High Court Kicks Off Health Care Hearings

Staff / Truthdig Mar 26, 2012 On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court launched a three-day deliberation session on the timely (well, for Campaign 2012, anyway) and controversial topic of the health care overhaul that President Obama oversaw and signed into law in 2010. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

SCOTUS Strikes Down Animal Cruelty Law

Staff / Truthdig Apr 21, 2010 Pointing to the First Amendment, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday nixed a federal law from 1999 that made the creation, possession or sale of depictions of animal cruelty illegal, despite the Obama administration's request that the top court consider the animal rights angle in its decision. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

SCOTUS Considering Change in National Gun Ownership Laws

Staff / Truthdig Mar 3, 2010 The U.S. Supreme Court may be ready to change the scope of the Second Amendment, as five of the top court's justices (guess which ones?) have signaled their opinions about American citizens' rights to bear arms and appear ready to take steps that could override some local and state gun rules, with Chicago as a potential starting point. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

O’Connor Obliquely Critiques SCOTUS Campaign Finance Ruling

Staff / Truthdig Jan 27, 2010 Granted, Sandra Day O'Connor is retired from the U.S. Supreme Court, to which she was a Ronald Reagan nominee, but during a law school conference Tuesday at Gerogetown, the former justice still made concerned noises about the top court's Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ruling. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

European Human Rights Group, U.S. Media Decry SCOTUS Ruling

Staff / Truthdig Jan 23, 2010 The U.S. Supreme Court's decision on Thursday to loosen corporate restrictions on campaign finance didn't sit well with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, an international human rights coalition of 56 European nations, but somehow we doubt that the top court's conservative justices are going to lose sleep over that particular critique. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

What Lies Ahead for Justice Sotomayor?

BLANK Aug 9, 2009 Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has made history after successfully navigating the grueling confirmation process by finally being sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts at a ceremony at the court's headquarters Saturday. However, the partisan politics that played out during the grilling phase are just a taste of things to come, according to The Christian Science Monitor's Brad Knickerbocker.The partisan politics that played out during Justice Sonia Sotomayor's grilling phase represent just a taste of things to come. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sotomayor’s Bumpy Road to Confirmation

T.L. Caswell / Truthdig Aug 6, 2009 In Washington, a Supreme Court nomination usually sets off a flood of political accusations, and in this case the GOP certainly upheld the grand old tradition of seeing sin where none existed.The GOP had to turn to some pretty flimsy accusations in the fight over Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

High Court Upholds ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

Staff / Truthdig Jun 8, 2009 The Supreme Court ruled in favor of maintaining the U.S. military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on Monday, which bars openly gay men and women from serving. The decision came after 12 former service members filed a lawsuit for being discharged because of their sexual orientation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: Souter, Specter and Swine Flu

Staff / Truthdig May 2, 2009 This week's episode of "Left, Right & Center" is jam-packed full of news, much of it having to do with words beginning with "s," incidentally. Also, did Obama pass his first 100-day test? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Keeping the Supreme Court in Check

Bruce Fein / Truthdig Nov 2, 2008 Neither McCain nor Obama would alter the prevailing jurisprudence in the Supreme Court or in subordinate tribunals. The unfortunate result will be a judiciary that is deferential to presidential powers and law enforcement in the name of fighting international terrorism. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )