According to Chief Justice John Roberts, mobile phones are now recognized as powerful devices as they carry tons of information. Roberts stressed the importance of police securing warrants prior to checking people's phones.
According to the court ruling, Aereo, which has been transmitting broadcast television channels over the Internet to its subscribers, is just like any other cable television service, and must pay licensing fees to broadcasters for showing the latter's copyrighted programs, Yahoo News reported.
On Monday, BP Plc has failed to secure an emergency request from the US Supreme Court to halt payments to certain businesses who have claimed to receive economic losses from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill as it seeks to overturn a lower court ruling, Reuters reported.
The majority of the US Supreme Court have agreed on the Board of Immigration Appeals' interpretation of its immigration application rules, which would require immigrants who have applied for visas in the US and have "aged out" during waiting to re-apply as an adult applicant, CNN reported.
According to industry supporters, the Obama administration will be finding an ally with the US Supreme Court in its proposed Environmental Protection Agency rule that would curb greenhouse gas emissions by 30% on average from 2005 levels.
The National Organization for Marriage argued in a filing to US Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy that a stay was called for in a trial court decision that now legalizes same-sex marriages in Oregon as the defendants in the case has not presented any defense nor has intended to appeal if an adverse decision was made.
A Florida state law on imposing an intelligence quotient limit to exempt condemned prisoners for being executed has been overturned by a majority of the US Supreme Court, Buzzfeed said.
The US Supreme Court reportedly decided to hear arguments about former air marshal Robert MacLean 's case, who was fired for disclosing about the Transportation Security Administration's decision to not deploy undercover marshals in Las Vegas flights.
The latest decisions of the US Supreme Court led by Chief Justice John Roberts were observed to have undergone a shift after making controversial decisions on gay marriage and Obamacare, Bloomberg reported.
Idaho Governor Butch Otter's bid to freeze the ruling on the same-sex marriage ban has been rejected recently by US Magistrate Judge Candy Dale in Boise, Bloomberg reported.
According to the majority of the justices at the US Supreme Court, Christian prayers being said in public government meetings is allowed and is not religious favoritism as what plaintiffs have argued, The Los Angeles Times reported.
The Supreme Court would ultimately be forced to make a decision about a New Jersey requirement that prohibits gun owners to carry firearms in public until compliance if lower courts continued to be split about it, USA Today said.
Businessweek said six couples have recently sought legal action against the state of Ohio for its "unconstitutional" law that bans the recognition of same-sex marriages.
Journalists and right activists lost over a US Supreme Court decision to reject the hearing of a case that challenges a law that allows the US government to detain individuals who were found to have substantially supported al Qaeda, the Taliban or forces associated with the two groups, Reuters said.
The legal question the Supreme Court is set to provide answers to on Tuesday is to whether consider mobile phone searches by police without a warrant is considered legal under the Fourth Amendment.
According to an April 25 filing, it made sense to wait for the US Supreme Court decision on whether the appearances and images are covered under the US Constitution's First Amendment under free speech.
In an interview with USA Today, former Supreme Court justice John Paul Stevens made several recommendations that requires the amendments of several sections of the US Constitution.
The justices of the US Supreme Court on Tuesday has heard arguments regarding Aereo Inc's business model, of which broadcasters have claimed that it threatens their businesses' economic viability, The New York Times said.
In a landmark decision that could determine the shuttering of the affirmative action measures today, CNN said majority of the US Supreme Court voted in favor of upholding a Michigan law that bars publicly-funded colleges to admit students based on racial criteria.
