In the wake of reports Thursday night that Justice David Souter has told the White House he plans to retire from the Supreme Court, attention will turn immediately…
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, often a swing voter in voting rights cases, asked 17 questions yesterday as the U.S. Supreme Court considered a provision requiring some jurisdictions to get voting…
Last year, when law professor Joel Reidenberg wanted to show his Fordham University class how readily private information is available on the Internet, he assigned a group…
A lawyer for a death-row inmate with an IQ of 69 told the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday that his client’s sentence should be vacated because of a 2002 decision barring…
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled a convicted murderer deserves a new hearing to assess whether evidence withheld before trial would have changed jurors’ decision to impose the death penalty.
The U.S. Supreme Court today will hear oral arguments in an appeal that contends the state of New York may require national banks to comply with its anti-discrimination laws.
Does Illinois’ refusal to issue “Choose Life” license plates violate the First Amendment rights of car owners who would like to display their anti-abortion views?
The hearing before a House appropriations subcommittee yesterday was supposed to be about the budget for the U.S. Supreme Court, but it veered off topic with talk of cameras in…
The solicitor general is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overrule a 1986 decision that restricts police questioning of suspects who have asked for a lawyer.
Updated: A court of appeals retains its traditional authority to grant stays in deportation cases, despite a 1996 statute that limited the circumstances in which courts may block the removal…
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