Scotus Archive
Archives for June 2015
The Supreme Court voted 5-4 to require states recognize same-sex marriage on 14th Amendment grounds.
“When our baby grows up, I don’t want her feeling like we’re unequal.”
It’s an amazing analogy.
Antonin Scalia is angry. And when he gets angry, he gets snarky.
In Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. the Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., it upheld the disparate impact theory for suits under the Fair Housing Act.
The president will speak about the Supreme Court ruling that upheld the health-care law’s exchanges.
He needs a lesson in semantic holism.
Seriously?
He quoted their dissent in 2012 to make his point.
More people with health insurance means more revenue for health-care providers.
The decision means that the Affordable Care Act stands unchanged and that the government can continue subsidizing coverage for millions of Americans.
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in allowing disparate impact claims, an important part of the Fair Housing Act of 1968.
The law’s challengers are running out of options.
Property rights activists lost in the 2005 case of Kelo v. City of New London, but the backlash against the ruling led to stronger property rights.
A Supreme Court decision saying states can reject license plates they found offensive arrived at just the right time.