U.S. Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear arguments about the constitutionality of the criminal sanction provisions of the Texas Open Meetings Act, ending the long-running legal battle over a statute that prohibits government officials from talking about public business in private.

The Court also declined to hear a case involving a First Amendment defense to a penalty for disclosing sealed records.

Disregarding appeals made by The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press on behalf of nearly 50 news media organizations and the Senate Judiciary Committee, the U.S. Supreme Court did not allow live video or audio coverage in the courtroom today, when it announced its historic decision upholding President Obama’s health care overhaul law.

The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Montana ban on corporations’ political contributions today, reaffirming on the state level its 2010 ruling against federal regulations of corporate and union speech.

The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a Colorado man who claimed he was retaliated against for expressing his political opposition toward then Vice President Dick Cheney cannot sue U.S. Secret Service agents who believed they had probable cause to arrest him.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled this week that a plaintiff cannot collect damages for emotional distress for government violations of the federal Privacy Act.

Many news media organizations developed unprecedented methods to provide real-time coverage of this week’s historic arguments in the federal health care reform law cases, despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s rejection of requests for camera coverage of the proceedings.

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a case that questions the constitutionality of a statute which criminalizes false statements about the receipt of military medals.