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The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Department of Transportation v. Association of American Railroads, docket number 13-1080. The case centered on whether the nationwide passenger …

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Young v. United Parcel Service, docket number 12-1226, on whether the United Parcel Service’s decision to put a pregnant employee on unpaid leav…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Elonis v. United States, docket number 13-983. The case involves free speech and criminal threats in the age of the internet and social media. At iss…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in two consolidated cases, Alabama Democratic Conference v. Alabama and Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama, docket number 13-895, challenging t…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case Department of Homeland Security v. MacLean, docket number 13-894. At issue was whether whistle-blower protection extends to unauthorized dis…

Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Samuel Alito, and Clarence Thomas returned to their alma mater to receive the Alumni Award of Merit. They talked about Court traditions, technology, a…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument, docket number 126-Orig, on the question: Did Nebraska violate a compact apportioning the water resources of the Republican River among Kansas, Nebraska…

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Heien v. North Carolina, docket number 13-604. At issue in the case was whether a police officer’s “mistake of law” was legal justification unde…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in U.S. v Wurie. The issue before the court was whether police must obtain a search warrant before looking at data on a cell phone after a person has be…

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case Riley v. California. The plaintiff, David Riley, was convicted on several criminal counts, based on evidence from a cell phone seized i…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in ABC v. Aereo, docket number 13-461. In 2012 Aereo launched a service that lets consumers remotely record and watch local broadcast TV on computers, i…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Fifth Third Bancorp v. Dudenhoeffer, a case concerning when employees can sue their companies over retirement plan losses. This case involved a claim…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Alice Corporation v. CLS Bank International, docket number 12-298. At issue in the case was whether an abstract idea can be patented -- in this case,…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Wood v. Moss, docket number 13-115. The case involved pleas by two Secret Service agents for “qualified immunity” from a lawsuit claiming that the ag…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores docket number 13-354, combined with the case of Conestoga Wood Specialties Corporation. The cases involved the provisi…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA, on the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulation of greenhouse gas emissions. The case was consolidated with …

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Harris v. Quinn, docket number 11-681, about whether a state may, consistent with the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Const…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in McCullen v. Coakley, docket number 12-1168, concerning whether a Massachusetts law requiring protesters at abortion clinics to stay 35-feet away from…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument on the president’s recess appointment powers. In the case National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning, docket number 12-1281, the Court was consideri…