The Justice Department on Tuesday accused the Southern Poverty Law Center, a storied civil rights organization, of defrauding donors and stoking “racial hatred” through payments it made to informants working for a variety of hate groups.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the way for a soldier seriously wounded while attempting to thwart a suicide bombing in Afghanistan to sue a contractor that the military found was negligent in the incident.
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review the bid of Catholic preschools to participate in Colorado’s universal prekindergarten program even as they deny admission to the children of LGBTQ parents.
Since President Donald Trump tapped Todd Blanche, his former defense attorney, to temporarily lead the Justice Department this month, the message from those familiar with the president’s thinking has remained consistent: A permanent shot at the job of attorney general is Blanche’s to lose.
Supreme Court Justice Neil M. Gorsuch has been recognized for writing lofty—sometimes lengthy—judicial opinions on the country’s biggest issues.
The Supreme Court on Friday sided with oil giant Chevron, ruling that it can fight an environmental damage lawsuit in federal court—a decision that could affect the outcomes of nearly a dozen other lawsuits that make similar allegations about the oil and gas industry.
President Donald Trump said older, conservative Supreme Court justices might consider resigning while he is in office, invoking the case of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, whose refusal to leave impacted the balance of the court, as a cautionary tale.
The state of Maryland has reached a settlement agreement with the owner and the operator of the Dali cargo ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge two years ago, killing six construction workers, Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced Thursday.
The sharply conservative Supreme Court that President Donald Trump’s three appointees remade is the first since at least the 1950s to reject civil rights claims in a majority of cases involving women and minorities, according to a detailed analysis conducted for The Washington Post.
The Supreme Court on Monday cleared a path for Stephen K. Bannon’s effort, backed by the Justice Department, to dismiss his conviction for defying a congressional subpoena related to the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol.