Courts and Law

Have American politics killed the impartial Supreme Court?

Jaime Fuller

The politics of the Supreme Court has a lot more to do with the people who nominated them than the justices themselves.

Investors to Supreme Court: Deny Argentine do-over

(Victor R. Caivano, File / Associated Press)

Associated Press

Argentina’s opponents have filed their last arguments with the U.S. Supreme Court, urging justices to deny the South American government’s appeal of a $1.4 billion debt ruling because President Cristina Fernandez has repeatedly vowed not to honor any decision that goes against her.

Tolan v. Cotton — when should the Supreme Court interfere in ‘factbound’ cases?

Will Baude

I call the case noteworthy because by my count it’s the first time in 10 years that the court has ruled against a police officer in a qualified immunity case.

Planned Parenthood: female SCOTUS justices are key on women’s health issues

Jackie Kucinich

The head of Planned Parenthood said important cases before the Supreme Court means female justices could have a larger impact than female members of Congress on women’s health issues.

COMMENTARY: Town prayers: What does the Supreme Court mean by ‘coercion’?

John Ragosta and Paul Finkelman And Steven K. Green | Religion News Service

On Monday (May 5), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a city, town, or county could open its regular meetings with a sectarian (that is, Christian) prayer without violating the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause. Not unexpectedly, the much-anticipated Town of Greece v. Galloway decision split the court 5-4. It is, for that and other reasons, a less than satisfying decision.