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Supreme Court ruling may not ease shortage of drugs used for lethal injection

Supreme Court ruling may not ease shortage of drugs used for lethal injection

Robert King · June 30, 2015 4:01 am

Opponents of a measure requiring nearly all California school children to be vaccinated gathered on the west steps of the Capitol after lawmakers approved the bill, in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, June 25, 2015. (AP Photo)Â

California advances bill to force vaccinations

Robert King · June 29, 2015 9:24 pm

In this Feb. 26, 2015 file photo, college students and abortion rights activists hold signs during a rally on the steps of the Texas Capitol, in Austin, Texas. The Supreme Court refused on Monday, June 29, 2015, to allow Texas to enforce restrictions that would force 10 abortion clinics to close. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Supreme Court halts Texas abortion law

Robert King · June 29, 2015 8:22 pm

Justices Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg asked the court to consider whether the entire death penalty violates the Constitution.Â (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Liberal justices seek repeal of death penalty

Robert King · June 29, 2015 3:43 pm

A lethal injection chamber at the State Penitentiary in Lincoln, Neb. (AP Photo/Nate Jenkins)

Supreme Court OKs use of lethal injection drug

Robert King · June 29, 2015 2:10 pm

Spending is growing faster than right before Obamacare started but slower than in the decade preceding it. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Many states unlikely to create own exchanges

Robert King · June 27, 2015 4:01 am

In a victory for gun rights advocates, the Supreme Court ruled that possession of a modified shotgun is not considered a violent felony under federal law. (Wikipedia)

Supreme Court rules for gun rights advocates in modified shotgun case

Robert King · June 26, 2015 4:07 pm

Supporters of the Affordable Care Act celebrate outside the Supreme Court, Thursday, June 25. 2015. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Ruling may eliminate ‘wiggle room’ for future administrations

Robert King · June 25, 2015 7:21 pm

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf speaks during the Philadelphia GradNation Community Summit Friday, June 12, 2015, at the The Chemical Heritage Foundation in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Pennsylvania scraps Obamacare exchange after Court ruling

Robert King · June 25, 2015 4:49 pm

Plaintiffs in the landmark King v. Burwell subsidies case called the Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling against them a "tragedy for the rule of law in our country." (AP Photo)

Plaintiffs call ruling a blow to ‘rule of law’

Robert King · June 25, 2015 3:56 pm

Obamacare's tax credits have been upheld, but if younger and higher-income people don't start enrolling in the health exchanges it may not matter, experts say.Â (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Obamacare suffers from enrollment problems: Experts

Robert King · June 25, 2015 3:32 pm

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, was unbowed after the Supreme Court upheld Obamacare subsidies in a major victory Thursday for the White House. (AP Photo)

Sen. Orrin Hatch undaunted by Obamacare ruling

Robert King · June 25, 2015 2:47 pm