Constitutional protections do not forbid police from taking DNA samples from those arrested for serious crimes, according to the Supreme Court in its 5-4 decision Monday in Maryland v. King. If someone is arrested on suspicion of having committed certain
This is a legal analysis of the story previously filed by my colleague John Nolte. A Christian florist in Washington State, who declined to provide flowers for a same-sex wedding because she objects for religious reasons, is being taken to court
Jon Stewart couldn’t help but wade in on the week’s oral arguments regarding same sex marriage. Oral arguments? Get it? The Daily Show host soon took off his clown nose in order to mock conservative justices who dared to ask
The Supreme Court’s justices spent a full hour in today’s DOMA case, U.S. v. Windsor, debating whether the case should be in court at all. In each DOMA lawsuit–including Windsor–the Obama Department of Justice (DOJ) has a responsibility to defend
In oral arguments before the Supreme Court Tuesday, Justice Antonin Scalia repeatedly pressed Ted Olson, the attorney advocating same-sex marriage, over the issue of when exactly marriage, as it is defined in most states today, became unconstitutional: “We don’t prescribe
Far-left filmmaker Michael Moore apparently couldn’t understand why Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia would question the need for affirmative action-style laws regarding voting rights in 2013. So, rather than consider Scalia’s arguments or ask a conservative about Scalia’s possible thinking,
Friends and family of Judge Robert Bork gathered in McLean, VA Saturday to lay to rest the legal titan. Six current Supreme Court Justices attended the service, a testament to Bork’s legal legacy. The former Judge and one-time nominee to
Justice Antonin Scalia has spent 26 years as a conservative leader on the Supreme Court. In a rare interview, he spoke to Charlie Rose about some of the court’s most controversial rulings — including the decision upholding President Obama’s Affordable
Government preferring one racial group over another in college admissions may be about to end, in what would be a historic move by the Supreme Court. Chief Justice John Roberts said that Supreme Court precedent requires that “there has to
Some in the media–including conservative media–are claiming that conservative Justice Antonin Scalia is saying the Supreme Court can limit the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. That’s not exactly what he said. Scalia has a new book, and
On Fox News Sunday Justice Antonin Scalia, . “It will have to be decided in future cases” but there were legal precedents from the days of the Founding Fathers that banned frightening weapons.
One week after the Supreme Court handed down its most consequential decision in decades (if not more than a century–upholding almost all of Obamacare in NFIB v. Sebelius–constitutional lawyers are just beginning to wrap their heads around the Court’s 193-page
It’s constitutional for a city to adopt a new policy that lets you pay 30 times more taxes than your neighbor for the same service, a divided Supreme Court held this week. Indiana law previously allowed cities to impose the
(AP) Justices meet Friday to vote on health care caseBy MARK SHERMANAssociated PressWASHINGTONWhile the rest of us have to wait until June, the justices of the Supreme Court will know the likely outcome of the historic health care case by
While yesterday’s oral arguments seemed to make clear the Court’s opposition to the Obamacare individual mandate, today’s oral arguments seem to show the Court backtracking quickly. According to Lyle Denniston at SCOTUS Blog, the Justices seemed uncomfortable with the ramifications
The Supreme Court appears to reject the argument that it lacks jurisdiction to decide Obamacare’s fate until 2015. We should all expect the red-hot issues surrounding Obamacare to be decided by the end of June, for better or worse. And
The Supreme Court of the United States today struck down a California law banning the sale of violent video games to minors. Justice Antonin Scalia wrote the opinion for the 7-2 majority, with Justices Breyer and Thomas dissenting. One can
And I really like Jane Lynch, too. I’ve yet to see a role in which she wasn’t great. The interview in which she and Dan Savage participate about being gay and bullying and gay bullying is pure comedic awesomeness in
I recently attended in Washington, D. C. an insightful debate, “How to Interpret the Constitution.” I asked each of four panelists to opine on the constitutionality of the individual mandate requiring all individuals to purchase health care beginning 2014. Two
Despite praise as a civil libertarian and liberal advocate, Justice Stevens’ real friend was government. Justice John Paul Stevens, retiring before the United States Supreme Court’s fall term, has long been considered the leader of the liberal’s intellectual bloc on
****UPDATE from Adam McKay: “The Cheney joke is gone cause it didn’t work. But the villain is a Maydoff character. How is that partisan?” The co-writer/director of “The Other Guys,” Adam McKay, Tweeted Big Hollywood yesterday after Pam Meister’s Sucker