Should a person who committed murder while a juvenile be allowed to earn the chance a parole? The Supreme Court says yes. One Louisiana lawmakers says that doesn't me we can't make it tough to do.
The President's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court will have difficulty making it through the Senate Judiciary Committee according to U.S. Senator David Vitter.
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a groundbreaking ruling today (Jan. 25) that could set free a number of people who committed murder as a juvenile -- or at least radically alter their sentences.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' ruling yesterday came a day after the U.S. Supreme Court effectively legalized same-sex marriage in 30 other states.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday limited the president's power to fill high-level vacancies with temporary appointments, ruling in favor of Senate Republicans in their partisan clash with President Barack Obama.
Chief Justice John Roberts says he understands this ruling will make police officers jobs more difficult, but contends that: "Privacy comes at a cost."
The companies are willing to cover most methods of contraception, as long as they can exclude drugs or devices that the government says may work after an egg has been fertilized.
The case comes to the court amid President Barack Obama's increasing use of his executive authority to act on environmental and other matters when Congress doesn't, or won't.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday declined for now to jump back into the long-running legal fight over abortion, but a flood of new state restrictions has increased the chances that the issue soon will be back before the justices...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court won't review a decision upholding Maryland's law requiring handgun permit applicants to demonstrate a "good and substantial reason" for carrying a weapon outside their own home or business.
The high court on Tuesday refused to hear from Raymond Woollard and the Second Amendment Foundation, Inc...