Samuel Alito

"I don't know if FERC really has that power" in differentiating between the federal and state markets," Antonin Scalia said. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Supreme Court appears split over reach of federal utility regulator

John Siciliano · October 14, 2015 8:01 pm

Marriage decision distorts the balance of powers

Marriage decision distorts the balance of powers

Washington Examiner · June 29, 2015 5:00 am

"On the other hand, marriage means something specific...for thousands of years," and it is "not the purview of five people...to think in their hubris that they have the power to change that," Carly Fiorina said. (AP Photo)Â

Fiorina sides with dissenting justices on same-sex marriage

John Siciliano · June 26, 2015 5:54 pm

As a society, "we are becoming addicted to wanting particular outcomes, not living with the outcomes we don't like," Thomas said during rounds of questioning at the May 6, 2022 11th Circuit Judicial Conference (AP Photo)

Clarence Thomas: NBA reveals problem with Court’s race case

Barbara Boland · June 26, 2015 5:31 pm

Texas Department of Motor Vehicles shows the design of a proposed Sons of Confederate Veterans license plate.

Supreme Court: Texas can reject Confederate license plates

Robert King · June 18, 2015 2:55 pm

The case centered on Menachem Zivotofsky, an American born in Jerusalem whose parents wanted his passport to say he was born in Israel, not Jerusalem. (AP Photo)Â

State Dept. hails Supreme Court ruling against ‘born in Israel’ passports

Pete Kasperowicz · June 8, 2015 5:57 pm

Samantha Elauf stands outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015. (AP Photo)Â

Supreme Court sides with Oklahoma woman in headscarf case against Abercrombie

Kelly Cohen · June 1, 2015 3:21 pm

This courtroom artist rendering shows Michael Carvin, lead attorney for the petitioners,, right, speaking before the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, March 4, 2015, a the court heard arguments in King v. Burwell. (AP Photo/Dana Verkouteren)

Alito’s wildcard could shape 2016

Philip Klein · March 6, 2015 3:25 am

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Muslim prisoner can grow beard, SCOTUS says

Kelly Cohen · January 20, 2015 6:41 pm

U.S. Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito, right, and Antonin ScaliaÂ will be the headline attractions at the Federalist Society's 2014 National Lawyers Convention in Washington on Thursday.Â (AP Photo)

Justices Scalia, Alito to headline Federalist Society event

Sean Higgins · November 11, 2014 5:12 pm

Attorney Douglas Laycock, center, characterizes his argument before the Supreme Court on behalf of an Arkansas prison inmate who says his Muslim beliefs that require him to grow a beard are being violated by prison rules that prevent beards, Tuesday, in front of the court in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Supreme Court hears Muslim beard dispute

Sean Lengell · October 7, 2014 5:49 pm

The Supreme Court ended its 2013-14 term with the most unanimous rulings and fewest split decisions in decades, suggesting at first glance an easing of the sharp and often bitter ideological divisions between the justices in recent years.

Supreme Court not as unified as it looks

Sean Lengell · July 2, 2014 9:00 pm