Solicitor General Elena Kagan ended a tradition on Wednesday when she made her first U.S. Supreme Court argument without wearing a formal morning coat.
The dean of the University of Michigan Law School offered Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. tickets to a football game and a $15,000 honorarium to make an appearance and…
The U.S. Supreme Court appears ready to strike down or curtail restrictions on campaign spending by corporations, according to several reports on today’s oral arguments.
A new Gallup poll finds half of Americans believe the court is “about right” ideologically, an all-time high and an increase of 7 percentage points over last year.
Pop singer Ricky Martin attended a public investiture ceremony for Justice Sonia Sotomayor yesterday, but a U.S. Supreme Court spokeswoman didn’t know the reason why.
The lawyer arguing the campaign finance case involving the banned broadcast of the documentary, Hillary: the Movie, previews his arguments in a newspaper column.
The American Bar Association has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court arguing that a federal bankruptcy law restricting the advice of debt relief agencies should not apply…
Justice John Paul Stevens has so far hired only one law clerk for 2010, leading to speculation that he will announce his retirement at the end of the coming term.
Like the manner of the man who delivered it, the message was simple, direct and steeped in the heritage of traditional New England democracy: “We have to do something to…
A University of Chicago law professor who has questioned whether the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative justices are influenced by their Catholic religion says Justice Antonin Scalia is upset by the…
Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter has donated his personal and professional papers to the New Hampshire Historical Society but placed a 50-year ban on public access to…
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