Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told law students today there could be an opening on the Supreme Court soon but didn't hint at who might be leaving. ...more

March 13, 2009

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that electoral districts must have a majority of African-Americans or other minorities to be protected by a provision of the Voting Rights Act. ...more

March 9, 2009

Four years ago after what was then the most expensive presidential election in history, much was made of the cost. ...more

November 30, 2008

The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that military training trumps protecting whales in a dispute over the Navy's use of sonar in submarine-hunting exercises off the coast of Southern California. ...more

November 13, 2008

The Supreme Court justices talked about indecency and foul language Tuesday, but they did so without using any of the actual words that federal regulators hope to ban from television and radio broadcasts. ...more

November 5, 2008

Every four years, defenders of abortion rights proclaim that the fate of Roe v. Wade hangs on the outcome of the presidential election. ...more

October 6, 2008

The Supreme Court on Thursday embraced the long-disputed view that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to own a gun for personal use, ruling 5-4 that there is a constitutional right to keep a loaded handgun at home for self-defense. ...more

June 27, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Americans have a right to own guns for self-defense and hunting, the justices' first major pronouncement on gun rights in U.S. history. The court's 5-4 ruling struck down the District of Columbia's 32-year-old ban on handguns as incompatible with gun rights under the Second Amendment. The decision went further than even the Bush administration wanted, but probably leaves most firearms laws intact. ...more

June 26, 2008

Government workers singled out for arbitrary, irrational or vindictive treatment by supervisors will find no relief in the Constitution's guarantee of equal protection, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, unless the mistreatment is because of discrimination on the basis of race, sex or another protected category. ...more

June 10, 2008

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that federal prosecutors have gone too far in their use of money laundering charges to combat drug traffickers and organized crime. ...more

June 3, 2008