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    BOVARD: Dancing to the beat of the grapevine

    Does the secretary of agriculture need unlimited power over farmers to protect them against themselves? The Supreme Court might finally settle this issue in an imminent decision on one of USDA's most bizarre regimes.

  • Franco Ciammachilli (right) of Washington waves a rainbow flag, a symbol of gay pride, behind supporters of traditional marriage outside the Supreme Court in D.C. as the justices begin hearing two days of arguments in cases involving gay marriage on March 26, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

    Gay-marriage questions offer few clues to Supreme Court's direction

    Religious fervor collided with secular ambition this week as the stakes in the gay marriage battle were laid bare in dramatic testimony before the Supreme Court.

  • Japanese architect Toyo Ito, whose buildings have been praised for their fluid beauty and balance between the physical and virtual world, has won the 2013 Pritzker Architecture Prize, the prize's jury announced on Sunday, March 17, 2013. Mr. Ito is the sixth Japanese architect to receive the honor. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Toyo Ito and Associates, Architects, Yoshiaki Tsutsui)

    Japanese architect Toyo Ito wins Pritzker Prize

    Japanese architect Toyo Ito, whose buildings have been praised for their fluid beauty and balance between the physical and virtual world, has won the 2013 Pritzker Architecture Prize, the prize's jury announced Sunday.

  • Halligan

    GOP filibuster blocks key Obama judicial nominee

    Senate Republicans on Wednesday delivered another blow to President Obama's ability to fill high-level federal judicial openings, using a filibuster to block Caitlin Halligan's nomination for a seat on the influential D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.

  • Halligan

    Senate filibuster blocks court nominee

    Senate Republicans on Wednesday delivered another blow to President Obama's ability to fill high-level federal judicial openings, using a filibuster to block Caitlin Halligan's nomination for a seat on the influential D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.

  • ** FILE ** Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat. (Associated Press)

    Senate vote will reignite battles over judiciary nominees

    President Obama's effort to reshape the federal judiciary will enter a new phase of open warfare with Republican lawmakers Wednesday when the Senate votes on whether to break the filibuster of Caitlin Halligan's nomination for a seat on the prestigious D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.

  • Sitting on the U.S. Supreme Court are (clockwise from upper left) Associate Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen G. Breyer, Samuel A. Alito Jr., Elena Kagan, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Anthony M. Kennedy; Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.; and Associate Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

    Supreme Court seems skeptical about extension to sue for securities fraud

    The Supreme Court seemed skeptical Tuesday about government claims that it should be allowed more time to sue some fund executives for securities fraud.

  • Illustration Judicial Stakes by John Camejo for The Washington Times

    PRESSER: High judicial stakes come Nov. 6

    We are heading into the last days before the most momentous election in the 21st century, in which the voters in the United States are faced with a stark choice between two different visions for the country.

  • Cardinal Donald Wuerl (left), archbishop of Washington, and Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. walk out of the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle after the annual Red Mass on Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012, in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

    Supreme Court justices attend annual Red Mass

    An American archbishop reminded a congregation that included six Supreme Court justices Sunday to be open to the spirit of God, beg for his blessings and "strive to be instruments of a new evangelization."

  • Illustration: Obamacare by John Camejo for The Washington Times

    MURDOCK: Health care victory headaches

    T o paraphrase Democratic former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the Supreme Court had to rule on Obamacare so we could find out what's in it.

  • Illustration Supreme Court by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

    EDITORIAL: Foreign law rules in U.S. courts

    Can U.S. state laws be overturned because foreign governments don't like them? According to the Supreme Court, the answer is yes.

  • Judy Pepenella, a New York resident and member of the Conservative Society for Action, protests the health care reform law Monday outside the U.S. Supreme Court. She said she is part of a group of 50 doctors who filed a friend-of-the-court brief advocating that so-called Obamacare be struck down. A high court ruling is expected this week. (Raymond Thompson Jr./The Washington Times)

    Split court upholds Ariz. immigration checks

    The Supreme Court on Monday struck down most of Arizona's tough immigration law as an unlawful infringement on federal power, but upheld what backers called the "heart" of the law, which lets police stop and question the immigration status of those they suspect are in the country illegally.

  • Supreme Court upholds key plank of Arizona immigration law

    The Supreme Court on Monday struck down most of Arizona's tough immigration law as an unlawful infringement on federal power, but it upheld the most important plank, which allows police to stop and question the immigration status of those they suspect are in the country illegally.

  • ** FILE ** The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington is pictured in March 2009. (Associated Press)

    Supreme Court nixes Montana curb on campaign spending

    The Supreme Court on Monday overturned Montana's century-old campaign-finance restrictions, in a decision that reaffirmed the high court's earlier ruling that corporations and unions are entitled to free-speech rights in political campaigns.

  • Supreme Court deals unions a setback in fight over extra dues

    In a move that could undercut the traditional funding base of the labor movement, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that unions must give nonmembers an immediate chance to object to unexpected fee increases or special assessments that all workers are required to pay in closed-shop situations.

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