Covering the Supreme Court, lower courts, and the law

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will once again turn to the question of privacy of the home, this time examining the role of police in dealing with domestic violence.  The hearing will be remote, via telephone.  As usual, the audio portion will be broadcast on c-span.org/supreme court Hearing scheduled for one hour, to start at… Read More

Continuing its remote hearings, via telephone, the Supreme Court tomorrow looks into the power of Indian tribes to make arrests of non-Indian suspects on roads or streets within the reservation.  As usual, the audio portion of the hearing (but not the video) will be broadcast on c-span.org/supreme court Hearing starts at 10 a.m., and will… Read More

The Supreme Court resumes public hearings tomorrow, still using a remote process with everyone on the telephone because of the public health threat.  (Cases to be heard in the April sitting will also follow that format, the Court has announced.)  The first case for argument this week involves one of the longest-running constitutional fights but… Read More

In July, two years from now, America will mark a poignant anniversary – a full 100 years since women’s rights activist Alice Paul first put forth the idea that women should have equal rights enshrined in the Constitution.  Supporters have been trying ever since to make that a constitutional reality, and the U.S. House of… Read More

It won’t make it into the daily headlines, but it will be deeply important in the annals of history.  That is the quiet but intense debate among the Supreme Court Justices over how far the Court should go in using its powers.  The storm broke out again on Monday, as the Court ruled in a… Read More

For the second time this week, the Supreme Court on Wednesday will examine how government officials are to be appointed.  The case involves a different kind of judge than the ones involved in Monday’s hearing.  As usual, the audio portion (but not the video) will be available at c-span.org/supremecourt Hearing starts at 10 a.m.: Carr… Read More

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hold a hearing in one of the most significant cases in years on the meaning of a key part of the federal Voting Rights Act.  As before, the audio portion (not the video) of the one-hour hearing in two combined cases will be broadcast on c-span.org/supreme court Hearing starts… Read More

On Monday, the Supreme Court takes a look at a present-day version of a constitutional debate that has been raging for generations over presidential power to appoint officials in the U.S. government.  The Court will be hearing three appeals combined for a one-hour hearing.  The audio will be available on c-span.org/supremecourt Hearing starts at 10… Read More

Wednesday’s hearing in the Supreme Court involves a single case.  It focuses on the authority of police to enter a private home without a warrant authorizing entry.   As usual, the audio (but not the video) portion of the hearing will be broadcast at c-span.org/supremecourt Hearing, scheduled for one-hour, starts at 10 a.m.: Lange v. California… Read More

With Republican-controlled legislatures in many states moving quickly to cut back voting rights, especially mail-in balloting and voting before election day, three Supreme Court Justices on Monday sent a strong signal that these efforts may survive future court challenges.  In arguing that the Court should now step in to resolve disputes that arose in the… Read More