The justices declined to hear unusual arguments from Republican-led states that sought to end lawsuits against energy ...

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25 (UPI) --Prosecutors' errors violated the ... its constitutional obligation to correct false testimony," Justice Sonia Sotomayor said in her majority opinion. "We reverse the judgment and ...

The Supreme Court has found that people who score early court wins in civil rights cases won’t necessarily be able to recover their legal fees.

Seniors discuss what speakers they would like to hear from for Class Day. Answers range from preferences for international speakers, entertainers, and athletes to no preference at all.

Firing squads have a long and storied history in the U.S. They've served as a punishment for mutiny in colonial times, a way ...

Chief Justice John Roberts first arrived at the Supreme Court in 1980, as a law clerk to then-Associate Justice William ...

When the clock strikes 6 Friday evening, a South Carolina man will walk into the death chamber, be strapped into a chair and ...

At issue for Rehnquist and his colleagues in Pennhurst State School and Hospital v ... been ‘rare’ and ‘episodic.’” Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who wrote for dissenting justices in the ...

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Ladonne Spencer and her son say Museum School 25 in Yonkers is a special place. "My son is getting taught things that I didn't even know. He comes home every day and I'm learning new things," says ...