Lawrence Hurley

A knight randomly appeared outside the Supreme Court on the day of the abortion ruling. He said he was promoting Magna Carta. Continue reading Photo of the year

President Barack Obama’s administration was on the winning side in a couple of big cases in the Supreme Court term that just ended, namely affirmative action and abortion. But also had a couple of big setbacks on immigration and climate change policy. Read on. Continue reading Obama didn’t get all his own way at the Supreme Court

I went on C-Span to discuss the Supreme Court’s big decisions on immigration and affirmative action. Here’s the vid. Continue reading Discussing immigration and affirmative action

Check out this preview of the Supreme Court term, featuring yours truly, via Reuters TV #SCOTUS back in action: http://t.co/OttuJkGv0m — Reuters TV (@ReutersTV) October 5, 2015 For more on the coming term, take a look at these Reuters stories: Supreme Court tackles hot social issues as 2016 election looms U.S. Supreme Court’s business docket … Continue reading Supreme Court back in business

Here’s a clip of me on C-SPAN taking viewer calls on the big Supreme Court rulings of the term that just ended and looking a bit ahead to next term. Continue reading It’s a wrap

The Supreme Court’s 2014 term is over, with the court issuing a flurry of major rulings on same-sex marriage, Obamacare, the death penalty and housing discrimination, among others. Here are a few of the stories I wrote on some of the biggest cases and the court as a whole toward the end of the term: … Continue reading Looking back on a major Supreme Court term

The 2013-2014 Supreme Court term is over. Here are a few stories I wrote that touch upon some of the key rulings and themes: U.S. birth control ruling fuels battle over corporate rights [story] U.S. justices uphold firms’ religious objections to contraception [story] U.S. Supreme Court’s milestone ruling protects cellphone privacy [story] U.S. high court … Continue reading Supreme Court term round-up