The US Supreme Court prepares to consider yet another highly politically charged case – this time over Arizona’s controversial immigration law.

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Top US court to weigh migrant law

Tamar Jacoby says SB 1070 should fall, but if the Supreme Court lets it stand, it should also free states to experiment with policies that combine enforcement with practial approaches

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Opinion: What if states make policy?

The Supreme Court is poised to decide whether Arizona can enforce its controversial immigration law over the strong objections of the Obama administration. Oral arguments will be held Wednesday.

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Arizona appeal goes to Supreme Court

Many states are watching to see if the Supreme Court upholds Arizona’s tough law directed at those who cross the border illegally.

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States Await Supreme Court Hearing on Arizona Immigration Law

The Supreme Court spends a vast amount of time on one question. To paraphrase Freud: What does Congress want ? The ambiguities, contradictions and unaddressed consequences in federal statutes keep the court in business. And in interpreting Congress’s work, justices employ all manner of tools, including other statutes, the court’s own precedents and sometimes a good dictionary. Read full article > >

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Supreme Court lawyers cautious when offering one specific piece of evidence

While browsing around the Pew polling site this morning — and, yes, we do a fair amount of that — we came across a chart on the Supreme Court that reminded us, for the billionth time, that assuming the average person follows the back and forth of Washington as closely as we do is a major mistake. Read full article > >

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The most amazing Supreme Court chart. Maybe ever.

The charge of judicial activism that has long motivated Republican voters could become useful for Democrats, strategists in both parties suggest.

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This Election, Supreme Court Could Rally Democrats

The Supreme Court in Chile has approved a plan to build a hydroelectric complex in the Patagonian wilderness, dismissing concerns by environmentalists.

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Chile court gives dam green light

If the individual mandate falls, the Washington health policy community is left with a difficult question: What policy, that isn’t a tax penalty, could stand in its place? Some might say the question is moot. If the Supreme Court rules against the mandate, congressional Republicans will never permit the Obama administration to repair the battered law. But it might not be up to them. If the mandate is overturned but the rest of the law stands, many states might go looking for policy solutions to stabilize the health-care markets that they set up under the Affordable Care Act, but that are now missing the steadying influence of the mandate. And they’ll probably start with a 2011 Government Accountability Office report that lays out nine alternatives to the individual mandate. Read full article > >

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What happens if the individual mandate falls

A federal judge on Tuesday expressed concern over President Obama’s comments on the Supreme Court’s consideration of the health-care law and demanded a letter explaining whether Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. believes federal judges have the authority to strike down federal laws. Read full article > >

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Judge tells Justice Dept.: Clarify remarks on judicial activism amid health-care debate

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that those arrested for even minor violations may be strip-searched before being admitted to jail, saying safety concerns outweigh personal privacy rights. The court’s conservatives ruled against a New Jersey man who was strip-searched after being mistakenly arrested on an outstanding warrant. Read full article > >

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Supreme Court upholds jail strip searches, including for minor offenses

There was something rather unsettling in President Obama’s preemptive strike on the Supreme Court at Monday’s news conference. “I’d just remind conservative commentators that for years what we’ve heard is the biggest problem on the bench is judicial activism or a lack of judicial restraint — that an unelected group of people would somehow overturn a duly constituted and passed law,” Obama said. “Well, here’s a good example. And I’m pretty confident that this court will recognize that, and not take that step.” Read full article > >

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Ruth Marcus: Obama’s unsettling attack on the Supreme Court

If Obamacare is overturned by Supreme Court.

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Mass. Health Law to Be Challenged?

In making their arguments to the Supreme Court about the health law, advocates tried to win over Justice Anthony M. Kennedy by invoking one of his most valued principles: liberty.

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News Analysis: Justice Anthony M. Kennedy May Be Key to Health Law Ruling

If the usual process occurs, the justices of the Supreme Court will gather around a large rectangular table Friday morning and, one by one, cast their votes on the constitutionality of President Obama’s health-care law. Read full article > >

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The Supreme Court will decide on the health-care law soon. It will tell you later.