The justices banned execution of mentally disabled people in 2002. Now they are poised to tell death penalty states that they really meant it.

The constitutional maxim does not require states to use eligible voters when drawing legislative districts, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday.

The U.S. Supreme Court reconsiders how legislative districts are drawn—and risks sending the country back to a time before “one person, one vote.”

A growing faction supports rolling back the gains of the past quarter century.

Advocates for greater campaign-finance disclosure said the high court’s move would enable voters to find out who’s paying for the campaign ads they’re seeing on television.

Two swing votes voiced their satisfaction Thursday with the bureau's investigation, improving the Supreme Court nominee's chances for confirmation this weekend.

Judicial intervention may be the only way left to break the political impasse on authorizing Obama’s use of force.