How the modern Supreme Court might view the 14th Amendment and birthright citizenship
In the few days since he returned to the White House, President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive orders and mass pardons ...
Minnesota Supreme Court considers whether it should intervene in partisan legislative power struggle
The Minnesota Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday on how deeply it should intervene in a power struggle between Democrats ...
Supreme Court Seems Ready to Reject Limit on Excessive-Force Suits
The justices heard arguments over whether courts must limit their scrutiny of challenges to police shootings to “the moment ...
Supreme Court revives case of death row inmate who says she was ‘sex-shamed’ at trial
The Supreme Court on Tuesday revived a challenge by a death row inmate in Oklahoma who claims prosecutors “sex-shamed” her ...
Supreme Court Could Revive Lawsuit Against Texas Officer Who Shot Motorist Stopped for Unpaid Tolls
The Supreme Court seems inclined to revive a civil rights lawsuit against the Texas police officer who shot a man to death ...
Supreme Court Questions Prosecutors’ Focus on Sex in Capital Case
The court instructed an appeals court to reconsider whether lurid evidence tainted the trial of Brenda Andrew, the only woman ...
Crisis pregnancy centers ask Supreme Court to revive suit against New Jersey
A New Jersey crisis pregnancy center operator has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to revive its federal lawsuit seeking to block ...
Supreme Court rejects Republican-backed Montana case based on controversial election law theory
The Supreme Court has turned back an election law case out of Montana that relied on a controversial legal theory with the ...
Supreme Court orders review of murder case over use of 'sexual' evidence
Brenda Andrew's lawyers said prosecutors used her sexual history and her thong underwear to help convict her of murdering her ...
State: Iowa Supreme Court’s Attorney Disciplinary Board is not a public body
Lawyers for the State of Iowa are arguing that Iowa Supreme Court’s Attorney Disciplinary Board is not a public body subject ...
Supreme Court grants a new hearing for the only woman on Oklahoma’s death row
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered lower courts to review the case of the only woman on Oklahoma’s death ...
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Trump wants to end birthright citizenship. That's easier said than done
One of Trump's executive orders moves to end birthright citizenship, a right enshrined in the Constitution. Here's what you need to know about the legal principle and its possible future.