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The article discusses possible scenarios as a result of King v. Burwell, that focuses on contingency of financial help received by low- and middle-income Americans under the law to help in covering their health coverage cost, upon insurance marketplace or exchange type that exists in their state. Scenarios discussed include 34 states and millions of Americans affected if Supreme Court decides to limit subsidies for health coverage from state exchanges.

The article discusses the implications of the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court on King v. Burwell, that challenges the phrase, an exchange established by the state, in section 36(B) of Affordable Care Act (ACA). Topics discussed include decision in favor of plaintiffs will result in millions of Americans losing their health insurance, Supreme Court to decide if intent of Congress is clear based on the law text, and focus on Chief Justice John G. Roberts Junior and Justice Anthony M. Kennedy.

Speculates the ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court on the debate regarding the campaign finance bill sponsored by U.S. Senator John McCain in 2002. Arguments presented by concerned parties on the implications of the bill; Review of the case Buckley vs. Valeo; Issues to be addressed in the arguments of concerned parties. INSETS: Campaign Finance's Paradox: Opposite Sides Unite for Legal...;What the Judges Will Hear.

Argues that governments and school administrators in the U.S. must emphasize effective schooling in order to address the concerns of the many minority school children who are isolated in the nation's inner cities. Discussion on the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the case Brown versus Board of Education that ended segregation in school; Vestiges of segregation that remain all over the U.S. in all kinds of school districts; Continuation of the process of desegregation.

Looks at the implications of the retirement of Justice Lewis Powell Jr. from the United States Supreme Court. Issues in which Powell's decisions were made law of the land; Impact on the cases that involve public aid to private and parochial schools; Role of Powell as the liberal justice in the Supreme Court.

The article discusses the ruling on abortion rights cases in light of the appointment of Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Anthony M. Kennedy. Two pending cases challenge the federal ban on a late-term procedure and rulings on these cases will be the first abortion ruling tendered by the new U.S. Supreme Court. Legal scholars say opinions on the upcoming cases are expected to shed light on how the court intends to reshape itself.

Discusses the case Board of Education of Westside Community Schools versus Mergens that deals with Equal Access Act and after-school prayer. Facts of the case; Examination on the rulings of the lower and appellate courts on the case; Arguments of the parties to the case; Details on the ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court; Arguments of the dissenting opinion in the U.S. Supreme Court.

This article comments on the decision made by the U.S. Supreme Court on the lawsuit filed by teacher Edward Stachura against the Michigan school district, the board of education and parents of students. On June 25, 1986 the Supreme Court unanimously reversed the decision of the lower courts in favor of Stachura and sent the case back to trial on the issue of damages. Writing for the court, Associate Justice Lewis Powell argued that the purpose of constitutional lawsuits is to compensate persons for injuries that are caused by the deprivation of constitutional rights. Allowing the jury to place a monetary value on the importance of the right violated, in Powell's view, focused not on compensation for provable injury, but on the jury's subjective perception of the importance of constitutional rights as an abstract matter. This, according to Powell, was inconsistent with previous cases holding that there cold be no compensatory damages for constitutional violations in the absence of proof of actual injury. The real problem with the Supreme Court decision in this case is that it fails to provide any standards by which Stachura could structure his evidence at the retrial and by which the judge could instruct the jury.

The article focuses on the ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court that the Clean Air Act's directive requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to study the relationship between greenhouse gases and climate change. The ruling will require EPA to assess whether greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks endanger the public and the environment. The decision strengthens some efforts of states to address climate change with their own greenhouse gas laws.

The article reports on the ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court favoring the mid-decade congressional redistricting of Texas nearly in its entirety. It is said that the protection of ethnic minority voting rights is one of the factors that the court considered as justification for entering the fundamentally political matter of drawing electoral lines. According to Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, no explicit prohibition was stated by the U.S. Constitution and the U.S. Congress with regard to a mid-decade redistricting to change districts.

