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On June 28, 2010, a deeply divided Supreme Court upholds gun-ownership rights within homes on a national basis, expanding on a…
On June 28, 1978, the Supreme Court ruled in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, laying the groundwork for…
On May 28, 1861, Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney directly challenged President Abraham Lincoln’s wartime suspension of…
A group of commercial fishing companies soon will have the opportunity to persuade the Supreme Court of the United States to do…
On March 26, 1962, the Supreme Court decided Baker v. Carr, finding that it had the power to review the redistricting of state…
Thomas McKean was a President before George Washington and supported judicial review before John Marshall. But today, McKean is…
On March 10, 1848, the Senate approved a treaty that led to California and much of the Southwest joining the United States. But…
It was on this day in 1790 that the United States Supreme Court opened for business. The court back then bared little resemblance…
On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court handed down a decision that continues to divide the nation to this day.
In the U.S. Supreme Court, oral arguments usually focus on one or two legal questions that the justices have agreed to decide. But…
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