Today, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a new case that is testing what “cruel and unusual” punishment, protected by the Eighth Amendment, could look like for everyone. The Court held it is ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON – Disability rights groups fear a death penalty case before the Supreme Court could have implications for the ...
In a tangled decision, the justices ruled against a disabled firefighter who sued her former employer for refusing her health benefits after she had retired. By Abbie VanSickle and Adam Liptak ...
WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court grappled on Wednesday with a bid by Alabama officials to pursue the execution of an inmate convicted of a 1997 murder who a lower court found to ...