▼ Author Community Vote 5 days ago Adam Liptak 'We the People' Loses Appeal With People Around the World - — WASHINGTON — The Constitution has seen better days. — Sure, it is the nation's founding document and sacred text. And it is the oldest written constitution still in force anywhere in the world. But its influence is waning. 19 days ago Adam Liptak For Justices, State of the Union Can Be a Trial - — WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has called the State of the Union address, which is being delivered Tuesday night, “a political pep rally.” For Justice Antonin Scalia, it is “a juvenile spectacle.” 19 days ago Adam Liptak Police Use of G.P.S. Is Ruled Unconstitutional - — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday unanimously ruled that the police violated the Constitution when they placed a Global Positioning System tracking device on a suspect's car and tracked its movements for 28 days. 22 days ago Adam Liptak Supreme Court Rejects Judge-Drawn Maps in Texas Redistricting Case - — The Supreme Court on Friday instructed a lower court in Texas to take a fresh look at election maps it had drawn in place of a competing set of maps from the Texas Legislature. The justices said the lower court … 31 days ago Adam Liptak Justices Recognize 'Ministerial Exception' to Job Discrimination Laws - — WASHINGTON — In what may be its most significant religious liberty decision in two decades, the Supreme Court on Wednesday for the first time recognized a “ministerial exception” to employment discrimination laws … 31 days ago Adam Liptak High Court Reverses Conviction in Killings - — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday reversed the conviction of a New Orleans man, saying prosecutors there had withheld important evidence that his lawyers could have used in his defense. — The decision, by an 8-to-1 vote … 33 days ago Adam Liptak Texas Voting Rights Case Heard by Supreme Court - — WASHINGTON — Several members of the Supreme Court appeared frustrated on Monday as they surveyed the available options and looming deadlines in a major voting rights case from Texas that could help decide control of the House. 33 days ago Adam Liptak Sidebar: Sidebar: Teresa Wagner's Lawsuit Against Iowa Law School Pits Activism Against Diversity - — WASHINGTON — Teresa R. Wagner is a conservative Republican who wants to teach law. Her politics may have hurt her career. — An official of the University of Iowa College of Law … 33 days ago Adam Liptak Chief Justice Defends Peers on Health Law - — In the face of a growing controversy over whether two Supreme Court justices should disqualify themselves from the challenge to the 2010 health care overhaul law, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. on Saturday defended the court's ethical standards. 44 days ago Adam Liptak Among Legal Ranks, Shrugs for Gingrich's Tough Talk - — WASHINGTON — The American legal establishment is not sure what to make of Newt Gingrich's mounting attacks on the independence of the federal judiciary. Reactions vary from amusement to alarm. What is hard to find is approval.

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