U.S. Supreme Court

Here’s where companies stand in helping employees navigate abortion restrictions.

The landmark ruling that has given American women the right to an abortion for nearly 50 years seems about to be overturned. What was the case that many heralded but others fought fiercely against over the years? Here are some details.

If the U.S. Supreme Court does in fact overturn Roe v. Wade, following a bombshell report from Politico suggesting the possibility, what would that mean for Illinois and the state’s abortion laws?

People were gathering Monday night outside of the U.S. Supreme Court in response to a draft opinion obtained by Politico which, if verified, reveals the court’s intention to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights ruling.

Just being the newest member of the Supreme Court can be a momentous adjustment for a justice

When Ketanji Brown Jackson’s younger daughter was 11, she drafted a letter to President Barack Obama suggesting her federal-judge mom for a vacancy on the Supreme Court.

California clinics and their allies in the state Legislature plan to make the state a “sanctuary” for those out-of-state seeking reproductive care if the U.S. Supreme Court reverse Roe v. Wade.

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against an Alabama inmate whose lawyers argued he had ineffective counsel at his trial.

In Boston, two teens — born just eight months apart — received very different sentences despite being convicted of the same crime.

U.S. Supreme Court rulings and state laws in recent years have limited or banned sentences of life without the possibility of parole for people who commit crimes as juveniles because of the potential for change

The number of Supreme Court Justices changed 6 times before Congress settled on the 9 we’re now accustomed to. Here’s a history of “court packing” in the US

A possible expansion of gun rights is on the Supreme Court’s agenda, days after mass shootings in Colorado and Georgia

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear the government’s appeal of a lower court ruling that overturned the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

A history of racism and sexism in our country has translated to a lack of diversity in our federal judges. But it’s also due to neglected talent and political will, says the co-author of an opinion piece in The National Law Journal about the lack of Black women federal judges. Professor Catherine Smith of the University of Denver Sturm College...

With a now solid 6-3 conservative majority, the court will decide the future of President Barack Obama’s signature legislation, a law Republicans have long opposed but one that 20 million Americans now depend on for their health insurance.

Jeremy Dys, special counsel with the conservative First Liberty Institute, explains what Republicans expect from the U.S. Supreme Court and federal judges under a second Trump term — if he is re-elected.

Wisconsin cannot count mail ballots that arrive well after the polls close, under an order issued Monday by the U.S. Supreme Court, a defeat for Democrats in a battleground state, NBC News reports.

The U.S Senate will vote to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court Monday evening. This isn’t Nostradamus-like prophecy. With a 53-47 Republican majority in the Senate it’s a mathematical certainty. So… what comes next?

The Senate is expected to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on Monday after a highly partisan, rushed process. George Washington University Law Professor Paul Schiff Berman argues that her confirmation under these circumstances threatens the legitimacy of the Supreme Court and stability in the U.S.

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett is speeding toward confirmation, with a majority of the Senate supporting her and a final vote expected Monday. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved her nomination on Thursday as Democrats boycotted the vote. If confirmed on Monday, as is expected, Barrett could be sworn in as a justice almost immediately, just a week before the Nov....