SUPREME COURT

Sri Srinivasan, mentioned as a possible replacement for Antonin Scalia on the U.S. Supreme Court, has ties that worry some environmentalists.

The justice died just days before the Supreme Court was to consider a lawsuit to overturn cannabis legalization in Colorado.

The House speaker said the Senate has a right to oppose a president's nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Hillary Clinton made her opinions about filling the Scalia Supreme Court vacancy known Monday night.

In 2008, the Republican senator argued for leniency for former President George W. Bush's Supreme Court appointees. He's not doing the same for Obama.

Republican senators may delay confirmation of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s successor, but any postponement might severely impact pending cases.

Sri Srinivasan, who has served on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals since May 2013, would be the first Indian-American justice of the country’s highest federal court.

A GOP pledge to block President Obama from nominating a successor to Justice Scalia could have a huge impact on 2016 and beyond.

U.S. Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush, as well as presidential candidates, offered their condolences Saturday.

A group of 26 states filed a lawsuit with the court, accusing the president of abusing his authority by circumventing Congress.

The company slashed its investment plan for the five years through 2019 by about a fourth to offset falling crude oil prices.

Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, said he will be praying during President Barack Obama's last State of the Union address.

Citing disparities between state and federal law, the state's chief justice said gays and lesbians can be denied marriage licenses.

A California case coming before the Supreme Court on Jan. 11 could overturn the power of labor unions to charge mandatory dues.

Republican-leaning states want the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold an injunction against the president's executive order.

Ted Cruz told donors in a closed-door New York City meeting that banning same-sex marriage wouldn't be a top priority for his administration.

The U.S. solicitor general urged the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday against hearing Nebraska and Oklahoma's case against Colorado's pot laws.

The court said sharing a single name was a central aspect of the Japanese family unit, but it struck down a law prohibiting women from remarrying within six months of a divorce.

During Wednesday's Supreme Court hearing on affirmative action, Justice Antonin Scalia said he believes admissions polices that consider race harm minority students by sending them to schools that are too challenging.

Each day that President Barack Obama's immigration executive actions are delayed, New York City stands to lose $100,000, the Cities United for Immigration Action coalition says.

Laws that conflict with the Bible should be opposed peacefully, Marco Rubio said, in a TV interview.