On Feb. 1, 1790, the U.S. Supreme Court convened in New York City for its first session. Only three of the six justices were ...

Can a charter school be religious? The Supreme Court decision about St. Isidore, a Catholic school in Oklahoma, could redraw ...

The Supreme Court will hear arguments on a case that will affect whether the FBI can be held accountable for accidentally ...

The conservative Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the federal law banning handgun sales to teens is ...

For the second year, half of Supreme Court cases involve the federal government as respondents or petitioners, a novel trend ...

Trump is likely to succeed in expanding presidential powers on some fronts because the Constitution generally puts vast power ...

President Trump said birthright citizenship was created for children of former slaves but is no longer appropriate with ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The small Oregon city at the heart of a major U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year that allowed cities across ...

Trump’s executive order looks to redefine the constitutional right of birthright citizenship to exclude the children of ...

In 2006, Idaho voters passed an amendment to the state Constitution to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman, ...

FDR proposes Supreme Court additions in 1937, Elizabeth takes throne after King George dies in 1952, truckers’ strike affects Sussex County in 1974 ...