Supreme Court
High court takes up fight over Obama health law
President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul is front and center at the Supreme Court for three days of hearings to determine the fate of a law aimed at extending health insurance to more than 30 million Americans. The justices will hear arguments beginning Monday in a highly partisan legal fight between the Obama administration and [...]
High court has options on health care law
The Supreme Court has several options in ruling on President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, from upholding the law to striking it down in its entirety. The court also could avoid deciding the law’s constitutionality at all, if it finds the lawsuits challenging the law are premature. Here is a look at six potential outcomes, [...]
Supreme Court to hear affirmative action case
The Supreme Court will once again confront the issue of race in university admissions in a case brought by a white student denied a spot at the flagship campus of the University of Texas. The court said Tuesday it will return to the issue of affirmative action in higher education for the first time since [...]
Court schedules week of health care arguments
The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will use an unprecedented week’s worth of argument time in late March to decide the constitutionality of President Barack Obama’s historic health care overhaul before the 2012 presidential elections. The high court scheduled arguments for March 26th, 27th and 28th over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, [...]
US Supreme Court refuses to block execution of Troy Davis
Supreme Court refuses to block execution of Troy Davis. Related PostsNAACP launches voter registration push in Georgia African-Americans increase their purchasing power in Georgia Racial language in marker at center of controversy SCLC papers open for display Police handcuff Georgia kindergartner for tantrum
