President Chester A. Arthur nominated Justice Samuel Blatchford to the court on this day in 1882. According to Justia, Blatchford was a “precocious talent” who “enrolled in Columbia College (now […] ...

President William Ruto nominates Njoki Ndung'u as Kenya’s candidate for the International Criminal Court, joining a diverse pool of African nominees.

Facing a projected $2.6-million budget deficit, the Okanogan County commissioners decided last week to ask voters to approve an increase in the ...

The battle over the 2030 Census is intensifying — and compounding concerns about President Donald Trump’s broader moves to suppress the political power of the nation’s growing non-white population.

A 1912 Virginia Supreme Court case held that justices should let an election go forward, then rule afterwards if it was constitutional. Here’s the story.

John Cornyn by endorsing him promptly and making clear to state Attorney General Ken Paxton that he needs to drop out. But so ...

The Iowa House passed a bill requiring DNA samples from people arrested on certain charges, sparking debate over crime-solving tools, costs and constitutional rights.

The latest NBC News poll shows that the percentage of voters with a "great deal" or "quite a bit" of confidence in the court is at the lowest ebb since the question was first asked in 2000.

Idaho's House of Representatives has approved a nonbinding resolution asking the High Court to overturn Obergefell vs. Hodges.

A push from Missouri's Republican attorney general to alter the census may lead to a radical shift in redistricting for state legislatures — drawing districts that don't take into account children and ...

Sharing a stage, Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Brett Kavanaugh sparred Monday over the many emergency orders the court has ...