A deadlocked ruling sustains the authority of tribal civil courts and helps define the legal concept of sovereignty.

Opponents of the practice won a series of notable cases at the U.S. Supreme Court this term, even as total victory in their war against the death penalty moved further out of reach.

The Supreme Court declined to hear a case on Arkansas’s regulation of abortion—a lack of action that may speak volumes.

The Supreme Court may not be the right place to settle the Masterpiece Cakeshop case, which pits marriage equality against religious freedom.

The presumptive GOP nominee has released a list of 11 judges he would nominate to the U.S. Supreme Court.

An Austin couple tied the knot Thursday after getting an emergency license—but the state supreme court quickly blocked any more nuptials.

Through the 20th century, the Court stood as an independent arbiter of the rule of law. It is a unifying, national institution no longer.

Alabama’s chief justice issued an order on Wednesday to keep the state’s same-sex marriage ban intact despite the Supreme Court's landmark ruling last year.

A three-judge federal appeals panel in California could hand the administration another defeat over its controversial executive order.