ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Friday rejected a last-ditch appeal by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to drop a contempt charge against him for refusing to obey its order to reopen old corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari. Read full article > >

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Pakistan’s high court rejects prime minister’s appeal to block contempt charge

The Supreme Court is to hear a case challenging the way councils in England can consider their finances when assessing people for social care.

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Court hears social care challenge

Seven justices at the UK Supreme Court start to hear arguments by lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange against his extradition to Sweden.

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Assange case before Supreme Court

Julian Assange was set to appear on Wednesday at Britain’s Supreme Court to appeal an order approving his extradition to Sweden.

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Julian Assange of WikiLeaks to Appeal Extradition at British Supreme Court

The Supreme Court’s decision last week regarding GPS tracking of criminal suspects was a very big deal for Antoine Jones, a D.C. nightclub owner and convicted drug dealer who saw his conviction overturned. Read full article > >

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Supreme Court has shown unity, but little guidance

Abortion is an issue that evokes passion on both sides, and journalists have to be deft in covering it lest their in-boxes overflow with angry e-mails. So it was this week with the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion in 1973 and the accompanying March for Life that has taken place here every January since. Read full article > >

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An incomplete picture of the March for Life

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that putting a tracking device on a suspect’s car violated his rights, although they differed on why.

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Police Use of G.P.S. Is Ruled Unconstitutional

Pakistan’s Supreme Court has inserted itself as the third player in a bruising confrontation between military and civilian leaders at a time when Pakistan faces a dizzying array of threats.

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Pakistan High Court Widens Role and Stirs Fears

In a ruling that could affect House races, the Supreme Court found that a lower court had not paid enough deference to a plan drawn up by the Republican-controlled Legislature.

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The Caucus: Justices Block Election Maps Drawn by Court in Texas

The Supreme Court Wednesday ordered a new hearing for an Alabama death-row inmate who missed a critical appeals deadline because his lawyers at a prestigious New York law firm ceased to represent him without telling him or court officials. Read full article > >

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Supreme Court: Alabama death-row inmate Cory Maples should get new hearing

Pakistan’s Supreme Court issues a contempt order against Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, raising fresh tensions between the government, courts and army.

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Pakistan PM faces contempt charge

The Supreme Court found a “ministerial exception” to employment discrimination laws, saying religious groups must be free to choose leaders without government interference.

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Justices Recognize ‘Ministerial Exception’ to Job Discrimination Laws

Advancing technology, the coarsening culture and even the bare classical figures that adorn the Supreme Court’s ornate courtroom came into play Tuesday as the justices debated whether the government should retain the power to monitor the public airwaves for profanity and nudity. Read full article > >

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Supreme Court weighs technology, culture in FCC power to monitor airwaves

Congress was “well within” its constitutional powers when it decided that the way to resolve a crisis in health-care costs and coverage was to mandate that Americans obtain insurance or pay a fine, the Obama administration told the Supreme Court on Friday. The government filed its opening brief in the battle over the 2010 health-care overhaul, which has become the most controversial accomplishment of President Obama’s domestic agenda. Its resolution will define the court’s term. Read full article > >

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Administration to high court: Congress acted within rights on health-care law

Comments by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. amounted to a vigorous defense of two of his colleagues on the Supreme Court, Justices Clarence Thomas and Elena Kagan.

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Chief Justice Backs Peers’ Decision to Hear Health Law Case