Elena Kagan

Universities like to sell themselves as providing the four most formative years of your life. The same sell is often used by expensive, private high schools. But is it true? Just how formative are those years and how exactly will they influence who you a Full Article at The Washington Post

Tuesday's defeat of six-term Republican Sen. Richard Lugar in Indiana's primary by constitutional conservatives was in large part fueled by anger over Lugar's willingness to work with Democrats. The proverbial last straw for the Indiana Tea Party movemen Full Article at USA Today

Caution tape is displayed in front of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. , U.S. , on Wednesday, April 6, 2011. (Andrew Harrer - BLOOMBERG) “The most important and alarming facet of Lugar’s defeat,” writes Jonathan Chait, is that one of Indiana State Full Article at The Washington Post

Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana was defeated in the state's Republican primary Tuesday, ending the 36-year career of a GOP elder statesman and handing the Tea Party movement its biggest upset victory so far in the 2012 elections. Sen. Richard Lugar is inte Full Article at USA Today

Maria Uribe of Phoenix, AZ holds a cross outside the US Supreme Court as she and others protest Arizona SB 1070 on Wednesday April 25, 2012 in Washington, DC. The law, which was intended to crack down on illegal immigration was heard Wednesday by the U.S Full Article at The Washington Post

WASHINGTON — Less than a month after the Supreme Court heard three days of arguments over President Obama’s health care law , the justices on Wednesday will consider another major politically charged case about the scope of federal power, this one concer Full Article at The New York Times

WASHINGTON – Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said she didn't know what she was starting when she signed her name onto the state's landmark immigration bill just over two years ago. "I knew that it was going to be momentous," Brewer said. "But to this extent, I h Full Article at USA Today

WASHINGTON, April 22 (UPI) -- What do you do when a U.S. Supreme Court case involving a key area of commerce -- an area growing more important each day with the omnipotence of the Internet -- ends in a 4-4 tie decision and mass confusion in the lower cou Full Article at United Press International

Arizona’s cold-blooded immigration statute was enacted in 2010 to bring about “attrition through enforcement” — to make life so harsh for undocumented immigrants that they would be driven out of the state. It invites unfettered racial profiling and the a Full Article at The New York Times

The four women who have ever served on the Supreme Court appeared at the Newseum in Washington on Wednesday night to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the appointment of the first one, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. It was the first joint appearance of th Full Article at The New York Times

(Melina Mara - THE WASHINGTON POST) Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan stopped by Marquette University this week and gave students some insight into, how, exactly, she and her colleagues decide what they will rule on a given case. The nine justices step i Full Article at The Washington Post

(Michael S. Williamson - The Washington Post) When the history books are written, two days could be put down as the most consequential for the Affordable Care Act. There’s March 23, 2010 — the day President Obama signed the health overhaul into law. Then Full Article at The Washington Post

I don't know Donald Verrilli, but my heart goes out to him. A high-achiever and a brilliant lawyer, he had a rough go as the main government lawyer arguing in favor of the new health-care law. He even earned the ultimate badge of distinction in Washingto Full Article at The Washington Post

A sketch artist’s rendering of the Supreme Court’s oral arguments on health reform. (Supreme Court) The Supreme Court likely will decide whether the Obama administration’s signature legislative accomplishment is unconstitutional within 48 hours. But asid Full Article at The Washington Post

The Supreme Court will complete its review of President Obama’s health care law Wednesday by considering whether all of the law must fall if part of it is found unconstitutional, and whether the law’s proposed Medicaid expansion violates the federal-stat Full Article at The Washington Post

With the fate of President Obama’s health care law hanging in the balance at the Supreme Court on Tuesday, a lawyer for the administration faced a barrage of skeptical questions from the four of the court’s more conservative justices. “Can you create com Full Article at The New York Times

A note to Chief Justice John Roberts: No video! (Alex Wong - GETTY IMAGES) With all due respect, you are providing me a terrible media experience. Earlier today, your court released audio and a transcript of the oral arguments from this morning, the firs Full Article at The Washington Post

WASHINGTON, March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the Supreme Court began oral arguments on the constitutionality of one of the most controversial pieces of legislation in the past fifty years. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, r Full Article at PR Newswire

Arlen Specter, a U.S. senator from Pennsylvania from 1981 to 2011, was chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee from 2005 to 2007. The subject of judicial recusal has attracted attention, focused on Justices Clarence Thomas and Elena Kagan, as the Supr Full Article at The Washington Post