Dean John Sauer was confirmed as the Trump administration’s top lawyer at the US Supreme Court just as the justices face ...

Freed after more than 43 years in prison, Sandra Hemme’s story illustrates how difficult it is to correct errors when the ...

The Supreme Court appeared divided Wednesday over whether states should be able cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood.

In a sharply divided decision with significant implications for due process and the right to appeal, the U.S. Supreme Court ...

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 ...

The battle over taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood takes center stage at the Supreme Court in a South Carolina dispute over Medicaid providers.

Though the case technically doesn’t deal with abortion – federal and state law already bar Medicaid from paying for the ...

Medicaid money generally can’t be used for abortions, but the group is a key provider of other reproductive health services.

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

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

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