Articles tagged with supreme-court

Texas Republicans won Friday as the Supreme Court rejected a judicially drawn redistricting map, but not for the reasons you might think.

The upcoming U.S. Supreme Court debate on health-care reform offers a prime time to start televising its hearings and allowing cameras in the courtroom.

Two political scientists review a survey of perceptions about the U.S. Supreme Court and find the public may actually want the justices to trade their black robes for red and blue ones.

Genuine access to pertinent — if mundane — public documents celebrates a milestone, as Elena Kagan’s Clinton-era e-mails are made easily readable by the public.

A look at U.S. Supreme Court nominees’ actual answers during their Senate grilling finds the perception that they’re getting cagier isn’t actually true.

Gauging views of the American people on Supreme Court justices suggests that while empathy is in the eye of the beholder, it’s a value most people favor on the bench.

When did being a qualified eminent jurist of the president’s choosing become insufficient to make it to the U.S. Supreme Court?

The recent ruling on corporate political rights left some observers to cry the sky is falling. Some past decisions really did merit Chicken Little’s exclamation.

Analysis: As the nebulous concept of ‘judicial activism’ swirls around the Sotomayor confirmation hearings, political scientist James L. Gibson examines what Americans think is in the fog.

A 5-4 majority at the nation’s highest court finds that the work of crime labs is not infallible, and defendants have a right to make that clear.

Hyperbolic attack ads from advocacy groups have diminished the popular esteem of the U.S. Supreme Court in the past, so as the campaign to place Sonia Sotomayor fires up, a little restraint is in order.

The debate building up to the Sonia Sotomayor confirmation hearings suggests that real-world experiences are of suspect value in administering the law. Really?

In light of Justice David Souter’s retirement plans and speculation that a female jurist will replace him, we’re revisiting this October 2008 story that details the effect women judges can have on a panel.

Because it’s not just the economy, our experts offer some solutions to problems that were under-discussed during the campaign.

Miller-McCune’s experts offer solutions to problems that were under-discussed during the presidential campaign.

Letters to the editor: Decompartmentalizing right whales, vinclozolin, bisphenol A, krill and a few other things.

Why letting judges speak out during political campaigns enhances democracy and serves justice.

New research examines how controversial Supreme Court decisions affect American confidence in the nation’s highest court.