Limiting excessive fines, Supreme Court rules against seizing a drug seller’s luxury SUV
The decision is a victory for an Indiana man whose Land Rover was taken away after he pleaded guilty to selling heroin to undercover officers.
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Justice Ginsburg returns to the Supreme Court after surgery
The 85-year-old justice, who had a portion of one of her lungs removed after cancer was found, asked the first question in a case.
Supreme Court agrees to rule quickly on citizenship question on census
States, cities and immigration groups sued to prevent the Trump administration from asking over fears immigrants would be reluctant to respond.
Supreme Court blocks stringent Louisiana abortion law on 5-4 vote
The ruling blocks Louisiana from enforcing a law that women's groups said would have left the state with just one doctor allowed to perform abortions.
TSA screeners found record number of firearms in 2018
An average of nearly 12 weapons were found every day, for a total of 4,239 during all of 2018.
Justice Department opens probe into Jeffrey Epstein’s plea deal
Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., called the 2008 agreement an "epic miscarriage of justice."
Universal gun background checks returns to Congress. And now Democrats have the House.
A bill to crack down on unregulated firearm sales will be considered by the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.
No sign midterms were affected by foreign government meddling, U.S. says
The findings were reported to President Donald Trump on Monday in a classified document.
Supreme Court delays decision on Louisiana’s stringent abortion law
The Center for Reproductive Rights says the law under review can't "meet the needs of approximately 10,000 women who seek abortion services in Louisiana each year."
Feds make largest fentanyl bust in U.S. history
Customs and Border Protection officers said Thursday they discovered 254 pounds of the drug hidden in a floor compartment of a truck trailer loaded with cucumbers.
Louisiana law gives Supreme Court new abortion test
In 2016, the Supreme Court struck down an identical Texas law. But the makeup of the court has changed with the addition of conservatives Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh.
Lawyers for Manafort charge Mueller has unfairly accused him of lying
Trump's former 2016 campaign chairman is to be sentenced in March.
DACA protections can continue in 2019 after Supreme Court doesn’t act
The Trump administration urged the justices to hear appeals of lower court rulings that prevent the government from shutting down the program.
Supreme Court won’t hear case of HS football coach fired for on-field prayer
The case caught Donald Trump's attention during the presidential campaign and he called it "very, very sad and outrageous."
Supreme Court takes up gun rights case for first time in a decade
Supreme Court takes up gun rights case for first time in a decade
Supreme Court allows Trump administration to enforce transgender military ban
The military can enforce its restrictions on transgender troops while challenges to the policy play out in the lower courts.