WASHINGTON (AP) - If the Supreme Court strikes down President Barack Obama's health care law, it wouldn't just be politicians dealing with the fallout.
Fate of frail patients hinges on Supreme Court
- May 17 2012
- RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press
Court says farmers must pay bankruptcy tax
- May 14 2012
- Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court says a farming family has to pay tax on the bankruptcy sale of their farm.
Court turns away PR congressional vote lawsuit
- May 14 2012
- Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from residents of Puerto Rico seeking to gain a voting representative in Congress.
Medicare disruptions seen if health law is struck
- May 03 2012
- RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration has quietly told the courts that tossing out the president's health care overhaul would have major unintended consequences for Medicare's payment systems, which handle 100 million monthly claims from hospitals and other providers.
Court to decide if deportation ruling retroactive
- April 30 2012
- Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court will decide whether to apply retroactively its 2010 decision that immigrants have a right to be told that a guilty plea could lead to their deportation.
Court sends back former Gov. Ryan's appeal
- April 30 2012
- Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court wants a lower court to look again at the latest attempt by former Ill. Gov. George Ryan to overturn his corruption convictions.
Ariz. migrant case could lead to sweeping changes
- April 26 2012
- JACQUES BILLEAUD, Associated Press
PHOENIX (AP) - The United States could see an official about-face in the coming months in how it confronts illegal immigration if the Supreme Court follows through on its suggestion to let local police enforce the most controversial part of Arizona's immigration law.
Court says IRS has 3 years in tax shelter case
- April 25 2012
- Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has ruled that the Internal Revenue Service has only three years to impose additional taxes in a tax shelter case, instead of six years like the government wanted.
Supreme Court takes up Arizona immigration law
- April 25 2012
- Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is questioning Arizona's tough "show me your papers" law aimed at driving illegal immigrants out of the state, amid objections from the Obama administration that states have a limited role to play in immigration policy.
Supreme Court rejects appeal in Enron-related case
- April 23 2012
- Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has turned away an appeal from a former Merrill Lynch executive who was convicted on perjury and obstruction charges that stemmed from a bogus 1999 deal involving Enron.
Court won't hear appeal over NYC rent control
- April 23 2012
- Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal that seeks to end rent stabilization laws in New York City.
Court rejects torture victims' appeal vs. Chevron
- April 23 2012
- Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has turned away an appeal by Nigerians seeking to hold Chevron accountable for deaths in the Niger Delta under a U.S. law aimed at helping torture victims.
Court: Judges can consider new patent evidence
- April 18 2012
- Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court says federal judges can review unsubmitted patent evidence when inventors challenge their rejection by the Patent and Trademark Office.
Court seems split on when to apply new sentences
- April 17 2012
- Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court seems split on whether criminals who were arrested but not yet sentenced for crack cocaine offenses should be able to take advantage of newly reduced sentences.
High court weighs overtime pay for drug sales reps
- April 16 2012
- Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has heard arguments in a potentially costly challenge to the pharmaceutical industry's practice of not paying overtime to its sales representatives.
















