President Barack Obama made four recess appointments Wednesday, naming three new members to the National Labor Relations Board and appointing Richard Cordray to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. But the appointments may have been illegal, according to past administration statements. (more)
There were no big surprises when the Republicans running for president listed their favorite justices on the Supreme Court Thursday evening at the last debate before the Iowa caucuses. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts says he’s concerned about the effect that having television cameras in the Supreme Court would have on lawyers and justices. (more)
Chief Justice John Roberts proved today that opinions regarding dry legal issues can be brought to life with lively prose and an attention to grammar. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts will lead a contingent of six Supreme Court justices at President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech, quieting speculation that only Democratic appointees to the court would attend. (more)
(CNN) – Sen. Arlen Specter, the outgoing Pennsylvania Republican-turned-Democrat, directed a parting blow Tuesday to members of the Supreme Court’s conservative bloc. (more)
Here’s what you won’t hear in the White House’s aggressive castigation of Julian Assange and Wikileaks: The Australian activist is doing the U.S. government’s job better than the U.S. government. The success of Wikileaks is a harsh reminder that while a small group of rogue hackers can destabilize international diplomatic relations, the federal government still cannot — or in some cases, refuses to — release non-classified documents to the public upon request. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to referee a $290 million dispute between Microsoft Corp. and a Canadian technology company over complaints that a tool used in the popular Microsoft Word program violated patent protections. (more)
Evan Bayh, the honorable centrist Democrat from Indiana, will retire from the United States Senate in January, replaced on election night by Republican Dan Coats in what has become the most Republican Great Lakes state. Bayh’s election-day column in the New York Times anticipates precisely how Democrats and Republicans will square off for the great American center, which is both despised and urgently desired by ideologues of both parties. (more)
CNN anchor Kyra Phillips’ pregnancy with John Roberts could bring big changes at “American Morning,” insiders say. Roberts, who broadcasts from New York, is likely to move to Atlanta to be with his fiancée, who’s expecting twins. Since CNN ex-president Jon Klein recently rebuilt the prime-time lineup, insiders say his replacement, Ken Jautz, will focus on daytime, and his first step will be to dismantle “American Morning,” the lowest-rated cable morning show. (more)
You know the wheels are coming off the Democrat Party when a Member of Congress calls for the impeachment of Chief Justice John Roberts because of the Citizens United Supreme Court decision. Last week, Democrat Congressman Peter DeFazio from Oregon told the always fair and balanced Huffington Post: (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court opened its new term with Justice Elena Kagan on the bench. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — First Amendment cases top the Supreme Court’s docket as it begins a new term with a new justice and three women on the bench for the first time. (more)
The Senate confirmed Elena Kagan last week, making her President Barack Obama’s second Supreme Court nominee to reach the bench. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Elena Kagan was sworn in Saturday as the 112th justice and fourth woman ever to serve on the Supreme Court. (more)
I have read scores of Supreme Court decisions, but rarely has their been so broadly vague and amateurishly twisted a rationale as in Chief Justice John Roberts majority decision (Jan. 21) on Holder, Attorney General, Et al. vs. Humanitarian Law Project. With only three justices dissenting, this dangerous judicial activism disables the free-speech anchor of the First Amendment. (more)
What started out Wednesday as a discussion among experts about the Supreme Court’s recent rulings quickly turned into a debate about whether the current justices on the high court displayed activist tendencies or practiced judicial restraint. (more)
The Senate Judiciary Committee just completed its second day of hearings on the nomination of Elena Kagan to replace Justice John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court. So far, Ms. Kagan has shifted from posing as a clone of John Roberts to evading or obfuscating in order to avoid making any statement that could cost her Senate votes. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court upheld the government’s authority Monday to ban aid to designated terrorist groups, even when that support is intended to steer the groups toward peaceful and legal activities. (more)
Lindsay Lohan’s spent more time in court than Elena Kagan. (more)
