In their landmark decision, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, five activist Supreme Court justices abolished a century of campaign-finance laws designed to curb the Gilded-Age robber barons’ power to corrupt the political process. One overturned law, barring corporate financing of federal legislation, was signed by President Teddy Roosevelt in 1907. This Tillman Act was a response to the 1896 election of President McKinley, who overwhelmed his Democratic opponent with corporate money.

WASHINGTON - A new Supreme Court term opened today as a former Nazi concentration camp guard lost an appeal over the government's decision to revoke his U.S. citizenship.

It is said that hard cases make bad law, and that seems to be the case with Brigham City v. Stuart, in which a 9-0 U.S. Supreme Court made it a little easier for police officers to enter a home without a warrant or without knocking and announcing themselves.

President Barack Obama is considering a mix of more than six Supreme Court candidates that is top-heavy with women and Hispanics, a group that features three judges, a governor, his homeland security secretary and his solicitor general.

The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that police officers aren’t allowed to search a vehicle without a warrant, if a suspect has been arrested and the scene has been secured.

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court dealt a setback Tuesday to abortion clinics in a two-decade-old legal fight over abortion protests, ruling that federal extortion and racketeering laws cannot be used to ban demonstrations.

WASHINGTON - President Bush, stung by the collapse of his previous choice, nominated veteran judge Samuel Alito on Monday in a bid to reshape the Supreme Court and mollify conservatives.

Gov. Jan Brewer said Monday she is resigned to not being able to choose whoever she wants to be Arizona’s next Supreme Court justice.

WASHINGTON - President Bush, stung by the rejection of his first choice, will nominate conservative judge Samuel Alito to replace moderate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor in a bid to reshape the Supreme Court and mollify his political base, officials said Monday.

WASHINGTON - President Bush nominated White House counsel Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court on Monday, turning to a lawyer who has never been a judge to replace Sandra Day O'Connor and help reshape the nation's judiciary.

During the week of June 25, the Justices handed down two important and questionable rulings. One which left Arizona twisting in the wind when it eviscerated our SB 1070, and another which may have sent our nation into the abyss of socialism or fascism. Perhaps even communism.

PHOENIX — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's appeal of a ruling that criticized a decision by his jail officers to force pink underwear onto a mentally ill inmate who erroneously believed jailers were trying to rape him.

The U.S. Supreme Court will consider how far Arizona -- and other states -- can go in requiring voters to prove citizenship when registering.

When Paul Clement walks into the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday he’s going to try to convince at least five justices that Arizona has an inherent right to enforce federal immigration laws.

When Paul Clement walks into the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday he’s going to try to convince at least five justices that Arizona has an inherent right to enforce federal immigration laws.

Arizona can punish employers who are found guilty of knowingly hiring undocumented workers, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

State officials will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to let Arizona begin enforcing the immigration law enacted last year.

State officials will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to let Arizona begin enforcing the immigration law enacted last year.

The future of a key provision of the state’s public financing of elections laws could depend on whether the U.S. Supreme Court believes it deters anyone from spending money on behalf of others.

A lawsuit bearing the name of state Senator-elect John McComish (R-Ahwatukee Foothills), will be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court early next year.

The U.S. Supreme Court blocked the state on Tuesday from distributing matching funds to candidates, sharply changing the rules of the game in the middle of this year’s election campaign.

In their landmark decision, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, five activist Supreme Court justices abolished a century of campaign-finance laws designed to curb the Gilded-Age robber barons’ power to corrupt the political process. One overturned law, barring corporate financing of federal legislation, was signed by President Teddy Roosevelt in 1907. This Tillman Act was a response to the 1896 election of President McKinley, who overwhelmed his Democratic opponent with corporate money.

On paper, the issue the U.S. Supreme Court will take up Monday is simple: should Arizona lawmakers be forced to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to comply with a judge’s ruling that they do more to ensure students learn English?