The conservative Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the federal law banning handgun sales to teens is inconsistent with the nation's historical tradition and violates the Second Amendment.

South Carolina's Marion Bowman Jr. is set to be the first person executed this year on Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court and Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals declined to hear his case.

President Trump’s torrent of executive actions has spurred a flood of legal challenges seeking to thwart the president’s efforts to reshape U.S. policy in his first days back in the White

For the second year, half of Supreme Court cases involve the federal government as respondents or petitioners, a novel trend for the justices.

The small Oregon city at the heart of a major U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year that allowed cities across the country to enforce homeless camping bans is facing a fresh lawsuit over its camping rules as advocates find new ways to challenge them.

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected what is likely the final appeal of a South Carolina inmate the day before his scheduled execution for a 2001 killing of a friend found dead in her burning car.

The event was the first in a new debate series called the Hopkins Forum, a partnership between the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University and Open to Debate, a leading nonpartisan media platform dedicated to fostering friendly dialogue across differences.

Hobbs nominated Judge Maria Elena Cruz, a lifelong resident of Yuma, Arizona, to the state Supreme Court. Cruz will replace Justice Robert Brutinel, who retired last year. “Judge Maria Elena Cruz has led a life dedicated to justice and service to her state and community,

There’s a feeling of gloom in many a house in Northeast Ohio and across our nation. But there is hope, too. There’s hope because Kamala Harris came close, just 1.5 percent shy. There’s hope in the millions of people and the organizations that will fight.

The United States Supreme Court has denied an application to suspend the execution of a death row inmate one day before his scheduled execution on Friday night.

Trump's press secretary called the administration's view that "someone who breaks our immigration laws is a criminal" a "big culture shift."