Courts blocked the handover after lawyers raised concerns of torture. Then the Supreme Court intervened to allow the Trump ...

The decisions so far show that the conservative court isn’t going to act as a resistance to an increasingly autocratic ...

There’s a reason why the prosecution and defense wanted to handle a jury request differently when it comes to the ...

The retrenchment on transgender rights is fueled by fear: fear of the future, fear of unfamiliar concepts, fear of not ...

WASHINGTON, May 17, 1954 (UP) - The Supreme Court ruled Monday in an historic decision that racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. Speaking for a unanimous court, Chief Justice ...

To preserve institutional autonomy and defend academic freedom, universities should exercise their powerful claims to ...

In 1896, the Supreme Court issued one of the most shameful decisions in US history, Plessy vs. Ferguson. The landmark decision upheld ‘separate but equal’ public accommodations, ...

David Souter defied pigeon-holing as a Supreme Court justice. ... In 1896, when the court affirmed separate but equal segregated railroad cars, the majority regarded the law as race-neutral.

Ferguson, the 1896 Supreme Court case that ruled it was constitutional for states to enact segregation laws. Eventually, L.W. decided it was out of her control, and plus, ...

National Railroad Passenger Corporation (1995), in which the Supreme Court warned that “Government-created and -controlled” entities must be classified as part of the government, otherwise the ...

The Utah Supreme Court was established in 1896 with three justices, and later expanded to include the five justices — one chief justice and four associate justices — which is still in place today.

Virginia, the Supreme Court broke through that screen to focus on the individual: It was clear that for any one person, the ability to enter into a marriage was determined by race.