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.

After oral argument, the third iteration of the president’s order targeting several Muslim-majority countries seems likely to stand.