U.S. Supreme Court

Oct 21, 2015

Appeals judges weigh cases challenging home-care union law

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A new union that has already negotiated benefits and working conditions for thousands of Minnesota personal care attendants came under new pressure Wednesday as federal appeals judges heard a pair of cases aimed at disbanding the labor unit. In back-to-back hearings on separate lawsuits with the same goal, two 8th ...

Jul 29, 2015

Sorting out ‘fair housing’ ruling and new rules

The Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, housing authorities and developers may have to think more critically about where to locate affordable housing.

Jun 26, 2015

Supreme Court extends same-sex marriage nationwide

The court's 5-4 ruling means the remaining 14 states, in the South and Midwest, will have to stop enforcing their bans on same-sex marriage.

Jun 25, 2015

Supreme Court upholds nationwide health care law subsidies

The outcome is the second major victory for Obama in politically charged Supreme Court tests of his most significant domestic achievement.

Jan 21, 2015

What does Obamacare look like over long run?

What we've learned so far about the Affordable Care Act is less than you'd think.

Aug 13, 2014

Party polarization and the courts

The U.S. Supreme Court term that ended in June is just one example of how polarization is undermining confidence in the judiciary and turning that branch of the government into just another partisan body torn by politics.

Jul 18, 2014

Gay marriage faces small-business backlash

What's at stake following the Hobby Lobby Supreme Court decision is how the country will reconcile deep-seated disagreements over competing rights to religious exercise, free speech and equal treatment.

Jul 11, 2014

Will ruling upend 2 organizing drives?

The Harris v. Quinn decision will be felt in Minnesota, where two labor groups are working to organize both home care workers and in-home day care workers through a union election.

Jul 11, 2014

Testing the reach of Hobby Lobby ruling

Eight lawsuits in Minnesota are poised to ride the U.S. Supreme Court ruling’s coattails.

Jul 9, 2014

Schultz: Hobby Lobby and the Republican war against government

The Supreme Court decision is more about a continuing war against government regulation that will prove to be a public administrator’s nightmare, making it difficult to implement not just the Affordable Care Act (ACA) but perhaps thousands of other state and federal laws.

Jul 3, 2014