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Court Seems Fine With Arizona Immigration Law

Kevin Spak — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:17:18 CDT

Today the Supreme Court heard the final arguments in the case over Arizona's controversial immigration law, and it's not looking good for the Obama administration. Justices seemed decidedly skeptical about the Justice Department's central argument that the law impinged on the federal government's power to control immigration, the Washington Post...

Justice Kagan: Scalia Taught Me How to Hunt

Dustin Lushing — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:27:39 CDT

They may be divided when it comes to judicial philosophy, but off the bench, liberal Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan and conservative Antonin Scalia are ... hunting buddies. While visiting Marquette University, Kagan revealed that Scalia, an avid hunter, hosted her many times on trips to shoot pheasant and quail, reports...

Are Conservatives on Court Guilty of Judicial Activism?

John Johnson — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:16:59 CDT

Today's big debate on health care reform seems to be whether the Supreme Court's conservatives were acting more like legislators than justices. Voices on the left think so and are raising cries of judicial activism. Pundits on the right disagree. A roundup of samples: EJ Dionne, Washington Post : Hey, he...

Final Day's Arguments Might Help ObamaCare

John Johnson — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:20:10 CDT

Court watcher Lyle Denniston at SCOTUSblog thinks today's arguments at the Supreme Court bode well for President Obama's health care law. His reasoning? Most justices seemed worried that if they struck down the central part of the law—the individual mandate requiring everyone to buy insurance—it would be too...

Supreme Court Bans Warrantless GPS Tracking

Kevin Spak — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:39:43 CST

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously today that the government must obtain a warrant before secretly affixing a GPS tracking device to a suspect's car. The case stemmed from an incident in which the FBI placed a tracker on a DC drug dealer's car, with the Obama administration arguing that Americans...

Crooks' Best Friend on High Court Is ... Antonin Scalia?

Kevin Spak — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 08:08:50 CST

You might not think of arch-conservative Antonin Scalia as a crusader for convicts, but that’s exactly what the Supreme Court justice has become, leading a pro-defendant coalition based on his strict interpretation of the Constitution, the LA Times observes. Prosecutors are especially worried about his take on the 6th Amendment,...

Hey, Lefties: This Supreme Court Should Scare You

Mark Russell — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 10:25:05 CDT

With big issues working their way toward the Supreme Court on such vital issues as health care reform, same-sex marriage, affirmative action, and police stops of undocumented immigrants, liberals need to be on guard, writes longtime court-watcher Emily Bazelon for the New York Times . Sure, there are solid progressives, such...

In Wal-Mart Case, High Court Ignores Women, Evidence

Kevin Spak — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:24:41 CDT

The Supreme Court’s Wal-Mart ruling doesn’t just set the legal precedent that some companies are too big to sue. The court’s five conservatives—and all but one of its men—also declared that “sex discrimination is simply too pervasive to be a problem,” writes Dahlia Lithwick of Slate . Antonin Scalia’s...

Supreme Court Judges Need Ethics Code: Professors

Matt Cantor — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:36:05 CST

More than 100 law professors want Congress to write a code of ethics for the Supreme Court to spell out for the first time when justices should recuse themselves from cases. The effort follows appearances by Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia at political events sponsored by the billionaire conservative...