As The American Prospect and Atrios point out, the House has passed a bill that would overturn the Supreme Court’s decision that pay discrimination claims must be filed within 180 days of the first discriminatory pay check. The Supreme …

In Book Eight of the Odyssey, the blind bard Demodocus sings the story of the Trojan Horse. How after ten long years of war, the Greeks burned their camps and boarded their ships, leaving a giant wooden horse at …

There have been more single vote decisions in the Supreme Court’s rulings this term than there have been in over a decade. 24 of the Court’s 72 rulings have been decided by a 5-4 vote, almost all of these …

Today it the U.S. Supreme Court spun around on an April decision to deny prisoners in Guantanamo Bay access to civilian courts. Hundreds of prisoners will soon have the opportunity to be heard before federal judges, appealing unjust confinement …

A quick note on Monday’s Supreme Court decision denying individual tax payers the ability to bring suit against the government for mis-spending funds on religious organizations. The decision is unfortunate for it takes away an important check on our …

Released on the same day as the decision discussed below by Boarder, the Supreme Court struck down limits on political advertising spending. Rolling back a major portion of the McCain-Feingold bill that was upheld in 2003, the Court’s decision …

The supreme court ruled to limit students’ speech today, at least when it comes to pro-marijuana messages.

In 2002, Joseph Frederick unfurled a banner at a school-sanctioned event which read, “Bong Hits 4 Jesus.” Young Frederick was summarily …

The Supreme Court last week quietly issued an unanimous decision upholding Fourth Amendment protections for passengers in stopped cars. The Court held that a passenger in a car is considered “seized” - an important determination that triggers Fourth Amendment …

The supreme court decision last month to uphold a federal ban on partial birth abortions (Gonzales vs Carhart) is beginning to populate the legal landscape, already suggesting the effects it will have on states’ laws regarding abortion.

States are now …