SCOTUS to consider legal challenge to Obama's executive action on immigration as lives hang in the balance. The Supreme Court decision is expected to redefine the balance of power between the executive and legislative branches of government.
President Obama's bid to overahaul the U.S. immigration system is facing legal trouble. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court was divided over the case brought by 26 states against the presidential decision which bypass the Congress.
Lester Ray Nichols, a sex offender cleared from violation to Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, or SORNA. US High court ruled that the sex offender is nol longer required to update the federal law act since he moved in another country.
Liberal justices showed signs of support toPuerto Rico's bid to convince the Supreme Court to revive a law that could let the U.S. territory cut billions of dollars in debt at public utilities.
President Barrack Obama's announcement of his nominee for the new U.S. Supreme Court Justice as Merrick B. Garland, has stirred the Senate in their meetings, with Democrats trying to convince the Republicans, who have vowed to renounce any nomination, to to reverse course and instead hold confirmation hearings this year.
The pending case of European Community versus RJR Nabisco had a hearing at the U.S. Supreme Court to listen to RJR Nabisco's laundering case as it challenges the RICO Act.
Justice Antonin Scalia's death has deprived conservatives of a reliable vote on a range of issues, including the design of district maps in Virginia and President Obama's effort to accommodate faith-based groups that object to paying for contraceptives as part of their health insurance plans.
President Obama is eyeing in on a small group of judges in the appellate court judges whose bipartisan credentials will increase pressure on Republicans promise to block whomever he nominates in an election year.
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected bids by three companies to recoup hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign tax credits denied by the Internal Revenue Service.
On Thursday, US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts rejected a plea to block a contentious air pollution rule for power plants in a big triumph for the Obama administration.
On Wednesday, the US Supreme Court had the first hearing on Texas' abortion case after almost 10 years. The hearing saw the partition of the justices with Justice Anthony Kennedy almost gave the deciding vote.
The U.S. Supreme Court backed Liberty Mutual's contention that the federal law prohibits Vermont from compelling health insurers to hand over data on the amount paid on medical claims.
Justice Thomas' self-imposed silence in the bench has finally ended by asking questions to the Solicitor General on the Constitutional right of an accused to carry a gun after domestic violence conviction.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid by unions representing public employees to force the state of New Jersey to pay the full share of its annual public pension contribution.
Dow Chemical Co. agreed to pay $835 million to settle an antitrust case pending before the US Supreme Court after Justice Antonin Scalia’s death decreased its probability of overthrowing a jury award.
