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First LookWhy the Supreme Court rejected a death penalty appealThe US Supreme Court refused to hear the death penalty plea of Thomas Arthur, an Alabama inmate who argued that his state's lethal injection procedures constitute cruel and unusual punishment.
First LookSupreme Court to hear case on border shooting of Mexican nationalAs its first case under the new Trump administration, the US Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a case involving the shooting of a 15-year-old Mexican by a US border guard.
Travel ban rewrite: Should judges parse Trump motives as well as the text?President Trump is expected to release a new executive order affecting people trying to enter the US from seven Muslim-majority nations. Some legal scholars say it's appropriate for judges to also consider statements Trump made before becoming president.
Trump seeks pause in legal fight with revised travel banPresident Trump has said a new order would come next week, but even a revised order would face legal hurdles and likely end up in court, experts say.
First LookWA Supreme Court: By refusing same-sex wedding, florist violated anti-discrimination lawMs. Stutzman refused to create flower arrangements for Rob Ingersoll and Curt Freed's wedding, saying it would violate her religious beliefs to participate in a same-sex wedding.
Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch and the rise of originalismJudge Neil Gorsuch鈥檚 confirmation hearings for the Supreme Court could highlight how a traditionally conservative judicial policy has become mainstream and, arguably, bipartisan.
Ninth Circuit ruling: Why it doesn't signal end of road for Trump travel banThursday's ruling ordered that a temporary restraining order should remain in effect while the courts examine the merits of the challenge. And those merits, even critics point out, may yet be decided very differently.
Could a confession from Emmett Till's accuser lead to a new investigation?Relatives of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old victim of a 1955 lynching, have called for a new investigation into the case following a recent confession from his accuser.聽
Up close and personal: how Trump's attacks against the judiciary are differentTrump is not the first sitting president to take a swipe at the courts. But legal scholars and political scientists say his MO is different in one key way.聽
Why courts could rein in executive power 鈥撀燼fter decades of allowing itThe legal pushback to President Trump's travel ban is part of a growing number of legal challenges in recent years to the expansion of presidential power.
First LookFate of Trump's travel ban lies with federal appeals courtA decision on President Trump's travel ban that limits entry to the United States from seven different Muslim-majority countries could come as early as Wednesday.
First LookWhy is a Muslim cop suing the NYPD?Danielle Alamrani, a Brooklyn cop, said she was harassed and bullied when she began wearing a hijab to work in 2008, according to a new lawsuit.
Judges hammer attorneys on both sides of travel ban caseThe hearing聽before the San Francisco-based 9th Circuit Court of Appeals judges was the greatest legal challenge yet to the ban, which has upended travel to the U.S. for more than a week and tested the new administration's use of executive power.
In Trump's orders, a test of America's checks and balancesThe rollout of President Trump's travel ban led to no small amount of chaos and confusion. But the system has stood firm so far. 聽
First LookTrial begins for supporters of Nevada rancher Cliven BundyThree years after rancher Cliven Bundy's standoff against federal officials, jury selection has begun for six of his supporters. His and his sons' armed protests have raised questions about federal land management and the limits of legal protest.
A hostage standoff over better education and rehabilitation. Why?Inmates at Delaware's largest correctional facility called out President Trump in a phone-call manifesto on Wednesday. But the federal government has limited control over state prisons.聽
With Supreme Court pick, Trump takes a more traditional roadIn nominating Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, President Trump chose competence and credibility, not shock and awe.聽
Did FBI overstep its bounds in requesting information from Twitter?The FBI regularly issues secret National Security Letters that require companies to release information about their users without a warrant.
Supreme Court picks: What does Trump's shortlist say about diversity?Members of the US high court have criticized their own lack of geographic and professional diversity. Sometimes, this background matters on the Supreme Court. Other times, it doesn't.聽
First LookChicago turns to tech to curb murder rate: Will it work?On Friday, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago PD announced a tech surge designed to respond swiftly to crime and predict future incidents. But the technology has limitations.
