The President's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court will have difficulty making it through the Senate Judiciary Committee according to U.S. Senator David Vitter.
The left-leaning Ginsburg and strict constructionist Scalia were, in her words, "best buddies" who shared a love for literature, opera and, most of all, the law.
Justice Antonin Scalia found dead in Texas. The U.S. Marshals Service in Washington confirmed Scalia's death at a private residence in the Big Bend area.
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a groundbreaking ruling today (Jan. 25) that could set free a number of people who committed murder as a juvenile -- or at least radically alter their sentences.
The Supreme Court issued a ruling Friday morning legalizing same-sex marriage in all 50 states. The 5-4 decision found that the Constitution's guarantees of due process and equal protection under the law overturns all gay-marriage bans across the country.