Postal Service Closures, O’Reilly’s Non-Apology, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 30, 2012 A look at the day's political happenings, including congressional action on student loan rates and Glenn Beck trying to profit off of the Supreme Court's Obamacare ruling. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Obamacare Ruling Roundup and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 29, 2012 A look at the day's political happenings, including Supreme Court decisions, the U.S. attorney general being held in contempt and why Bill O'Reilly should apologize. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

SCOTUS Up the Wazoo

Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune Apr 4, 2012 Dig deeper

SCOTUS Broadens Jailhouse Strip-Search Rule

Staff / Truthdig Apr 2, 2012 It shouldn't be much of a surprise that U.S. Supreme Court justices voted along party lines when approving, on a 5-4 vote, the expansion of strip-searching guidelines to include anyone who's been arrested for any offense and is en route to jail. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Liberty and Health Care for All

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Mar 30, 2012 "There is an important connection, a profound connection, between that problem and liberty. And I do think it's important that we not lose sight of that," Solicitor General Donald Verrilli told the Supreme Court. Can Congress mandate the purchase of health insurance? If so, what about broccoli or burial insurance? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Day 2 in the Health Care Showdown

Staff / Truthdig Mar 27, 2012 Tuesday marked the second day of arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court over key aspects of President Obama's health care reform law, and the top court's conservative justices were at the ready with pointed questions for the Obama administration's lawyer about the stipulation that would require all Americans to have health insurance. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Supreme Court Is Life and Death Panel

RJ Matson, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch Mar 27, 2012 Dig deeper

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 )