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Nick Prete / Flickr The U.S. Supreme Court Can Still Take Big Money Out of Politics
Who the next president appoints to the Supreme Court could revolutionize—or reinforce—big money’s dominance of political campaigns.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Florida’s Death Penalty Is Struck Down
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that the state’s jury-sentencing system in capital cases violates the Sixth Amendment.
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Jacquelyn Martin / AP Will the U.S. Supreme Court Gut Public-Employee Unions?
The justices consider a challenge to labor organizations without weighing the practical implications of their decision.
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Rebecca Cook / Reuters Why Are Unions So Worried About an Upcoming Supreme Court Case?
Justices are about to hear oral arguments for a case that could seriously impede labor's fundraising abilities.
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Larry Downing / Reuters What Chief Justice Roberts Misunderstands About Physics
Science is not a separate realm that sits outside culture.
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Hugh Gentry / Reuters Can the Constitution Govern America's Sprawling Empire?
The U.S. Supreme Court struggles to stretch a Constitution written for 13 coastal states to encompass non-contiguous states, dependent nations, insular areas, and a commonwealth.
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Mike Groll / AP Guns Have Always Been Regulated
The effort of some U.S. Supreme Court justices to extend the Second Amendment’s protections to all guns in common use is at odds with its history.
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Darren Ornitz / Reuters Does Affirmative Action Create Mismatches Between Students and Universities?
The debate over ‘mismatch theory’ is needlessly polarized—and further research will help students, whatever the answers it generates.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP Is Affirmative Action Finished?
For the second time, the justices of the Supreme Court are struggling with Fisher v. University of Texas—and the divisive questions it raises.
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AP Photo/Ted S. Warren The Supreme Court Isn’t Sure What "One Person, One Vote" Should Mean
The court was divided in a case that could dramatically reshape the rules for redistricting in the states.
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AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster Will the Supreme Court Hand Republicans a Redistricting Revolution?
The Court is considering a major change in the way legislative districts are drawn.
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Susan Walsh / AP Who Gets to Be Represented in Congress?
A case being argued before the U.S. Supreme Court would limit representation to eligible voters—favoring wealthier, whiter, and more conservative citizens.
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Four Votes to Midnight
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters A Contentious Final Day at the U.S. Supreme Court
The justices carried on old quarrels in new cases as the term came to a close.
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Charlie Riedel / AP A Rare Loss for Environmentalists at the Supreme Court
The justices had given the EPA wide latitude to limit air pollutants before ruling against the agency on Monday.
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Luis M. Alvarez / AP Scalegalese: The Distinct Vocabulary of Antonin Scalia
In his latest dissent, against the pro-same-sex-marriage finding of Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court justice invoked … hippies and fortune cookies.
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Jessica Rinaldi / Reuters The U.S. Supreme Court Barely Saves the Fair Housing Act
Disparate-impact claims survived in a 5-4 decision, but the narrow opinion suggests a tough fight ahead for civil-rights laws.
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AP The U.S. Supreme Court Walks a Fine Line on Race
A 5-4 decision limits the use of policies that cause segregation, but not segregation itself.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters John Roberts Calls a Strike
The chief justice’s opinion upholding Obamacare aims to fulfill his promise to serve as an impartial umpire.
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Jim Young / Reuters 'We Doubt That Is What Congress Meant to Do'
The U.S. Supreme Court upholds Obamacare in a 6-3 decision, deferring to the intent of legislators.
