The effort of some U.S. Supreme Court justices to extend the Second Amendment’s protections to all guns in common use is at odds with its history.
The senators from both parties, including Democrat Kamala Harris, a likely 2020 presidential candidate, explained their positions on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court.
Speaking at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit, Justice Elena Kagan answered the question of how colleagues in the 21st century communicate with one another, if not electronically.
A unanimous decision on FOIA rules suggests the justices are in a rather modest mood.
North Korea’s Supreme Court has convicted Otto Warmbier, a 21-year-old student at the University of Virginia, of subversion.
Harry Blackmun, John Paul Stevens, and Lewis Powell—all appointed by Republican presidents—started out as supporters of capital punishment. Their decades-long study of capital cases made them see things differently.
The Supreme Court has upheld federal subsidies for health care under the Affordable Care Act, a decision that affects millions of Americans in 34 states.
"The trial of peaceful reformers in a terrorism court underlines the political nature of this court."