A pilot flying a small aircraft over Alabama declared an emergency and put the plane down on a paved road after oil coated ...

In its term that ended last October, the Supreme Court passed an important milestone that went unnoticed: For the first time, it decided more cases by secret ballot, and with few signed opinions, than ...

Patent prosecution is the term used to describe the entire process by which a patent application is examined by a patent office and either granted ...

The chief justice faced down the president, forged unlikely coalitions and achieved long-sought goals. By Adam Liptak Adam ...

When the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling defending the Federal Reserve from political interference, it not only ...

Marc Elias asked Hillary Clinton, on the "Democracy Docket" podcast, to weigh in on President Trump's acting Director of ...

In the near future, the Chicago-area electricity grid will meet demand during a heatwave by remotely turning up thermostats ...

This week, the Supreme Court of the United States voted 5-4 in favor of a Mississippi law that allows that state to count ...

The Supreme Court has taken up Trump-related cases in its new term, as well as cases dealing with gay and transgender issues ...

After two days of being closed due to a water main break, the county courthouse has reopened on Wednesday with a full docket ...

ProPublica conducted a new analysis that shows the court is deciding more consequential rulings than ever before in largely ...

Starting July 1, one bad decision could follow a Mississippi minor for decades. The Hinds County sheriff and Jackson police ...