Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts visited the University of Alabama Law School on Tuesday in which he said the President’s rebuke during the State of the Union was “very troubling.”
Justice Roberts addressed students at the law school about the history of the nations highest court and then took time to answer questions from members [...]

An Amicus Brief was filed in the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday seeking the court to protect the privacy rights of individuals who want to repeal a law that gives all the privileges of marriage to same-sex partners in Washington State.
Liberty Counsel, a “nonprofit litigation, education and policy organization,” filed the brief seeking the court to [...]

The United States Supreme Court ruled Monday that excessive force claims must be decided based on the nature of the force rather than the extent of the injury.
The Wilkins v. Gaddy [docket] ruling says a defendant need not “show significant injury in order to state an excessive force claim.”  The decision reinstates a North Carolina [...]

In an 8-1 vote last week, the Supreme Court of the United States issued an order preventing the Secretary of State from releasing the contact and personal information of over 138,000 individuals that signed a referendum petition that seeks to protect traditional marriage in Washington.
The order will prevent several groups from making this personal information [...]

The U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday rejected – at least temporarily – California’s challenge to a preliminary court order that would force the state to reduce its prison population.
In the one-paragraph decision, the high court justices said they will not consider a tentative ruling issued by a special judicial panel back in August.
The Supreme Court Order [...]

The Supreme Court Monday declined to take up a student’s challenge to a Texas school dress code. An appeals court ruling said the policy, which bars non-school-related messages on clothing, did not violate student free-speech rights.

In the divided, conservative-vs-liberal lines, the 5-4 Supreme Court ruling on Wednesday stayed its temporary ruling it granted on Monday, just an hour before the trial began, that prohibits the broadcasting of video and audio of the federal trial on California’s ban on same-sex marriage.
U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker, who is presiding over the trial [...]

The U.S. Supreme Court, acting on an appeal from conservative supporters of Prop 8, overruled a federal judge in San Francisco today and blocked video coverage of the trial on YouTube.
In November 2008, more than 7 million Californians approved a ballot measure banning same-sex marriage and voted in favor of the constitutional amendment which defines [...]

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal by a Christian student organization that says a San Fransisco public law school violated its rights by denying it recognition because it holds on to Christian principles.
The justices today said they will decide next year to whether University of California’s Hastings College of Law is infringing the [...]

The United States Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to determine whether federal courts have the power to order prisoners held at Guantánamo Bay to be released onto United States soil.
The case, Kiyemba v. Obama, stems from 17 men from the largely Muslim Uighur region of western China, who continue to be held the prison [...]