Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas slammed a circuit court of appeals for not adhering to legal precedent in a dissent released on Monday. Thomas dissented from a denial by the court to review a lower court's decision. Justice Samuel Alito joined the opinion.
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The justices recently agreed to review appeals that cite First Amendment religious rights. The high court’s decisions could affect operations of the nation’s schools.
The Republican-backed candidate in Wisconsin's pivotal state Supreme Court race said Monday that he didn't object to President Donald Trump using his power to pardon when asked about clemency granted to about 1,
The stalemate between Democrats and Republicans in the Minnesota House headed into its third week on Monday, as DFL lawmakers continued a boycott that’s brought the chamber to a standstill. After party leaders failed to reach an agreement over the weekend,
The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether states may reject religious charter schools from receiving public funding, agreeing to hear arguments in an appeal out of Oklahoma involving the first such school in the nation.
Prominent former U.S. Supreme Court attorney Tom Goldstein on Monday pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he failed to report millions of dollars he won in poker matches and used his former law firm's accounts to pay his gambling debts.
The Republican-backed candidate in Wisconsin’s pivotal state Supreme Court race says he thinks anyone convicted of assaulting law enforcement officers should serve their entire sentence.
Allison Riggs appears to have narrowly won her reelection race. But two of the justices who may decide the case have spouses who donated to her challenger.
The president, who was found liable for sexually abusing the writer E. Jean Carroll, is contending that he doesn’t have to pay the $83 million he owes for defaming her.