Dissecting the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
March 27, 2012 | BY Julia Michaels
The Supreme Court is hearing challenges to the federal health care law, but few understand what’s really inside this controversial policy. It has been two years since President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law, initiating a wave of controversy that has so far failed to ebb. This week the U.S. [...]
Sotomayor confirmed to Supreme Court
August 6, 2009 | BY Elissa Underwood
Sonia Sotomayor has been confirmed by the Senate as the 111th Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Elissa Underwood provides the details about the history-making vote.
Supreme Court rules strip search illegal
July 2, 2009 | BY Kasey Ruedas Yanna
In an opinion that reads more like an episode of “Gossip Girl,” the U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that the strip search of a 13-year-old female student was unconstitutional.
Sotomayor’s road to Supreme Court
June 12, 2009 | BY Elissa Underwood
As U.S. Supreme Court-designate Sonia Sotomayor has certainly figured out, the road to the bench will not be a cakewalk. It’s only been a few weeks since President Obama picked the U.S. District judge to replace retiring Justice David Souter, but already critics have pulled out all the stops against the nominee.
Souter out, Sotomayor in
May 26, 2009 | BY Elissa Underwood
For weeks, SCOTUS watchers have speculated on who President Obama would tap to replace Supreme Court Justice David Souter. On Tuesday, Obama introduced his nominee — U.S. appeals court Judge Sonia Sotomayor. Reporter Elissa Underwood explains who she is and why she was chosen.
