At any moment, President Barack Obama could name his pick to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia last month. Reports from the White House say the president has narrowed his list of potential nominees as the vetting process enters a final phase – even as Senate Republicans insist […]
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it will hear a case challenging President Barack Obama’s plan to protect more than 4 million undocumented immigrants from deportation and allow them to work legally in the United States. The president’s executive order was aimed at deferring deportation of parents of American-born children and permanent residents, but […]
JERUSALEM—A top Israeli politician heads to prison after a long corruption scandal. Israel’s Supreme Court Tuesday partially overturned a bribery conviction against former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. His sentence was reduced from six years to 18 months in prison. Olmert expressed relief, saying a great burden has been lifted from his heart. The ex-prime minister, […]
WASHINGTON, DC – The three members of Alaska’s congressional delegation Monday filed an amicus curiae brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of Alaskan John Sturgeon, who is suing the National Park Service over being forced off the Nation River for using a hovercraft to hunt moose, something that he had been doing for decades. […]