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Obama To Supreme Court: Don't Go Back To New Deal Days

President Barack Obama said the U.S. Supreme Court has yet to strike down an economic law like the Affordable Care Act since before the New Deal.

Health Care Hearings Barely Change Opinion Of Supreme Court, Law: Poll

A poll showed more Americans still hold the same view of the U.S. Supreme Court and the Affordable Care Act despite last week's six hours of oral arguments in a high-profile case.

GSA Chief Quits Amid Reports Of US Agency's Lavish Conference Spending

Martha Johnson quit as administrator of the agency that monitors conference spending by other federal entities, saying taxpayer dollars were squandered on a 2010 conference that totaled $822,751.

President Barack Obama with Secretary of HHS Kathleen Sebelius

President Obama Takes A Shot At Supreme Court Over Healthcare

President Barack Obama took an opening shot at conservative justices on the Supreme Court on Monday, warning that a rejection of his sweeping healthcare law would be an act of judicial activism that Republicans say they abhor.

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Upper East Side Couple Sue Park Avenue Apartment Board For Cost of Takeout Meals

An Upper East Side couple is suing it's Park Avenue apartment's co-op board after the couple was forced to order $27,000 worth of takeout food while the building underwent gas maintenance for ten months. Beverly Taki, 66, and Louis Maione, 68, live in a $5 million apartment at 850 Park Avenue where they spend $5,700 for monthly maintenance. But after the B line to their apartment was shut off, the couple was unable to cook for close to a year, according to the NY Post.

Sen. Schumer: Supreme Court Would Be 'Most Activist In A Century' If It Overturned Health Care Law

Sen. Chuck Schumer, the No. 2 Democrat, brushed away concerns that the tough questioning of the health care law from the U.S. Supreme Court was a sign the justices would strike the law down.

What Supreme Court? President Obama Defends Healthcare Law, Skirts Debate

He didn't mention them by name, but they seemed to be on his mind. President Barack Obama defended his healthcare reform effort on Friday without mentioning the Supreme Court justices who hold the law's fate in their hands.

Global Business Groups Warn India Over Tax Plan Impact

International trade groups representing more than 250,000 companies have warned Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that new taxation proposals by his government have led foreign businesses to reconsider their investments.

Supreme Court Meets To Vote On Health Care Case

The Supreme Court met Friday -- in a regular, private conference -- to vote on the health care reform law case, but their ruling won't be released until June. Here's a look at the concerns potential swing votes Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Anthony Kennedy expressed during oral arguments.

Arkansas Court Strikes Down Ban on Student-Teacher Sex

Arkansas' Supreme Court struck down a state law that bans teachers from having sex with students for being unconstitutional as it applies to sex between teachers and students who are 18 or older.

Health Care Case: Top 5 - Relatively - Funny Moments

Justice Antonin Scalia lives up to his reputation as the funniest justice.

Human Rights Watch Releases Report On Afghan Women Jailed For 'Moral Crimes'

Human Rights Watch published a report Wednesday on approximately 400 Afghan women and girls imprisoned for moral crimes, calling upon the U.S. and coalition nations to pressure the Afghan government to end what it deems discriminatory laws against women.

EXCLUSIVE: Sandra Fluke Says Supreme Court Obamacare Outcome ‘Critical’ for Women

Georgetown law student and women issues advocate Sandra Fluke said she hopes that President Barack Obama's signature health care law is upheld in the Supreme Court because it is critical for women.

Jesse Joe Hernandez Yells 'Go Cowboys' At Execution: 10 Weirdest Last Words

The convicted sex offender and child killer was executed Wednesday for the murder of 10-month-old Karlos Borja, but Hernandez's death is really making headlines for his last words: a shout-out to his favorite football team. Read ten of the most unusual last words said by the condemned, from jokes about their impending execution to belligerent demands for different food and threats to return with the Rapture.

Two-Thirds Of Americans Back Universal Health Care: Poll

As a majority of the U.S. Supreme Court seemed ready to strike down President Barack Obama's health care law Wednesday, a new poll found that Americans supports its goals by 2 to 1.

Health Care Case: Conservative Justices Question Medicaid Expansion; Scalia Sees Robbery

The U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday grilled attorneys about the federal government's power to pull Medicaid funds from states that refuse to accept new enrollees who will be eligible under the health care law.

Health Care Case: Covering Uninsured Secures 'Blessings Of Liberty,' Says Obama Attorney

In closing arguments, Solicitor General Donald Verrilli discussed the human toll of the 40 million Americans uninsured.

Health Care Case: Justices Wary Of Getting Inside Congress' Head On Severability Issue

Supreme Court Justices seemed to bristle at the idea of figuring out what Congress intended for the Affordable Care Act if the insurance mandate was struck down.

James Carville: Overturning Obamacare Would Help Democrats

With all the talk about the Supreme Court case challenging President Barack Obama's health care legislation and the tough beating it took over the past few days, it's hard to sort through the policy and the politics.

Among Groups Rallying On Health Care Case, Religious Organizations Fall On Both Sides

Conservative religious leaders rail against socialized medicine as others argue providing health care to all Americans is a faithful action.

Cop Michael Pena Rape Trial: Judge Declares Mistrial After Jury Fails To Agree

The judge in charge of overseeing the trial of an off-duty police officer accused of raping a Manhattan teacher has declared a mistrial Wednesday as the jurors continued to disagree over two counts of rape charges.

Health Care 'Severabilty': Where The Supreme Court Justices Stand

On Wednesday, most of the justices seemed skeptical of the argument that the Affordable Care Act couldn't survive without its insurance-purchase mandate. Conservatives, however, leaned toward invalidating the entire law.

White House Defends Its Lawyer After Awkward Supreme Court Performance

Answering critics who portrayed his audiotaped performance as bumbling, the administration called Donald Verrilli an extraordinarily talented advocate in whom it has every confidence to advocate for the health care overhaul.

High Court Signals Mandate Could Be Split From Law

At issue in Wednesday's morning session was whether the Affordable Care Act should be scrapped altogether if the court determines that the law's requirement that Americans get medical insurance violates the Constitution.

Afghan female prisoners stand in their cell at a prison in Herat

Hundreds Of Afghan Women Languishing In Prison For 'Moral Crimes'

The government of President Hamid Karzai has failed in its duty to improve the rights of women in the country.

Individual Mandate Wouldn't Affect 94% Of Americans: Study

An Urban Institute analysis finds that the health care overhaul would compel only a fraction of the U.S. population to either buy new insurance or pay a fine. Most people would keep their current insurance, become eligible for a public insurance plan or be immune to any penalty.