Sovereign immunity protects the state of Texas from a damages lawsuit by a prisoner who contends worship restrictions violated his rights under federal law, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled…
If Sandra Day O’Connor is going to hear federal appellate court cases, she shouldn’t advocate for public policy matters, the Associated Press reports critics are saying about…
Twitter was abuzz Thursday after U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s revelations that he’s an active user of the popular social media platform.
Breyer revealed his Twitter and Facebook activities…
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether prison officials violated the Fourth Amendment rights of a wrongly arrested New Jersey man who was strip searched after a traffic…
The U.S. Supreme Court has reinstated the death sentence for a man convicted in a Los Angeles double murder, despite evidence that his trial lawyer had failed to introduce evidence…
The U.S. Supreme Court has dismissed an establishment clause challenge to a tax credit program that helps fund scholarships at religious schools, ruling that the taxpayers who sued don’t have…
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