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Constitutional lawyer blasts opponents of Citizens United ruling

Jones Day partner Michael Carvin, a conservative constitutional lawyer, blasted opponents of the controversial Citizens United ruling at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday. “I know this has provoked a lot of rhetorical excess and severe criticism, which I must say I find quite puzzling because all Citizens United…

Supreme Court will take up Obama’s Affordable Care Act

The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it would weigh the legality of President Barack Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in the first few months of next year. The court will decide whether the health reforms can legally mandate Americans to purchase private insurance policies, among other items…

Health care reform tops Supreme Court docket

WASHINGTON — Profanity on television, police use of GPS without a warrant, and the status of Jerusalem on passports are grist for the new US Supreme Court session opening Monday, but the main event will be President Barack Obama’s landmark health care reform. The nine justices on the highest court…