Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has presented the rebuttal argument in Obama v. Supreme Court. Roberts's remarks Tuesday protested the timing of President Obama's State of the Union disapproval of the court's decision in a major campaign finance case. It has begun Round Two in what appears to be a growing inclination from the White House and Democrats in Congress to criticize the court's decisions. (more)

CBS legal correspondent Jan Crawford doesn’t go quite that far, but she gets pretty close when she admits at the end that Barack Obama “overstated” the impact of Citizens United v FEC. (more)

By FITSNews || The U.S. Supreme Court struck down federal limits on corporate political spending Thursday, rebuking the central provision of a campaign finance reform bill passed eight years ago and dramatically altering the 2010 electoral landscape in favor of free speech. The 5-4 ruling in the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission is a victory for supporters of the First Amendment (like us) and a stinking rebuke for Republican Sen. John McCain, who partnered with Democratic Senator Russ Fei... (more)

Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., administered the Constitutional Oath to Judge Sonia Sotomayor in a private ceremony in the Justices’ Conference Room on Saturday August 8, 2009. Mrs. Celina Sotomayor, the mother of the new Associate Justice, held the family Bible during the ceremony. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy was the only other member of the court in attendance. (more)

I don’t think there was any question she’d become a Justice, but I think it is surprising that more Republicans didn’t vote for. Especially John McCain. (more)

In his speech on the Senate floor, McCain said that Sotomayor's excellent resume and compelling personal story alone do not qualify her for the high court. He accused the judge of attempting "to walk back from her long public record of judicial activism during her confirmation hearings," adding, "Judge Sotomayor cannot change her record." (more)

In a past national election, a uniformed hate group stood outside a polling place with a two-foot-long police nightstick in hand, screaming racial epithets and threats in a successful effort to prevent citizens from voting and poll watchers from doing their jobs. The Department of Justice investigated, the career counsel approved the institution of a civil complaint, and one was brought. (more)

New Haven firefighter Frank Ricci, whose reverse discrimination claim is at the center of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's most controversial ruling, now finds himself in the cross hairs of the judge's supporters. (more)

The U.S. Supreme Court sided Monday with white firefighters in a workplace discrimination lawsuit, a divisive case over the role race should play in job advancement. The Supreme Court in a 5-4 ruling backs firefighters in a reverse discirmination case. (more)