Election could determine transgender case at Supreme Court

In this Feb. 13, 2016 file photo, the Supreme Court building at seen sunset in Washington. The Supreme Court's order blocking a transgender male from using the boys' restroom at his Virginia school underscores how the presidential election results will shape the high court.

It’s ‘Christmas’ for challengers to voting restriction laws

To say that the last few weeks have been good for challengers to voting restriction laws across the country would be an understatement. Kennedy points to a cascade of rulings from several states that she says "stood up for the basic principle that all Americans deserve to have their voices heard at the ballot box without manipulation or suppression."

Donald Trump and the state of Justice Ginsburg’s mind

In this Jan. 28, 2016 file photo, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass. When Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a liberal icon, is severely criticized by ideologically-sympathetic law professors, prominent legal ethicists, and the editorial boards of left-leaning newspapers like the New York Times and the Washington Post, it's reasonable to conclude that she's done something really inappropriate.

Susan Estrich: Ginsburg v. Trump

"I can't imagine what this place would be - I can't imagine what the country would be - with Donald Trump as our president," Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said in The New York Times this week. Trump responded in his usual unpresidential way, tweeting : "Justice Ginsburg has embarrassed all by making very dumb political statements about me.

It’s fine for Supreme Court justices to speak their mind

Doesn't everyone have an outspoken Jewish grandmother? That was my thought on reading the indignant commentary on Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's unflattering assessment of Donald Trump in an interview with the New York Times. To put the point more seriously, there's nothing wrong with a sitting Supreme Court justice expressing her personal political views when they don't implicate any case that's currently before the court.

Abortion foes promote fetal-pain laws

Stung by the recent Supreme Court decision that overturned Texas abortion clinic restrictions, leaders of the country's largest anti-abortion group are redoubling their efforts for restrictions on abortion that they claim will prevent fetal pain and that they think can fare well in the public eye and, they hope, in the courts. The National Right to Life Committee's leaders said they remained confident in their strategy of undermining Roe v.

U.S. Supreme Court contradicts Kansas Supreme Court on breath test refusal crimes

Contrary to a recent Kansas Supreme Court opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday held that a Minnesota man did not have a right to refuse a breath test for alcohol and his constitutional rights were not infringed upon when he was criminally punished for his refusal. "The Fourth Amendment did not require officers to obtain a warrant prior to demanding the test, and Bernard had no right to refuse it," wrote Justice Samuel Alito.

Supreme Court rules 5-3 that mistakes by officer don’t undermine conviction

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that courts need not throw out evidence of a crime even if the arresting police officer used unlawful tactics to obtain it. But the low-profile case more likely will be remembered for a fierce and personal dissent from Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who said the decision would exacerbate illegal stops of minorities.

Supreme Court rules for police in search case

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that evidence of a crime may be used against a defendant even if the police did something wrong or illegal in obtaining it. The ruling comes in a case in which a police detective illegally stopped defendant Joseph Edward Strieff on the streets of South Salt Lake City, Utah.

New praying mantis named after Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, at age 83, has a new life accomplishment: namesake of a praying mantis species. Researchers at The Cleveland Museum of Natural History on Wednesday said they were deeming a new species as the llomantis ginsburgae, named after Ginsburg because of her "relentless fight for gender equality" and out of "appreciation" of her jabots, the neck accessories that she frequently dons.

Trump unveils list of potential picks for Supreme Court seat

In this May 7, 2016 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Spokane, Wash. Trump is moving quickly to install political operatives in more than a dozen states, targeting Maine and Minnesota among others that traditionally favor Democrats, as the Republican White House contender lays the groundwork for an expanded electoral battlefield.

Sean Hannity’s Twitter disappears; conspiracy theories ensue

Michigan State football coach Mark Dantonio says he's always worked with the correct authorities in cases involving sexual assault allegations. Michigan State football coach Mark Dantonio says he's always worked with the correct authorities in cases involving sexual assault allegations.