Samuel A. Alito

IRVINE — A panel of law experts and media met at UC Irvine on Wednesday to discuss how the conservative-leaning U.S. Supreme Court has frequently come down on the liberal side of several major issues. The panel — consisting of Slate Senior...

A fundamental war has been waged in this nation since its founding, between progressive forces pushing us forward and regressive forces pulling us backward. We are going to battle once again. Progressives believe in openness, equal opportunity and...

GPS tracking: The Supreme Court justices seemed concerned by the potential of GPS devices to track people and their movements....

The sole dissenter in yesterday's Supreme Court decision upholding the right of Westboro Baptist Church members to protest near military funerals was Justice Samuel Alito. He insisted that Maryland's laws regulating such demonstrations confirms that...

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the First Amendment protects fundamentalist church members who mount attention-getting, anti-gay protests outside military funerals. The court voted 8-1 Wednesday in favor of Topeka's Westboro Baptist Church. The...

WASHINGTON -- Addressing a demand for economic answers, President Barack Obama will try to convince the American people and a divided Congress that he has a vision for speeding up job creation, promoting spending on the core of his agenda but promising to...

When it comes to freedom of speech nothing should be sacred and nothing should be profane. That’s just the way it is if, as Americans, we are to support the concept of the First Amendment — the first and most important — absolutely....

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the First Amendment protects fundamentalist church members who mount anti-gay protests outside military funerals, despite the pain they cause grieving families. The court voted 8-1 in favor of...