In spite of the Supreme Court's 2002 ban on such executions, Warren Hill, a convicted murderer who all experts now agree is mentally retarded, once again faces lethal injection.
In Trinity v. Comer, there was no remaining dispute between the actual parties—and both the majority opinion and the leading dissent got the issue wrong.
A federal court has ruled that a law barring domestic-violence offenders from owning firearms is unconstitutional.
A divided court doubled down on its 2002 Atkins decision, ruling that Florida can't kill Freddie Lee Hall just because his IQ has sometimes passed an arbitrary mark.
Court documents reveal new details about the man who killed three people in a Colorado Springs clinic last November.
A supplemental FBI report on President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee has arrived on Capitol Hill. It could be clear by the end of the day, if not sooner, whether he’ll be confirmed.
The European Court of Human Rights said banning full or partial face veils is “necessary in a democratic society.”