Next month marks the 60 th anniversary of the passing of the Voting Rights Act—a law often celebrated as the “crown jewel” of ...

President Donald Trump’s administration says it is ending the deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops sent to Los Angeles ...

Roger Taney was born in 1777 to a wealthy Maryland family that owned slaves. Early in his career, he called slavery a “blot ...

The Roberts Court has asked for reargument in a key redistricting case, a move that strongly suggests the conservative ...

Michael Bernard Bell would be the eighth person put to death in Florida this year, with a ninth scheduled for later this ...

The law books record it as State of Tennessee v. John T. Scopes. History remembers it as the “ Monkey Trial .” The case ...

President Donald Trump has announced in a letter on social media that Canadian goods will be subject to a 35% tariff rate ...

According to a July 3 order from the Louisiana Supreme Court, Haymer violated several rules of professional conduct for ...

Monday to uphold the firing of five attorneys who lead local public defender offices. Their decision follows the replacement ...

The U.S. Supreme Court kept millions of Louisianans — and millions more across the nation — waiting for one of the most ...