Victory is not always obvious. It depends on what the lower courts make of a ruling. And that can depend on the political and cultural forces at play.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave the White House a mixed ruling as challenges to the travel ban make their way through the courts.
With Justice Anthony M. Kennedy rumored to be considering retirement, groups want the Supreme Court to take up an employment discrimination challenge before he leaves.
In two cases, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals sought to translate Supreme Court decisions to different factual situations.
Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Hindu extremists have turned deadly and are gaining political power.
Trump has already made a grab for abortion rights. The pill could be next.
A ruling in Hawaii expands the list of “bona fide” relationships that can qualify refugees to enter the country; the attorney general vowed an appeal.
An appeals court tosses out a conviction because the Supreme Court redefined corruption, but not because of a lack of evidence.
Legal experts said a Supreme Court ruling that helped reverse the conviction of Sheldon Silver, the former Assembly speaker, could offer a road map to public officials inclined toward corruption.
The former assembly speaker, whose conviction on corruption charges was overturned by an appellate court, has long been able to get numbers to work in his favor.
The court said a ban intended to protect cows, which Hindus consider sacred, imposed hardships on the beef and leather industries, largely run by Muslims.
Two cases — one involving cell site location and the other emails — may determine how digital information fits under Fourth Amendment protections.
The government said it had violated the rights of the former detainee, Omar Khadr, who pleaded guilty to killing an American soldier in Afghanistan at age 15.
Newly installed Justice Neil M. Gorsuch has quickly established himself on the Supreme Court as a hard-right conservative.
The Supreme Court’s refusal last week to review local restrictions on flights is the latest setback for residents who complain of noise and other frustrations.
The Supreme Court, which has been critical of white-collar prosecutions brought under broad provisions, has agreed to review the conviction of New York State businessman.
British and European courts have ruled that a hospital can turn off life support for Charlie Gard, an infant with a rare genetic disorder.
Most justices take years to find their footing at the Supreme Court, but Neil M. Gorsuch has already written self-assured opinions and tussled with colleagues.
Mr. Dorsen spent a long legal career focused on fighting for human rights, including before the Supreme Court, and led the A.C.L.U. for 15 years.
After a couple months of Justice Neil Gorsuch, it’s clear Mitch McConnell’s theft of a Supreme Court seat is paying off in spades.
Mohammed, a civil engineer from Mosul, was accepted for resettlement to the United States. Then the Supreme Court reinstated President Trump’s freeze on refugee resettlement.
As a targeted travel ban goes into effect, the Trump administration has defined who’s close family, and who’s not, for visitors from six predominantly Muslim nations.
The court allowed the ban to go ahead but exempted people with “bona fide relationships” in the United States.
The New York Times was sued by a commissioner of Montgomery, Ala., for an ad casting serious aspersions — some of them inaccurate — on the police.
The court allowed the ban to go ahead but exempted people with “bona fide relationships” in the United States.
Read about how the other side thinks: reactions to the Supreme Court’s decision on the travel ban, the health care bill and more.
School choice advocates, including Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, see the decision in favor of a church in Missouri as a crucial development in the voucher debate.
A wedding cake maker and a former priest condemn businesses that discriminate.
The “bona fide relationship” standard in the Supreme Court’s travel ban decision could shut out thousands of refugees who lack family ties in the United States.
Read carefully, the Supreme Court ruling is actually bad news for the president.
The high level of agreement was a consequence of a lack of divisive disputes on social issues and hard work by the justices, who often favored exceedingly narrow decisions to avoid deadlocks.
Readers are skeptical of the reasons given for restricting travelers from certain Muslim-majority countries.
The court said Tuesday that it would hear a major test of sports betting law in a case stemming from New Jersey’s efforts to allow bets on sporting events.
Social media platforms aren’t bound by the First Amendment. That’s why understanding their user speech policies is so important.
The Supreme Court said it would hear the case about the legality of President Trump’s travel ban. We discuss how we got to this point and what to expect.
The justices resurrect President Trump’s misguided executive order, in part.