U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney wrote the Dred Scott decision in 1857, ruling that Black Americans were not and ...

The Dallas Morning News read roughly 3,000 pages of court documents from Roberson’s guilt-innocence trial, punishment phase, ...

Explosions near Brazil's Supreme Court and Congress in capital Brasilia killed one person and prompted justices and staff to ...

"The Biden administration’s rulemaking has continued at a strong pace despite the Supreme Court’s recent decisions limiting ...

Trump’s convictions on abortion have been flexible throughout his career. During the presidential campaign, he tried to ...

A new Trump administration could change course on Supreme Court cases over transgender care for minors and untraceable "ghost ...

Texas Democrats’ election losses last week are prompting serious self-reflection among some strategists over the decision to ...

Republican Donald Trump's return to the presidency is expected to precipitate a shift in the U.S. government's legal stance ...

Although increased litigation costs are the largest reasons for the expense of the death penalty, they are not alone. | ...

Republicans may reap what they sow. Just as the Democrats did when they removed the Senate filibuster for lower court ...

The African Court on Human and People’s Rights (AfCHPR) has dismissed a claim by murder convict Misozi Chanthunya that his ...