Empirical SCOTUS is a recurring series by Adam Feldman that looks at Supreme Court data, primarily in the form of opinions ...

He later filed a series of lawsuits against top Bush officials alleging that he was beaten by guards during his six-month detention in solitary confinement, and that officials personally condoned ...

The Second Amendment occupies a curious place in American legal history. It has been sitting right there in the Bill of ...

Here’s a look at the life of Antonin Scalia, who was an associate justice of the US Supreme Court.Personal:Birth date: March 11, ...

The Supreme Court on Monday declined an opportunity to overturn its landmark precedent recognizing a constitutional right to ...

On Monday, the Supreme Court announced it would not revisit its landmark decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.

The high court is weighing in on a grotesque religious freedom violation meted out to a Rastafarian prisoner who thought he ...

The arguments against Trump’s tariff power are varied; and as it happens, each of the conservatives who might vote against him has a different theory of why his actions are problematic. Roberts’s pet ...

Judge Mark L. Wolf, writing in The Atlantic, said he was stepping down to speak out against the “assault on the rule of law” ...

Until now, the U.S. Supreme Court has been modestly deferential to President Donald Trump’s executive overreach. Oral ...

Until now, the U.S. Supreme Court has been modestly deferential to Donald Trump's executive overreach. Oral arguments in the case challenging the legality of the president's tariffs suggest that this ...

The justices are generally reluctant to take account of a president’s public statements. But extensive quotes from Mr. Trump in a key filing may change the legal calculus.