Supreme Court case involves medical malpractice awards, Medicaid

Sandra and William E. Armstrong’s 12-year-old daughter will never learn of the Supreme Court’s deliberations Tuesday, though the results could change her life. | 01/07/13 17:44:12 By - By Michael Doyle

Supreme Court rulings limit options of gun-control task force

The Obama administration’s high-level gun-control task force, established Wednesday, will be navigating tricky legal terrain reshaped by Supreme Court conservatives. | 12/20/12 06:27:29 By - By Michael Doyle

Supreme Court will hear same-sex marriage challenges

The Supreme Court turned to same-sex marriage Friday in a big way, by agreeing to review a California ballot measure that banned it and a federal law that blocks benefits for married same-sex couples. | 12/07/12 18:46:41 By - By Michael Doyle

If feds flood your land, Supreme Court says, they may owe you

Private property owners might deserve payment when public agencies temporarily flood their land, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in a case closely watched by farmers around the country, and in California in particular. | 12/04/12 16:26:43 By - By Michael Doyle

Supreme Court will hear raisin farmers’ case

Dissident raisin farmers from California’s San Joaquin Valley and their ideological allies will get a shot at attacking a federal farm program, under a case that the U.S. Supreme Court accepted Tuesday. | 11/20/12 17:41:49 By - By Michael Doyle

Grapes (and raisins) of wrath: Supreme Court may hear farm program cases

Supreme Court justices on Tuesday will chew over several challenges to farm programs filed by disgruntled California raisin and table grape growers. | 11/19/12 17:27:26 By - By Michael Doyle

Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to Voting Rights Act

The Supreme Court said Friday that it would consider a challenge from several Southern states to the Voting Rights Act, setting up another landmark clash over federal power and the legacy of discrimination. | 11/09/12 18:58:09 By - By Michael Doyle

Supreme Court hears cases on drug-sniffing dogs

Supreme Court justices seemed ready Wednesday to adjust the legal leash on drug-sniffing dogs, in two high-profile cases arising out of Florida. | 11/01/12 06:29:20 By - By Michael Doyle

Drug-sniffing cases send Supreme Court to the dogs

Franky found drugs in Florida. He’s a dog, so he left the constitutional questions to others. | 10/26/12 06:24:17 By - By Michael Doyle

Alaska argues to keep polar bear off ‘threatened’ list

A lawyer arguing for the state of Alaska that polar bears are not a threatened species ran into skeptical appeals court judges Friday. | 10/22/12 03:00:00 By - By Sean Cockerham

Supreme Court conservatives press affirmative action supporters to defend racial preferences

Conservative Supreme Court justices took aim at affirmative action Wednesday in a politically charged case that will likely determine what role race can play in college admissions and other public policies. | 10/10/12 13:58:33 By - By Michael Doyle

Supreme Court and colleges will clash over affirmative action

At South Carolina’s Clemson University, ensuring racial diversity in enrollment has a special resonance because of the region’s history of segregation and discrimination. | 10/08/12 00:00:00 By - By Renee Schoof

A more conservative Supreme Court puts affirmative action at risk

Abigail Noel Fisher lost her shot at attending the University of Texas as an undergraduate, but she appears to have a good chance at changing college admissions nationwide. | 10/08/12 03:00:00 By - By Michael Doyle

Pomegranate juice maker presses battle over health claims

The politically well-connected California billionaires who built POM Wonderful into a pomegranate juice powerhouse have lost their latest challenge to federal regulators, but the fight isn’t over yet. | 10/02/12 18:42:30 By - By Michael Doyle

Aging Supreme Court justices may open seats for next president

Senior citizens dominate the Supreme Court. Some will leave in the next four years, and this year’s election for president will determine who’ll fill any vacancies on the court, President Barack Obama or President Mitt Romney. Whichever party is in charge, a vacancy in the next presidential term seems a foregone conclusion, perhaps more than one. | 10/01/12 17:25:18 By - By Michael Doyle

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