Advocates of action on climate change hold a trump card. When the Supreme Court in 2007 determined that carbon dioxide is a pollutant, the EPA got a mandate to regulate it. But, what the court giveth, the court can rescind in a tightly contested vote.
The Department of Justice released a memo written at the request of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals affirming the federal courts' right to overturn Congressional laws in the wake of Obama's much politicized comments on the topic that reads like Attorney General Eric Holder had to write an A.P. U.S. History paper.
Constitutionally, President Obama is powerless to sway the Supreme Court's June decision to uphold Obamacare, but the one tool he has left is the bully pulpit.
It feels like political role reversal: A Democratic president complains about activist judges while the Republican contender sits piously by and advocates letting the Supreme Court do its work.
Add this to the list of reasons to pay those tickets before they go to warrant: A new Supreme Court ruling Monday gives authorities the right to strip-search you before you're admitted to jail, regardless of your offense.
The Supreme Court justices are expected to vote on Obamacare Friday, but they won't announce it for weeks -- most people expect it sometime in June -- which makes the health care decision the most sought-after scoop in D.C.
This week's Obamacare oral arguments may be over, but the Supreme Court isn't expected to issue its opinion in the case until June. That means legal experts have months to venture their own guesses about whether the court will take an ax to the President's signature legislative achievement.
In a surprise outcome, a provision to expand Medicaid access to the poor appears to be on shaky constitutional grounds, according to the line of questioning by some Supreme Court justices today.
To some longtime observers of the Supreme Court, the surprising part of yesterday's oral argument wasn't that Justice Anthony Kennedy critically questioned the individual mandate; it was the harshly skeptical tone from Justice Antonin Scalia.
Check out audio of the third and final day of oral arguments before the Supreme Court on the Affordable Care Act. [SCOTUS]
If the Supreme Court strikes down Obamacare's individual mandate, the high court is a little uneasy about wiping away the entire bill, according to some court watchers.
The third and final day of the Supreme Court's Obamacare review looms large as all bets are off regarding the constitutionality of the bill's individual mandate.
It's not a prospect many legal observers took seriously until earlier today, but now that swing-vote Justice Anthony Kennedy has shown some of his true colors, everyone's wondering what will become of Obamacare if the court strikes down the individual mandate.
Solicitor General Donald Verrilli has become the left's fall guy for wilting like a flower in front of the Supreme Court today while defending the Obama administration's individual mandate, a key provision of the Democrats' health reform bill.
The linchpin of President Obama's health care law, the individual mandate, is in trouble, according to some observers of today's Supreme Court hearing.
U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann made repealing Obamacare a core issue of her presidential campaign, so it felt a little like she was back on the stump when she led a rally outside the Supreme Court Tuesday as justices heard health care arguments inside.
However the justices rule on the question, its moment under the high court's microscope is a reminder that the law Republicans have already deemed a failure is in its infancy and its major provisions won’t be in place until 2014.
It's the most important day of the Supreme Court's three-day review of President Obama's health care bill.
Most Americans think Obamacare is unconstitutional, and this feeling appears to be about principle -- a plurality say the law has had no effect on their lives. But even if they don't like President Obama's most famous legislation, they like him more than Mitt Romney. Here's our guide to today's polls and why they matter.
The first 90 minutes of the oral arguments in the Supreme Court's review of Obamacare are over and court watchers are already identifying the justices who look eager to rule on the merits of the case instead of throwing it out on a technicality.
Rick Santorum made what sounds like a perfunctory visit to the steps of the Supreme Court to get photographed and quoted criticizing Mitt Romney and the Affordable Health Care Act.
As the Supreme Court prepares to hear historic oral arguments on President Obama’s health care reform law this week, a survey of legal insiders released Monday morning found a widespread expectation that the Court would uphold the central pillars of the law.
The import of Supreme Court decisions usually can't be fully felt until years after they're made, but there's one early sign that the case deciding the fate of the Affordable Care Act will be a doozy.
The crowd outside the Supreme Court as it takes up the 2010 Affordable Care Act has been mostly quiet on Monday, but Sen. Rick Santorum hopes he can stir a few people up there with a noontime appearance to press his attack on Mitt Romney over healthcare.
The Affordable Care Act goes before the Supreme Court this week, putting President Obama's signature legislative achievement to the Constitutional test.
A Federal court put a temporary block on two controversial provisions of a tough immigration law in Alabama, the A.P. reports, and other states that might contemplate similar laws are likely watching.
Two years after judges blocked the most controversial parts of a tough Arizona immigration law, a judge has blocked a less publicized part of the law in a move that seems likely to give its opponents even more hope.
A man with a machete robbed Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer while he was at his vacation home in the Caribbean Thursday, a Supreme Court spokeswoman announced.
Law enforcement will need to obtain a court order to place a GPS device on cars they want to track, according to the Supreme Court, which felt that to do otherwise would violate the Fourth Amendment. However, the justices have different ideas as to why.
The future of broadcast television isn't the only thing at stake in the Supreme Court's case weighing the constitutionality of "indecency" rules governing prime-time television—a ruling could also affect radio censorship.
After agreeing to hear legal challenges to health care reform back in November, the U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments in the case for March 26, 27, and 28.
As the U.S. Supreme Court decides to take up the White House challenge to Arizona's immigration law today, the high court's newest justice, Elena Kagan, has decided to recused herself from the case.
A high-profile Supreme Court case revolves around a fabulous liar
Health care, immigration, spying and affirmative action are all here
The Supreme Court ordered a stay 90 minutes after the execution was scheduled
After a possible engine fire a flight carrying the Supreme Court Justice had to evacuate
An appeals court ruling against health care reform is just a prelude to a big case
But be warned: there's not a beach read in the bunch
In a 5-4 ruling, Court strikes down part of Arizona's attempt to level the playing field
It could be the final say on whether TV networks can curse and show bare butts
"Video games qualify for First Amendment protection," writes Justice Scalia
Cartoonist Ben Sargent on the Supreme Court's patronizing Wal-Mart decision
A Supreme Court decision has patient advocates in a tizzy over labeling laws
Commentators are divided on whether, and why, the corporate victory was a bad thing
The court rejected a class-action lawsuit combining many discrimination complaints
Justice Stephen Breyer's weekend bike crash reminds us of his colleagues' lack of grace
On anti-White bias, giving up on unemployment, and Memorial Day sales
The decision in the Arizona case could lead to more state-level anti-immigration laws
On testing chemicals, a politician's crusade against Islam, and the value of one's voice
Virginia's challenge that last year's law is unconstitutional will go to lower courts first
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