In a decision with far-reaching implications for democratic rights and public education, the US Supreme Court on Monday ...

Next month marks the 60 th anniversary of the passing of the Voting Rights Act—a law often celebrated as the “crown jewel” of ...

Dozens of people spoke out against the possibility of former RI Senate Majority Leader Michael McCaffrey being appointed to a lifetime judgeship.

Mike Waltz, President Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, is facing questions from lawmakers ...

In a blistering dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor slammed the Supreme Court for allowing Trump to destroy the Department of ...

A Supreme Court decision giving the Trump administration the greenlight to lay off tens of thousands of employees threatens to reshape the federal workforce amid a broader battle over whether the ...

Oklahoma is forcing courts – as they did in Tennessee in 1925 – to wrestle with the question of how much religion is permissible in public schools.

Harvard University law and history professor Kenneth Mack provided an introduction to his lecture about African American law student Lloyd Gaines, who petitioned the Supreme Court when he was denied ...

The judge gave the government seven days to seek a stay from a higher court in the case, which is likely to head to the ...

Supreme Court decisions affect educators, students and working families every day. Find out how we “graded” key decisions that have helped or hurt public education.

The ideological divide was clear in cases in which the justices acted on an emergency basis, sometimes called the "shadow docket." ...

(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court has taken up a series of cases to be decided during its next term, which begins in October, ...