Recent Posts
Categories
Tag Archives: supreme
Analysis: Obama climate agenda faces Supreme Court reckoning
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With a barrage of legal briefs, a coalition of business groups and Republican-leaning states are taking their fight against Obama administration climate change regulations to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The GOP may kill immigration reform over gay rights. The Supreme Court could stop them.
Though some members of the Republican party have been moving rapidly to support LGBT rights and in particular equal marriage, the shift has been far from universal. And as my colleague David Nakamura reported the other day, that could pose … Continue reading
UPDATE 1-U.S. senators back gay marriage as Supreme Court hears cases
WASHINGTON, March 27 (Reuters) – North Carolina’s Kay Hagan on Wednesday became the sixth Democratic senator to endorse gay marriage this week as the U.S. Supreme Court heard two cases on the issue.
Analysis: Supreme Court seems poised to avoid same-sex marriage tide
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – For nearly four years, proponents of same-sex marriage have been strategically building a test case aimed at convincing the conservative-leaning Supreme Court to declare that gay marriage is a constitutional right. The advocates felt they were ready.
Supreme Court, in next gay marriage case, eyes federal law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – For the second day running, the Supreme Court on Wednesday will confront the issue of gay marriage, hearing arguments on a U.S. law that denies federal benefits to legally married same-sex couples.
Supreme court raises doubts on California marriage case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As the Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday on the delicate and divisive issue of gay marriage, Chief Justice John Roberts expressed doubt that California opponents of gay marriage had a right to be heard in federal … Continue reading
Whatever the Supreme Court decides, these nine charts show gay marriage is winning
Today, the Supreme Court opens two days of oral arguments on whether the right to marriage extends to same-sex couples. Both cases—one on California’s Prop 8, the other on the federal Defense of Marriage Act—are being closely watched. People began … Continue reading
Gay-marriage cases to define Supreme Court legacy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When the U.S. Supreme Court considers the constitutionality of marriage for gay men and lesbians in the coming week, the justices will be taking a major step toward defining their own legacy.
Supreme Court defines time limits for SEC to pursue civil cases
The Securities and Exchange Commission suffered a legal blow Wednesday when the Supreme Court unanimously rejected the agency’s position on how much time regulators have to pursue civil penalties. In Gabelli v. SEC, two officials at the Gabelli Fund argued … Continue reading
Fugitive oligarch Ablyazov denied appeal by UK Supreme Court
LONDON, Feb 26 (Reuters) – The UK’s highest court has rejected a last-ditch attempt by fugitive Kazakh oligarch Mukhtar Ablyazov to defend himself in court against charges that he masterminded one of…