In a 5-3 decision (Justice Elena Kagan had recused herself), the Supreme Court has struck down the form–but not the substance–of the controversial Arizona immigration law, SB 1070. The opinion by Justice Anthony Kennedy held that immigration law–including the decision
Barack Obama’s comments about the Supreme Court’s supposedly “unprecedented” behavior should it choose to strike down Obamacare may be a political gambit designed to set him at odds with the Court pre-emptively. Or, it could be an attempt to sway
Several Republican senators and attorneys general whose states filed the lawsuit against President Barack Obama’s health care law expressed confidence Tuesday that the US Supreme Court would overturn the legislation. The court on Tuesday heard a second day of arguments
From Reuters: The Obama administration on Monday cleared the way for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide in its 2011-12 term the president’s signature healthcare law that requires Americans to buy insurance or face a penalty. A Justice Department spokeswoman
Proposition 8 in California contains this simple statement, “only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.” A single judge in California reversed the vote of seven million people. Certainly, this issue will go to
The debate over same-sex marriage has cooled in many parts of the country. People have turned their attention to the healthcare bill and the new possibility of being blown up by guys with explosives strapped to their underpants. In reality,
Anna Nicole Smith, the dysfunctional former Playmate of the Year whose very public life ended all too tragically, may finally be getting some measure of justice. The state attorney’s office in Broward County, Florida, said last week it was reopening
