Does the Eighth Amendment's ban on excessive fines actually stop the government from taking anything?

The Court faces tough questions as a result of an overreaching Trump order colliding with an overreaching district judge.

The Supreme Court's approval rating broke a new record in the latest Gallup poll.

Lawyers for California and 22 other Democratic-led states sued, arguing that the states, not the federal government, have the constitutional...

The president wants to reverse court rulings that feared his order would spark mass voter disenfranchisement

The emergency appeal comes after an appeals court upheld a ruling blocking the president’s order in nearly half the country ahead of Novembe...

Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story.Gov. Tate Reeves on Monday appointed Celeste Embrey Wilso...

Slate spoke with a number of surviving family members of civil rights martyrs. All of them were devastated by the court’s ruling in Callais.

Pete Buttigieg has renewed his call for sweeping changes to the High Court, arguing reforms are needed to restore public trust.

Trump became the first known sitting president to attend Supreme Court oral arguments earlier this year.

For years, state bans on assault rifles and large-capacity magazines enjoyed an unbroken winning streak throughout the nation’s federal cour...

The birthright citizenship case the Supreme Court just decided demonstrates how deep-rooted this practice is.

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan said Thursday that while the nation’s highest court has a conservative majority, it is not a “rubber stamp...

Justice Elena Kagan says the Supreme Court may be deeply conservative but it is not simply a rubber stamp for President Donald Trump

A recent landmark decision by France’s supreme court, the Cour de cassation, has provided the clearest guidance yet on contractual protectio...