Dan Rivoli

The U.S. Supreme Court Monday reached a landmark decision in a case pitting privacy against law enforcement use of GPS technology. But does the ruling go far enough to prevent George Orwell's 1984 scenario?

One protester was arrested inside the Supreme Court.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Friday reaffirmed his support of overturning a key provision of the Voting Rights Act.

Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels is expected to talk about the debt crisis and the deficit in the Republicans' response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address.

Results from eight precincts are missing, preventing Iowa GOP officials from declaring Santorum the winner, according to the Des Moines Register.

In the midst of a battle over SOPA, the controversial anti-piracy legislation, the Supreme Court backed Congress' authority to take foreign works out of the public domain.

If Mitt Romney grabs the GOP presidential nod, he would be the first Republican candidate in decades to take hard line on immigration policies that Latinos support.

A new report from Brookings Institute shows President Barack Obama faces more federal judicial vacancies than he can keep up with and a longer confirmation process for his choices.

The National Federation of Independent Business is challenging President Barack Obama's controversial recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board.

Art Laffer is named in a lawsuit from a group of investors who say he lent his name to investment funds that ran a Ponzi scheme through a talk radio business.

A group that represents CEOs of major U.S. corporations, including Citigroup, defended the SEC's settlement with the financial giant that allowed the company to avoid admitting any liability or wrongdoing in a securities fraud case.

A group of more than 500 state lawmakers from around the country argue in a court brief that the Affordable Care Act fits into Founding Fathers' vision of a strong federal government to address the nation's problems.

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel said in a legal memo that the Senate was unable to perform its constitutional duties on presidential nominees, despite holding "pro forma" sessions aimed at blocking recess appointments.

Legendary rock band The Velvet Underground sued Andy Warhol's foundation for trademark infringement over a banana logo the late artist created for the band's debut album.

The Republican National Committee said in a court filing that a ban on direct corporate contributions to candidates should be struck down so political parties can compete with Super PACs.

President Barack Obama Tuesday delivered remarks to the Environmental Protection Agency's staff.

Two foreign citizens who reside legally in the U.S. failed in their attempt to overturn a ban on political spending from non-citizens on free speech grounds.

The Supreme Court revisits a 34-year-old decision about George Carlin0's infamous Filthy Words monologue that allowed the Federal Communications Commission to start regulating indecency on broadcast programming.

A group of Republican senators said in a court brief that the Affordable Care Act must be entirely struck down should the individual mandate be deemed unconstitutional.

General Electric (GE) and a slew of trade groups for the oil, agriculture and manufacturing industries are supporting a family seeking to challenge Environmental Protection Agency authority.

Defendant companies that are convicted in criminal cases or plea to charges will no longer be able to make deals with the Securities and Exchange Commission without admitting or denying allegations.

Group says that it will petition the U.S. Supreme Court to take its challenge to Montana's century-old ban on corporate political spending.

The FBI's outdated definition of rape excluded from federal crime reports cases involving a male victim, oral and anal penetration, and non-forcible sexual assault.

This Congress is the first one without a Kennedy since President John F. Kennedy left the Senate in 1960.

The president's recess appointment power under the Constitution is not without its ambiguities, and the president's use of this power in light of these ambiguities has given rise to significant political and legal controversy since the beginning of the Republic.

Republicans are raging over the process in which President Barack Obama appointed Richard Cordray as head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. But the howling could strengthen Obama's re-election campaign.

Richard Cordray's short time as Ohio's attorney general earned him national recognition as a Wall Street watchdog.

The Montana Supreme Court rejected an attempt to overturn a state ban on corporate political spending in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United decision.

Chief Justices John Roberts focused his year-end report on ethics at the nation's high court amid calls for Justices Elena Kagan and Clarence Thomas to recuse themselves from the health care law case.