The Supreme Court rejected a petition from a Missouri man sentenced to death over the 2005 killing of a police officer.

The Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday over whether states may require religiously affiliated groups like Catholic ...

It’s a legal showdown over presidential power and the due process afforded to those deported to foreign countries.

JEFFERSON CITY— The Missouri Senate voted Thursday to bar foreign entities from spending money on Missouri ballot measures.

Major anti-abortion groups are gathering in the nation's capital to begin a lobbying effort with Congress and President ...

Inmates who lose at trial may only appeal the decision if they can demonstrate that reasonable judges could disagree with the ...

The US Supreme Court rejected a request to clarify when state prisoners can appeal the denial of their federal habeas ...

It could include statutory rape and child sex trafficking. Missouri’s track record already is troubling with questionable ...

Under the federal law governing efforts by state prisoners to seek post-conviction relief in federal courts, prisoners who lose at the trial level can only appeal that decision if they can show that ...

Justices Sotomayor and Jackson criticize court’s refusal to clarify criminal appeal rights "Unfortunately, the Court leaves ...

There are just two Planned Parenthood clinics in South Carolina, but every year they take hundreds of low-income patients who ...

Missouri and other states are challenging HIPAA's abortion privacy rule in court, potentially threatening the entire health privacy law. Lawsuits question HIPAA's constitutionality, risking patient ...