The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in United States v. Apel, docket number 12-1038, a case concerning an anti-war activist who was protesting on land owned by a military base. The de…
373 viewsThe U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument on Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, docket number 11-345, a case on affirmative action policies in higher education. Justice Kagan did n…
3,689 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in United States v. Windsor, docket number 12-307, a case challenging the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). At issue was whether the court had jurisdictio…
13,087 viewsThe Supreme Court heard argument in Hollingsworth v. Perry, docket number 12-144, on the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8 law. Nearly 18,000 same-sex couples were married in C…
13,230 viewsThe U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Shelby County v. Holder, docket 12-96. The case concerns Congress' 2006 re-authorization of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act under the pre-ex…
5,575 viewsThe Court heard oral argument in Florida v. Jardines, docket number 11-564, which addressed the use of drug-sniffing dogs on the exterior of a home. The case was one of two cases during the …
1,955 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in Schwarzenegger v. Plata, docket number 08-1448, a case centering on prison health care and overcrowding. The appeal centered on a ruling by a three-j…
648 viewsSupreme Court Justices Anthony Kennedy and Stephen Breyer on the fiscal year 2014 budget for the Supreme Court and the federal judiciary system. The justices were requesting a total of $86.5…
1,362 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in Florida v. Harris, docket number 11-817. The case addressed the circumstances under which an alert from a narcotics-sniffing dog was sufficient to es…
904 viewsThe U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Missouri v. McNeely, docket number 11-1425, to weigh the public’s interest in driving and highway safety against the privacy rights of the indi…
1,533 viewsSupreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy spoke at the Heritage Foundation’s Center for Legal and Judicial Studies as part of the foundation’s lecture series “Preserve the Constitution.” He said…
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