AT PENPOINTSomeone, somewhere, must miss the good old Act of Attainder, in which the House of Commons passed a bill saying that so-and-so was a dastard and a traitor, and was to be executed, and t ...

Abolitionists will have to play defense at the federal level, and plot a long-term strategy for ending the death penalty in ...

“We’ve held the line against Trump before and we will do it again,” is the refrain from environmental activists, holding back the existential horror of an unhinged, unleashed Trump/MAGA triumverate.

While President-elect Donald Trump and his advisers have offered some outlines, questions remain about how they will deport ...

President-elect Donald Trump could have a chance to solidify the Supreme Court’s Republican-appointed majority ... Other high-stakes cases for the court include decisions that sent the issue of ...

Voters in seven states moved to protect abortion access through ballot initiatives, while similar measures in three other ...

"We got immunity at the Supreme Court," Trump told Hugh ... Attorney General Garland and all the state prosecutors should do ...

The Supreme Court's conservative majority is allowing Virginia to leave in place its purge of voter registrations that the state says is aimed at stopping people who aren't U.S. citizens from voting ...

The U.S Supreme Court will hear appeals over Louisiana's congressional map over concerns it discriminates based on race.

The case, which will not affect this election cycle, involves a legal fight over how the state draws its voting maps and ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear a bid by Louisiana officials and civil rights ...