Sidestepping thorny constitutional questions and focusing on substance and procedure, the appellate panel offered the justices an escape route, if they care to take it.

It's been a year since the Supreme Court gutted the law, and racial justice remains elusive.

The Grand Canyon state wants a divorce from the largest of the federal appellate jurisdictions—but is that the right solution to its problems?

In Bank Markazi v. Peterson, the justices decided that Congress can change the rules while a case is still being litigated.

Herbert Smulls was pronounced dead four minutes before the justices in Washington denied his final stay. Did Missouri officials breach their ethical duties by permitting this to happen?

But instead he got a fair one, and was convicted by a jury of his peers.