Merrick Garland is President Obama’s nominee for the third vacancy on the US Supreme Court during his term, but he will face a tough slog to get confirmed by the US Senate.
Loved or hated, Scalia will be remembered for the opinions he wrote
Antonin Scalia, the longest-serving Supreme Court justice and one of its most conservative members, was found dead at a Texas resort of apparent natural causes on Saturday. He was 79.
A recent US Supreme Court decision could give this man a chance at a new life
Erik Jensen was 17 when he witnessed a friend kill his mom. That led to a life sentence in prison — but now the US Supreme Court may have given Jensen a chance at eventual release.
The SCOTUS ruling on mercury emissions stops years of momentum
In the US, momentum seemed to be building to take more aggressive steps to address climate change. Then the Supreme Court stepped in. Now — at least as regards limiting toxic mercury levels — it’s back to the drawing board for the EPA.
Which countries will follow America in legalizing gay marriage?
“This is really setting a trend towards an international movement where 20, 30 years ago the notion that same-sex couples could marry seemed crazy in a lot of places,” says BuzzFeed’s J. Lester Feder.
