Jun 26 High court rebukes Obama on recess appointments By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Supreme Court on Thursday limited the president's power to fill high-level vacancies with temporary appointments, ruling in favor of Senate Republicans in their partisan clash with President Barack Obama. Continue reading
Jun 26 Boehner to target Obama's authority with legal challenge By Terence Burlij, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: Boehner plans legal challenge to Obama's executive authority McDaniel not throwing in the towel yet in Mississippi Line Items: Wednesday's Supreme Court decisions, Susan Collins supports same-sex marriage & RNC convention sites narrowed to… Continue reading
Jun 25 Watch Supreme Court limits law enforcement cell phone searches, TV signal streaming By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 25 Supreme Court: Police need warrants to search mobile phones By Mark Sherman, Associated Press In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court rules police must get a warrant before looking through the cell phones of people they arrest. Continue reading
Jun 25 Supreme Court rules Aereo illegal, sides with broadcasters, over closely-watched internet TV case By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Supreme Court has ruled that a startup Internet company has to pay broadcasters when it takes television programs from the airwaves and allows subscribers to watch them on smartphones and other portable devices. Continue reading
Jun 23 Supreme Court limits EPA's authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions By Mark Sherman, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday placed limits on the sole Obama administration program already in place to deal with power plant and factory emissions of gases blamed for global warming. The justices said that the Environmental Protection Agency… Continue reading
Jun 18 What's at stake for birth control in upcoming SCOTUS decision By Julie Rovner, KFF Health News One of the most watched issues before the Supreme Court this term will may turn on the question of religious freedom. But it will also likely determine how women will be able to access a key provision of the Affordable… Continue reading
Jun 16 Watch Supreme Court enforces ban on straw purchase of guns, upholds challenge to political speech law By PBS News Hour The Supreme Court ruled that if an individual intends to buy a gun for someone else, he or she must say so. In a separate ruling, the court unanimously supported a challenge to an Ohio law that makes it illegal… Continue watching
Jun 16 Supreme Court sides with gun control groups on straw purchase law By Sam Hananel, Associated Press The ruling settles a split among appeals courts over federal gun laws intended to prevent sham buyers from obtaining guns for the sole purpose of giving them to another person. The laws were part of Congress' effort to make sure… Continue reading
Jun 09 SCOTUS: Children over 21 go to back of visa line By Sam Hananel, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that most immigrant children who have become adults during their parents' years-long wait to become legal permanent residents of the United States should go to the back of the line in their… Continue reading