Focuses on the pivotal role of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy at the court following the retirement of Chief Justice Sandra Day O'Connor in 2005. Views of Christopher Yoo, a law professor at the Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, on the legal jurisprudential commitments of Kennedy; Decision of the justice on a law concerning homosexual sodomy in Texas; Stance of Kennedy on abortion issues.

Discusses the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court to create a political map to limit political gerrymandering. Details of the Democrats' dispute on the consequences of the map's cartography; History of gerrymander practice; Information on court cases related to gerrymandering.

Discusses the possible fate of the 2002 campaign finance law in the U.S. Supreme Court as of September 13, 2003. Concerns of the judges about the law; Arguments presented that would possibly overturn a ban on soft money; Questions raised by members of the U.S. Congress with regard to campaign fund regulations. INSET: Back and Forth in Court.

Focuses on the ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court that the U.S. Congress acted within its authority in writing a law that required libraries and schools to install filtering software on their computer terminals in order to shield students from online pornography. Claims of the American Library Association and the American Civil Liberties Union against the law; Overview of the filtering law; Other laws passed by the Congress to regulate content transmission on the Internet.

The article discusses the case relating to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), where the U.S. Supreme Court will decide on whether over nine million people, residing in 34 states, will lose subsidies that help them in complying with the law's mandate. Topics discussed include four Virginia residents as plaintiffs, arguing six-word phrase in section 36(B), U.S. government's argument of law to be read as a whole, and possible reactions of executive branch, Congress and the states.

Proposes the re-examination of the ruling on the U.S. Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education. Results of a study on education in Tennessee; Plan of action for the re-assessment of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling; Implications of the re-examination on school reform.

The article comments on the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the case McCutcheon v. FEC decision. Topics covered include the case's focus on campaign contributions to political parties, the oral arguments raised during the trial and the implications of the ruling for fundraisers. Also mentioned is the limit in the donation that a single donor could make.

The article discusses the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court to dismiss the appeal of former Representative William J. Jefferson concerning his conviction for bribery, citing that using the stature as lawmakers in making deals that are not related to legislative duties can land legislators in jail.

The article predicts the Supreme Court's decision to take up the health care reform law in October 2011. The debate as to whether Congress has the power to control economic activity has to be decided by the Supreme Court which is under the Commerce Clause. There is a clamor to speed up the ruling on the health care law and politicians are calling on the Supreme Court to decide on the issue bypassing the U.S. Court of Appeals. The Supreme Court awaits the ruling of the circuit courts before taking up the case.

The article discusses the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in 2010 on the ability of the American Indian tribes to buy land for casinos and other economic development projects. The ruling states that only tribes recognized before 1934 are entitled to buy real estate as part of their reservations. According to Matthew L. M. Fletcher, head of the Indigenous Law and Policy Center at Michigan State University, a lot of tribes recognized since 1934 were administratively terminated or went underground because of racism.

The article report that the U.S. Congress has passed House bill HR 5175 that requires wider disclosure of campaign financing. Barely passing in a narrow House vote, the passage of the bill intends to impose stricter disclosure rules on campaign advertising by corporations, unions, and other independent organizations. The piece of legislation was created as a means to temper the impact of a Supreme Court ruling that allowed corporations free-speech rights and the right to provide funds on political campaigns.

The article reports on the status of the legal battle of U.S. Representative Jim McDermott against House Minority Leader John A. Boehner. McDermott has lost his case after the Supreme Court refused to review it and may have to pay Boehner $60,000 in damages. The court upheld a previous appeals court ruling that McDermott should not have exposed a tape-recorded telephone call involving Republican leaders. It remains unclear whether McDermott may use his legal-defense fund in paying Boehner.

The article reflects on the emergence of an elite corps of U.S. Supreme Court advocates who appear to be having outsized influence in shaping the court's decisions to advance the interests of business clients. It cites the long-term substantive impact of the group's emergence. It argues that the elite advocates know best how to fashion an argument either to win or at least minimize the impact of a loss.

The article reports on the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court not to exercise jurisdiction over former Senator Mark Dayton's bid to have the court dismiss a lawsuit filed by former aide Brad Hanson. Dayton was sued by Hanson under several federal statutes including a 1995 law that requires Congress to follow workplace safety and employment laws that govern the private sector. The Washington D.C. district court denied the motion for dismissal of Dayton.

