The Connecticut Supreme Court rejected an attempt by prosecutors to reverse last year's abolition ruling.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to halt an execution on Tuesday despite a juror’s racial slurs against the inmate.
A decade ago, West Virginia foreshadowed the influence that money and politics have come to have on state judiciaries. Now it may warn of a worrying new trend.
Why Supreme Court justices have more free time than ever—and why it should be taken away
The Supreme Court has betrayed the promise of equal citizenship by allowing police to arrest and kill Americans at will.
Today's Supreme Court rulings only legalize unions in California, but campaigners say they set the stage for fast changes nationwide.
Justice Scalia’s death throws cases pending before the U.S. Supreme Court on abortion and contraception coverage into doubt.
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