Nina Totenberg

The case involved a Miami woman named Sila Luis, who was accused of fraudulently obtaining $45 million through Medicare and banking fraud.

The case, heard last week, tests the religious liberty claims against the Obamacare mandate for birth control in all health insurance plans.

A 4-4 vote in the Supreme Court means union opponents have failed, for now, to reverse a longstanding decision that allows states to mandate "fair share" fees from nonunion workers.

The 4-4 vote means union opponents have failed, for now, to reverse a long-standing decision that allows states to mandate "fair share" fees from nonunion workers.

The Supreme Court nominee has a long list of past opinions, but the court he has sat on for nearly two decades has rarely weighed in on controversial issues.

The vice president said Obama's pick of Merrick Garland for the Supreme Court was a deliberate effort. "We've reached out," Biden said. "Who do you want?"

Vice President Biden spoke Thursday on the Senate's refusal to hold hearings on the nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, touching on his past statements on election year appointments.

The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a case challenging an Obamacare provision on birth control coverage on religious freedom grounds.

Religious schools and other nonprofits like the Littler Sisters of the Poor say the government's workaround for birth control still imposes a burden on their freedom.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed without dissent that a controversial gun law permitting citizens to keep a gun for self-defense also applies to a stun gun.

In an interview with NPR, the president says Senate Republicans owe it to the Founding Fathers to give Judge Merrick Garland a Supreme Court confirmation vote.

President Obama's Supreme Court nominee will meet with senators on Thursday. Most Senate Republicans had vowed to halt Obama's nomination, but some now appear more welcoming than the majority.

President Obama said Wednesday he would nominate Judge Merrick Garland to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left when Justice Antonin Scalia died. We learn more about Garland and his judicial record.

President Obama is announcing his nomination to the Supreme Court on Wednesday: Judge Merrick Garland. Will the Senate stick to its position that it won't act on any nomination?

Merrick Garland, a judge with 18 years' experience, was not the first choice of liberals. But President Obama hopes his ability to win over conservatives will extend to the Supreme Court.

President Obama will announce his choice of a successor to late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia at 11 a.m. ET.

Who's in the running to fill the vacant seat on the Supreme Court? An announcement could come this week.

President Obama is said to be interviewing candidates to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

President Obama has begun interviewing candidates to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by the late Justice Antonin Scalia.

President Obama has begun interviewing candidates for the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.

Sources close to the process say that among those being interviewed are Chief Judge Merrick Garland of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia; Judge Sri Srinivasan, of ...