Same-sex marriage among last 5 Supreme Court cases
The right of same-sex couples to marry is the biggest of five cases still to be decided.
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Supreme Court rules in favor of gay marriage nationwide
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the U.S. Constitution provides same-sex couples the right to marry, handing a historic triumph to the American gay rights movement. The court ruled 5-4 that the Constitution’s guarantees of due process and equal protection under the law mean that states cannot ban same-sex marriages. With the ruling, gay marriage will become legal in all 50 states.
U.S. top court rules for white supremacist over sentencing
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday threw out part of a tough federal criminal sentencing law for being overly broad in a ruling that backed a Minnesota white supremacist who challenged his sentence on a firearms crime. The court ruled in favor of Samuel Johnson, who was given 15 years in prison for illegally possessing a firearm. The justices found on a 6-3 vote that a sentencing provision of the
Obama to deliver eulogy Friday for slain South Carolina pastor
By David Adams CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – South Carolina will take a step forward in healing the wounds of last week’s mass shooting when President Barack Obama arrives on Friday to deliver the eulogy for the pastor of the historic church where the attack took place. Reverend Clementa Pinckney, a widely admired state senator and pastor of Charleston’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, was among the nine people who died
2015 NBA draft winners and losers
One former NBA player believes New York Knicks fans will regret booing his ex-teammate, Kristaps Porzingis.
Timberwolves select Karl-Anthony Towns with No. 1 pick in NBA draft
There might not have been a promise in place, but there’s no longer any question that Flip Saunders sees immense, franchise-changing promise in the 6-foot-11-inch, 250-pound frame of Karl-Anthony Towns.
Live: What does the SCOTUS Obamacare ruling mean?
Katie Couric and guests break down the significance of the Supreme Court’s ruling.
Supreme Court upholds Obamacare subsidies
The Supreme Court spared a key part of President Barack Obama’s signature law in a 6-3 decision Thursday, ruling that the federal government may continue to subsidize health insurance in the dozens of states that did not set up their own exchanges.
Supreme Court upholds discrimination claims in housing case
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A divided U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday embraced a broad interpretation of the type of civil rights allegations that can be made under the landmark Fair Housing Act by ruling that the law allows for discrimination claims based on seemingly neutral practices that may have a discriminatory effect. On a 5-4 vote in a major civil rights case, the court handed a victory to
The Obama legacy on race
When future historians look back on Obama’s presidency and try to understand his place in America’s racial evolution, they will almost certainly zero in on the one he gave Marc Maron in the comedian’s southern California garage last week, in which Obama dared to publicly utter the most explosive racial epithet in American life.