Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But to truly understand the term, we must also take stock of the so-called shadow docket, where the justices decide emergency ...

The Supreme Court term usually ends with a bang, not a whimper. This is crunch time at the court, as the justices push to issue their opinions by the end of June. Some 20 cases remain to be decided — ...

Jan 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court is weighing a series of important cases during its current term involving issues such as presidential powers, tariffs, birthright citizenship, guns, race, ...

Courtly Observations is a recurring series by Erwin Chemerinsky that focuses on what the Supreme Court’s decisions will mean for the law, for lawyers and lower courts, and for people’s lives. Please ...

Washington — The Supreme Court spent much of its most recent term responding to a fire hose of requests for emergency relief sought by the Trump administration, as President Trump's efforts to ...

Alan Dershowitz was present at the creation of New York Times v. Sullivan. Now he is asking the Supreme Court to revise or destroy it. By Adam Liptak Adam Liptak is the chief legal correspondent and ...