The U.S. Supreme Court denied the appeal of a more than $82 million restitution order imposed on a group of doctors convicted ...

A federal appeals court has used the words of a conservative Supreme Court justice to sharply rebuke President Donald Trump's ...

The Supreme Court is considering whether Ruben Gutierrez, on death row for his role in a 1998 murder of an elderly woman, has ...

Given the Republican-controlled Congress’s clear unwillingness to oppose the president on any matter, the Supreme Court ...

The justices have all but stopped issuing summary reversals, which are unsigned decisions used to correct clear errors by ...

The decision marks the end of the road for several criminal defendants and a police officer accused of excessive force in a ...

The Supreme Court on Monday was divided over whether a Texas man on death row has a legal right to sue, known as standing, to bring federal civil rights claims challenging the constitutionality of the ...

The Supreme Court on Friday paused the Trump administration's effort to fire the head of a whistleblower protection agency, ...

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The justices said the head of the Office of Special Counsel could remain in his job at least until Wednesday, when a ...

Justices sidestepped what would likely have been a polarizing fight and turned away two appeals, including one involving a Carbondale law that has been taken off the books.

By using the words of Trump-nominated Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, the appeals court is making it more difficult for Trump to overturn the court's decision. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil ...