Disregard for a second whether or not the specific points Obama made at Monday’s press conference about potential conservative judicial act...

This will come as no surprise to observant court watchers. Under John Roberts, but not necessarily because of John Roberts, is the most cons...

If you were 77-years-old, your spouse recently died and you faced two separate bouts of cancer would you continue working, or would you kick...

Nearly two-thirds of Americans were unable to name one member of the U.S. Supreme Court in a new poll by findlaw.com. Only one-third could...

Kagan talking about Obama during a 2005 Celebration of Black Alumni at Harvard Law School: I thought for sure that Obama would choose a...

The not-so-surprising announcement by 90-year old Justice John Paul Stevens that he's leaving the bench in June sparked the inevitable d...

The U.S. Supreme Court will likely have the last word on the Health Care Reform legislation that was signed by President Obama today. John R...

Reaction to yesterday's Supreme Court Decision in case of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. The other reactions let me kno...

Court rules 5-4 to remove certain corporate spending limits for campaigns. From the Washington Post: By MARK SHERMAN Thursday, January 21, 2...

Today.... opening statements. See Video

From The Atlantic Monthly Jun 22 2009, 10:37 am by Marc Ambinder Supreme Court Upholds, But Narrows Voting Rights Act By a vote of 8 to 1, T...

Over at The Loop I have a new column on why I believe Obama will not select an African American to replace David Souter on the Supreme Cour...

Saw this on Rachel Maddow. Considering he's been a dependable 4 in most 5-4 decisions on 'liberal' issues, I guess replacing him...

The U.S. Supreme Court is debating whether key parts of the Voting Rights Act are still necessary. According to an NPR report, Justice Kenn...

As you can tell from the title of this post, the US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge to the Voting Rights Act. Jack and Jill Pol...

Yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled that plaintiffs can proceed in state courts against Big Tobacco in their claims that the tobacco compani...

If you'll notice, the tenor of our political discussions have mellowed since November 4th. Partly, this is because the mass media has st...

I find it interesting that the Supreme Court has given a big thumbs up to the 2nd amendment and a thumbs down to the 4th. Amendment II A we...

From The NYTimes.com Supreme Court Rules That Individuals Have Gun Rights By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: June 26, 2008 Filed at 10:16 a....

As if one needed another reason to distrust Rudy Giuliani Giuliani hitches his star to conservative legal group By James Oliphant Washingto...