Articles
The Deciders
When it comes to surveillance and national-security leaks, what's protected by the Constitution, what isn't--and what's changing? Our modern debates over speech...
Supreme Court to Hear N.J. Housing Discrimination Case
(WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to take another dispute involving race, deciding whether people must prove they were victims of intentional...
Arizona Law Requiring Proof of Citizenship for Voters Struck Down
(WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court says states cannot require would-be voters to prove they are U.S. citizens before using a federal registration system designed...
New Anti-Demonstration Rule at Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has come up with a new regulation banning demonstrations on its grounds, two days after a broader anti-demonstration law was declared...
Supreme Court Rules that Synthetic Genes Can Be Patented, Natural Genes Cannot
The high court ruled that genes naturally found in the body cannot be patented, but that synthetically created genetic material, called cDNA, can be patented.
Photo Essays
LIFE and Civil Rights: Segregation in 1956 South Carolina
In late 1956, over the course of several months, LIFE published what the magazine itself described as “a series of major articles on the background of the crisis...
Love Supreme: An Interracial Romance Triumphs in 1960s Virginia
On March 18, 1966, LIFE magazine published a feature under the quietly chilling headline, “The Crime of Being Married.” The article, illustrated with photographs...
Time.com Specials
The 13 Best Tweets About the Supreme Court's Health Care Ruling
Looks like a little snark is just what the doctor ordered
Top 10 Landmark Supreme Court Cases
It has been 10 years since the concluding chapter of the 2000 election. On Dec. 12, 2000, the Supreme Court decided Bush v. Gore — just one decision in a long...
