All sides are waiting for a federal appeals court in Washington to make a procedural decision over a four-word phrase.

The U.S. Supreme Courts conservative majority is back to being the conservative majority.

The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to affirmative action, upholding a voter-approved ban on racial preferences at Michigans state-run universities in a decision that may spur similar initiatives elsewhere.

The justices today left intact rulings by two federal trial judges in the nations capital that the administration wasnt violating the rights of the diocese, Catholic University and eight religious groups.

The U.S. Supreme Court decided in favor of the Obama administration in a dispute over taxes on severance compensation, overturning a lower court decision that could have forced the IRS to refund more than $1 billion.

A divided U.S. Supreme Court debated whether companies can assert religious rights, hearing arguments in an ideological clash over President Barack Obamas health-care law and rules that promote contraceptive coverage.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Obama administration in a dispute over taxes on severance compensation, issuing a decision that may block more than $1 billion in refund claims.

The Hobby Lobby case focuses on the First Amendments separate guarantee of free exercise of religion, along with a 1993 federal religious-rights law.