On Feb. 1, 1790, the U.S. Supreme Court convened in New York City for its first session. Only three of the six justices were ...

Disability Rights Oregon sued Grants Pass on Thursday, accusing it of violating a state law requiring cities’ camping ...

The Supreme Court will hear arguments on a case that will affect whether the FBI can be held accountable for accidentally ...

Whatever its motivations, the 5th Circuit’s opinion has little to do with the reality of gun violence with which all ...

President Trump said birthright citizenship was created for children of former slaves but is no longer appropriate with ...

What began as a fairly low-key U.S. Supreme Court term has ratcheted up in significance in the past few months, with a host ...

For the second year, half of Supreme Court cases involve the federal government as respondents or petitioners, a novel trend ...

Attorney Alan Dershowitz said Monday that one question can help the U.S. Supreme Court avoid striking down President Donald ...

The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether states may reject religious charter schools from receiving public funding, ...

The Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider whether the state of Oklahoma may fund a proposed religious charter school, the ...

The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. So at the last conference, the ...

pointing to a 1974 Supreme Court decision that the Constitution’s equal protection clause does not prevent states from banning felons from voting. The appeals court said that previous decision ...