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Supreme Court rules in raisins, hotel privacy cases

by NCC Staff

The U.S. Supreme Court didn’t rule on its widely anticipated Obamacare or same-sex marriage cases on Monday, but it did issue…

Supreme Court rules against spouse’s visa denial challenge

by NCC Staff

A divided Supreme Court on Monday said that naturalized U.S. citizen couldn’t challenge a federal government decision to deny…

Update: Supreme Court rules in Facebook, free speech case

by NCC Staff

In a majority 7-2 opinion written by Chief Justice John Roberts, the Supreme Court said today that a lower court that convicted a…

Supreme Court divided about same-sex marriage in historic arguments

by NCC Staff

As expected, a deeply divided United States Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday about status of same-sex marriage, and again…

Constitution Check: Might the Supreme Court take a pass on same-sex marriage now?

by Lyle Denniston

Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center’s literacy adviser, looks that an interesting argument posed about next…

Justices seem skeptical during raisin case at Supreme Court

by NCC Staff

During Supreme Court arguments today about the government’s power to confiscate raisin crops, several Justices appeared to…

Supreme Court declines deer hunting, fish pedicure cases

by NCC Staff

Sometimes, cases not accepted by the Supreme Court can be as interesting as those accepted for arguments, and on Monday, the court…

An important week for the same-sex marriage debate

by NCC Staff

The first full week of January will be a big one for the national debate over same-sex marriage bans, starting in Florida on early…

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