US Supreme Court News

Arkansas Treasurer Martha Shoffner, 68, has been arrested and is being held for the U.S. Marshals office under a charge of extortion.

Two men who argued opposite sides in the U.S. Supreme Court case that decided the 2000 election offered life lessons - and their own example - to graduates of the University of New Hampshire School of Law on Saturday.

The U.S. Supreme Court must issue decisions on cases considered in the October 2012 Term before the session ends in June.

The Supreme Court's 2012-13 term has included several notable cases, with decisions to be handed down anytime.

The twice Oscar-nominated filmmaker's latest project, Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight, which is being screened out of competition, is the only feature-length film by a major UK director at this year's event.

Georgia's Phoebe Putney Health System, which has gone to the U.S. Supreme Court and back in its quest to buy a rival hospital for $200 million, lost a key legal battle last week when a federal judge imposed what he called an "extraordinary and drastic" restraining order on the union.

I read with interest your profiles of Virginia gubernatorial candidates Ken Cuccinelli and Terry McAuliffe.

For the grandchildren of Robert H. Jackson, the speech delivered by U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts offered a strong affirmation of their grandfather's legacy.

Facebook's "Like" feature is vital to 500 million people who share ideas on the social network and must have free-speech protection under the Constitution, a lawyer for the company told a federal appeals court.

An Arkansas law banning most abortions 12 weeks into a woman's pregnancy won't take effect while a legal challenge is pending, a federal judge ruled Friday.

The occasion of the Supreme Court's spring musicale saw Broadway great Barbara Cook belting out jazz and oldtime favorites.

The longtime girlfriend of reputed gangster James "Whitey" Bulger lost her bid to reduce the eight-year prison sentence she received for helping Bulger during his 16 years as a fugitive.

A federal appeals court has ruled that anyone serving prison time in a crack cocaine case should get a new sentence under a law lessening the sentences for offenders.

Bay Mills Indian Community, which has a reservation located in the Upper Peninsula's Chippewa County, used trust earnings to purchase land in Vanderbilt and opened a casino there in November 2010.

In 2010, the United States Supreme Court -- in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission -- ruled that many parts of the 2002 McCain-Feingold campaign reform law were unconstitutional and effectively removed campaign fund limits from corporations and other organizations.

Event organizers are pictured making the finishing touches outside the Robert H. Jackson Center in preperation for today's arrival of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.

A Maryland woman who says she lost work because she was pregnant became the voice for a new law protecting mothers in the workplace.

The U.S. Supreme Court, in a unanimous opinion, has held in favor of Monsanto on a patent infringement suit arising from the St.

Earlier this week the actress revealed that she underwent a preventative double mastectomy after she tested positive for a gene that indicates an increased risk for breast and ovarian cancer.

This photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Jeffrey Williams.