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Hobby Lobby
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear both Hobby Lobby’s and one other company’s challenges to the contraception mandate in the Affordable Care Act
Does the First Amendment extend to corporate religious beliefs and conduct? The Supreme Court is being asked to decide
Supreme Court to decide whether to tackle religious liberty, contraception mandate
Texas
The Supreme Court refused 5-4 to block the new Texas abortion law, permitting it to take effect
Professor Rick Hasen shares his thoughts on the Supreme Court’s refusal to block the Texas abortion law
The Current Term
Why do some cases settle outside the Supreme Court even after cert is granted, like the recent case out of Mount Holly? SCOTUSblog explores the subject
Case of “I heart boobies” bracelets may head to the Supreme Court
Supreme Court gets ‘sensitive’ jobs plea relating to government workers and national security
How will the Supreme Court rule on the upcoming pollution cases?
The Court
A salute to retired Clerk of the Supreme Court William K. Suter
Justice Sotomayor speaks to students at American University’s Washington College of Law
Justice Sotomayor spoke at American University and called for more diversity of background on the Supreme Court
Harvard Business Review’s profile of former justice Sandra Day O’Connor
What does the Senate’s vote to end filibusters for judicial nominees have to do with the Supreme Court? Not much – yet
The blogs Justice Kagan checks daily
The Constitution Center provides a tour of the Constitution in this one-hour podcast
Harvard Law Review published its annual Supreme Court Issue
Grades 3-5 lesson plan: What makes a court supreme?