The president's Supreme Court appointee joined the liberal justices in striking down a deportation law, but his predecessor likely would have agreed.

The Supreme Court's conservative justices were receptive to arguments Monday that public employees shouldn't be forced to pay union fees.

That Republicans are on the verge of repealing the law can be partly attributed to the tortured legal reasoning of Chief Justice John Roberts.

Three cases under consideration show how Big Business is using the court to tilt the law in its favor.