Learn how stare decisis influences court decisions by requiring adherence to prior rulings. Understand this legal doctrine ...

When the Supreme Court agreed to hear the Trump administration's petitions seeking to resurrect Executive Order 14160 -- the president's sweeping attempt to gut the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An 1842 U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning the kidnapping conviction of a White man who seized a Black family and forced them into slavery south of the Mason-Dixon line ...

Justice Clarence Thomas said the Supreme Court should take a more critical approach to settled precedent, saying decided cases are not "the gospel" and suggesting some may have been based on ...

Opinion: Companies must make consequential decisions without knowing what the rules are or will be, and the legal ...

Welcome to Supreme Court Brief. My name is Jimmy Hoover. I am the Supreme Court correspondent for the National Law Journal and Law.com. In this newsletter, I provide SCOTUS watchers with the latest ...

The American judicial system’s evolution reflects society’s changing values and understanding of fundamental rights. Each era brings new challenges and interpretations that shape the foundation of law ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. — An 1842 U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning the kidnapping conviction of a white man who seized a Black family and forced them into slavery south of the Mason-Dixon line is ...