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The majority dismissed on procedural grounds the case of Joseph Clifton Smith, whose mental faculties skirt the threshold for being spared the death penalty.

The temporary decision will preserve access nationwide to medication abortion, which has become the most common way of ending pregnancies in the United States.

The justices are weighing whether to uphold an appeals court decision that means patients would need to pick up the pill in person.

The order reinstates mail access to the drug for one week while the justices consider emergency applications by drugmakers.

Press Robinson, who years ago mounted a legal fight to become the first Black person elected to a Louisiana school board, was on the losing side of the Supreme Court case weakening the Voting Right...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled that the commonly used abortion drug mifepristone can only be picked up in-person.

The decision could touch off a scramble by Republicans to redraw minority-majority congressional districts, especially in the South, that could cost many Black Democrats their seats.

Nonprofits and advocacy groups followed the case closely because the result could affect their ability to foil what many see as politically motivated inquiries.

Thousands of cancer victims allege Roundup was responsible for their illness, in one of the largest waves of product liability litigation in U.S. history.

The ruling will make it easier for troops hurt in combat zones to win damages as contractors become a larger part of military operations around the world.

The court is the first since at least the ’50s to reject claims in a majority of cases involving women and minorities, an analysis conducted for The Post shows.

The justices appeared poised to turn aside government arguments that the president can deny citizenship to babies born to parents without permanent immigration status.

The case could redefine who is considered American in ways not seen for more than 150 years.

The major ruling casts doubt on similar prohibitions in 30 states. It is the latest decision by the high court rolling back the rights of LGBTQ+ and transgender people.

The Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday in a case that could determine whether a Florida child, and thousands like her, have a country to call home.

The administration builds its arguments on an 1800s campaign, led in part by a Confederate officer, that scholars say was steeped in anti-Black and anti-Chinese racism.

The high court appeared poised to embrace a challenge to the tallying of late-arriving mail-in ballots, which could upend procedures in a number of states.

During a public forum, Jackson and conservative Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh offered differing views of President Trump’s wins before the high court.

Environmentalists in Guam and the Trump administration are squaring off over the Air Force’s disposal of hazardous munitions on a beach.

A state trial court ordered the state to redraw the district to include a greater number of Black and Latino voters.

The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts says deteriorating conditions have led to safety hazards and health issues.