Today, the Supreme Court granted review of three separate cases challenging the constitutionality of the Obama Administration’s signature health care law, the Affordable Care Act. The Court set aside extensive time to hear oral arguments on the law, 5 ½ hours. Oral arguments will likely be heard in March, with…

The Supreme Court heard arguments today in United States v. Jones, a case that represents the evolution of modern technology in the face of the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition against unreasonable search and seizure. In September 2005, police planted a GPS device on the undercarriage of Antoine Jones’ vehicle. Jones, the…

The Supreme Court today heard arguments in two cases on whether a defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to effective counsel is violated when the defendant’s attorney provides deficient or erroneous advice during plea negotiations, resulting in a sentence at trial that is harsher than had the defendant accepted the plea offer….

Next week, the Supreme Court will begin its review of the various challenges to President Obama’s signature legislative achievement, the Affordable Care Act.  The Justices will meet on Thursday, November 10, to review the petitions filed by both opponents of the law and the Department of Justice on behalf of…

The Supreme Court Tuesday heard arguments that it is unconstitutional to strip search someone who is arrested without reasonable suspicion that the person might be carrying contraband. The case stems from a 2005 arrest of Albert Florence during a traffic stop. The police computer showed Florence as having an outstanding…

Associate Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer told the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday that politics plays less of a role in Supreme Court decisions than many in the public think. “When you put on the robes, you take off the politics,” Breyer, sitting alongside fellow Justice Antonin Scalia, said during a…

* Shift in focus from corporate law to criminal justice and First Amendment cases – and challenge to 2010 health care law, if they decide to hear it (likely) – will be huge, and could decide Obama’s re-election * Fun stuff to be decided: * Whether police need a warrant…

By Andrea Salazar Health care reform and Arizona’s immigration law are expected to be two of the major issues the United States Supreme Court tackles during its fall 2011 term starting in October, and legal analysts representing both ends of the political spectrum are expecting victories for their sides. The…

A majority of Americans believe that states should have the ability to control the sale of violent video games, according to a poll from Rasmussen Reports. 67 percent of respondents said that states should be allowed to prohibit retailers from selling violent video games to minors and only 28 percent…

In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court Monday struck down an Arizona law that provides matching funds to publicly-financed candidates when a privately-financed candidate, or third party groups supporting him, spend more money than the publicly-financed candidate was given. Under the law, the publicly-financed candidate is given money to…