The article reports that the 2006 Military Commissions Act has been upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. on its February 20, 2007 decision. The law bars detainees held by the U.S. military at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from contesting their detentions in federal court. The decision was seen as a direct response to the Supreme Court's 2006 ruling in the Hamdan v. Rumsfeld case.

Focuses on the decision to be made by the U.S. Supreme Court on a case concerning a 2004 ruling on a tax break granted by the Ohio state government to DaimlerChrysler for the expansion of a Jeep plant in Toledo. Violation of the Commerce Clause of the Constitution by the deal according to the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals; Significance of the judgment to be made by the Supreme Court; Plan of lobbying strategists to campaign to make state breaks legal if the case would be returned to the Circuit court.

Reports on the issues considered by the U.S. Supreme Court on their ruling for a bid to overturn the congressional district map of Texas to be issued in June 2006. Revision of the map under the direction of U.S. Representative Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) in 2004; Impact of the map on the power of Hispanics in the area, according to lawyer Nina Perales; Insignificance of race to the redrawing of the map, according to state solicitor general R. Ted Cruz.

Reports on the approval of a bill by the U.S. House Judiciary Committee that will counter a ruling on eminent domain issued by the U.S. Supreme Court on June 23, 2005. Background on the ruling; Prohibition imposed under the bill for state and local governments regarding the use of eminent domain; Rejection of an amendment to the bill from U.S. Representative Maxine Waters (D-Calif.).

Focuses on issues concerning the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court on the Kelo versus City of New London case in 2005. Impact of the judgment on poor people; Efforts of Democratic Representatives Maxine Waters and Dennis J. Kucinich to stop governments from using eminent domain to make way for commercial development; Views of environmentalists and smart growth advocates on the ruling.

Profiles Sandra Day O'Connor, former Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Preference on judicial decision-making; Position on the constitutional right to abortion; Decision on upholding a racial preference.

Reports on the proliferation of the Internet file-sharing despite the U.S. Supreme Court decision on restricting the behavior of online file-sharing companies. Views of Eric Garland, CEO of BigChampagne Online Media Measurement, on the case; Possibility of Internet file-sharing companies to be held liable for copyright infringement; Need for serving the demands of consumers that get content online according to David Sohn, staff counsel at the Center for Democracy & Technology.

Reports on the approval of a resolution by the U.S. House that proposes constitutional amendment to allow Congress to ban flag burning. Expectations on the Senate's passage of the amendment; Decision made by the Supreme Court on the case of a man convicted for burning a flag; Motions by Mississippi Democrat Gene Taylor that Republicans turned aside.

Reports on the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a section of a 2000 law aimed at protecting the religious liberty of prisoners. Implications of the ruling for the 2003 decision by the Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit that the relevant portion of the 2000 law violated the First Amendment prohibition against an establishment of religion by the U.S. Congress; Background on the case.

Focuses on the debate between the social conservatives and the liberals over the partial birth abortion law in the U.S. Reason of the U.S. Supreme Court for ruling against the Nebraska law in 2000; Exemption of the law; Argument of Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton for barring the law's enforcement for clinics and doctors affiliated with the Planned Parenthood Federation of America; Punishment to doctors who perform partial birth abortion.

Presents information on the Marriage Protection Act introduced by Indiana Republican Representative John Hostettler. Provisions of the legislation; Impact of the proposed legislation on the legal status of marriage; Ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court on the case Lawrence versus Texas.

Reports on the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court, on June 16, 2003, to uphold the restrictions on political contributions from advocacy groups. Details of the court ruling; Legislation governing the issue; Information on some court cases involving the issue.

Reports on the ruling of the United States Supreme Court on the case Nguyen versus Immigration and Naturalization Service which deals with the citizenship of a foreign-born child. Highlights on the court's ruling; Requirements set by the court for citizenship; Legal process to properly establish paternity; Highlights on the opinion of the minority in the United States Supreme Court.