May 23, 2016 Supreme Court throws out murder conviction, death sentence handed to black man by all-white jury The Supreme Court upended the conviction and death sentence of a black Georgia man Monday because prosecutors violated the Constitution by excluding African-Americans from the all-white jury that determined his fate.
May 23, 2016 Supreme Court rejects request to reconsider Blagojevich case The Supreme Court is making it easier for federal workers to file employment discrimination lawsuits after quitting their jobs over conditions they consider intolerable.
May 19, 2016 What Trump's Supreme Court list (and Hillary Clinton's reaction to it) tells us Donald Trump's Supreme Court list indicates that he's eager to reassure conservatives on an issue they care deeply about and is willing to make judicial appointments a high priority.
May 18, 2016 Trump unveils list of 11 potential Supreme Court picks Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, on Wednesday released a list of 11 potential Supreme Court nominees he would appoint if elected president, including to fill the vacancy left by Justice Antonin Scalia.
May 16, 2016 Supreme Court sends ObamaCare contraception mandate case back to lower courts The Supreme Court punted Monday on a challenge by religious-affiliated employers to ObamaCare’s contraception mandate, sending the dispute back to the lower courts.
May 10, 2016 White House sends Supreme Court pick's questionnaire to Senate Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland detailed his most significant cases in thousands of pages of documents submitted to Congress Tuesday, including his role as a federal prosecutor in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing case and the prosecution of Unabomber Ted Kaczynski.
May 2, 2016 Leonard, who created Harvard affirmative-action policy, dies A man who designed an admissions process at Harvard University that led to more minority students being admitted has died.
May 2, 2016 Supreme Court blocks Alabama court order in adoption case The Supreme Court has sided with a lesbian mother who wants to see her adopted children, blocking an Alabama court's order that declared the adoption invalid.
May 2, 2016 Senate Democratic leader Reid: Scalia used 'racist' rhetoric Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid on Thursday blasted Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia for uttering what he called "racist ideas" from the bench of the nation's highest court.
May 2, 2016 Supreme Court halts ballot-counting in controversial Native Hawaiian vote The Supreme Court on Friday blocked votes from being counted in a controversial Hawaii election designed to be a major step toward Native Hawaiian self-governance.
