The Supreme Court heard arguments on whether a Texas police officer used excessive force when he shot and killed a man who ...

The U.S. Supreme Court appeared inclined on Wednesday to revive a Texas woman's civil rights lawsuit against the Houston ...

The Supreme Court will consider whether to order new nationwide precedent about how lower courts will consider facts over ...

“The 14th Amendment was designed to overturn this decision and define citizenship once and for all, and it was based on ...

After the Supreme Court overturned Roe in 2022, anti-abortion advocates launched a barrage of litigation, including a federal ...

The justices suggested a lower court used the wrong test in deciding a Texas officer did not use unconstitutionally excessive ...

Texas continues to lead other states on capital punishment. But the decline in new death sentences and executions reached a ...

The family of Ashtian Barnes, a 24-year-old killed in a traffic stop, say officer is responsible for circumstances that made ...

The Supreme Court spent nearly 80 minutes Wednesday debating a traffic stop outside Houston that turned deadly in just five ...

The lawyers formally incorporated the SPLC in 1971, and civil rights activist Julian Bond was named the first president. Dees ...

Ashtian Barnes, an unarmed Black man, was killed by an officer in 2016 after being pulled over outside Houston while driving ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed inclined to revive a civil rights lawsuit against the Texas police ...