The Supreme Court threw out Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip’s murder conviction because a key witness lied in court and prosecutors withheld information about him.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with an Oklahoma death row inmate who claimed alongside the state itself that his trial was unfair, staving off his execution. Convicted for the 1997

A federal appeals court has used the words of a conservative Supreme Court justice to sharply rebuke President Donald Trump's birthright citizenship plans. Trump is seeking to stop automatic citizenship for any child born in the U.

The Supreme Court is considering whether Ruben Gutierrez, on death row for his role in a 1998 murder of an elderly woman, has standing to challenge the constitutionality of Texas' DNA testing law.

Given the Republican-controlled Congress’s clear unwillingness to oppose the president on any matter, the Supreme Court remains the last check on Trump’s efforts to radically expand the power of the presidency.

The Supreme Court took action on Friday in a pivotal decision that impacts the federal agency safeguarding government whistleblowers. In a notable move

The justices have all but stopped issuing summary reversals, which are unsigned decisions used to correct clear errors by lower courts.

The decision marks the end of the road for several criminal defendants and a police officer accused of excessive force in a fatal shooting.

The Supreme Court on Friday paused the Trump administration's effort to fire the head of a whistleblower protection agency, who is suing to keep his job.

The Trump administration took the case to the Supreme Court after an appeals court prevented the president from firing Hampton Dellinger, the head of the Office of Special Counsel.

The justices said the head of the Office of Special Counsel could remain in his job at least until Wednesday, when a lower-court order temporarily protecting him expires.

This was the first time the Supreme Court weighed in on the dozens of lawsuits challenging actions Trump has taken to reshape the federal government.