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For aging US Supreme Court justices, the politics of retirement looms large
Retirement discussions grow for aging US Supreme Court justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas amid political timing and upcoming elections.
Editorial Advisory Board: Alito’s comments undermine the court
Speaking at Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty initiative in Rome, Justice Samuel Alito, the author of Dobbs v. Jackson, used the event to attack foreign leaders who criticized his […]
Maryland likely to become sanctuary state in wake of abortion ruling
Abortion remains legal in Maryland after Roe v. Wade was overturned, but advocates and experts warned that the broad ruling could still have significant consequences here.
Baltimore, Big Oil wage Supreme Court battle over climate change lawsuit
An attorney for about two dozen fossil fuel companies urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to have Baltimore’s climate change lawsuit against Big Oil litigated in federal rather than […]
Weich advised Democratic senators on O’Connor succession, new book says
University of Baltimore School of Law Dean Ronald Weich assisted Senate Democrats as they prepared in July 2005 to advise President George W. Bush on whom he should name to […]
Supreme Court heads into the homestretch
Here are some news items to get your week started.
Alito: 8-justice Supreme Court ‘will deal with it’
WASHINGTON — Sounding like he is prepared for a lengthy vacancy on the Supreme Court bench, Justice Samuel Alito said Tuesday that the court will find a way to get […]
Excerpts from Supreme Court’s gay marriage opinions
Excerpts from the majority opinion of Justice Anthony Kennedy and dissents written by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito in the Supreme Court’s […]
Top court: No mandatory life without parole for minors
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that it is unconstitutional for state laws to require juveniles convicted of murder to be sentenced to life in prison without possibility of […]
Losing party’s costs don’t include document translators
The cost of having documents translated is not covered under a federal statute that requires the losing party in litigation to pay for “compensation for interpreters,” the Supreme Court held […]
High court upholds jails’ strip searches
WASHINGTON — Jailers may perform invasive strip searches on people arrested even for minor offenses, an ideologically divided Supreme Court ruled Monday, the conservative majority declaring that security trumps privacy […]
Conservative justices question health care law
WASHINGTON — Sharp questioning by the Supreme Court’s conservative justices cast serious doubt Tuesday on the survival of the individual insurance requirement at the heart of President Barack Obama’s historic […]
