Adam Liptak

The Supreme Court will decide whether Boston, which allows many kinds of groups to raise flags outside its City Hall, can reject one bearing the…

On Wednesday, the justices will hear the most important abortion case in decades, one that could undermine or overturn Roe v. Wade.

Recent rulings, including one turning down a death row inmate’s request supported by the prosecution, offer telling glimpses of the state of capital punishment.

Una ley federal excluye a los habitantes de la isla de un programa de Seguridad Social que otorga pagos mensuales para las personas necesitadas.

A Texas death row inmate, John H. Ramirez, asked the justices to let spiritual advisers pray with and lay hands on prisoners as they await…

A federal law excludes residents of Puerto Rico from a Social Security program that provides monthly payments to needy people.

The justices considered whether the state secrets doctrine required dismissal on national security grounds of a case claiming religious discrimination.

The law, which imposes strict limits on carrying guns in public, faced a skeptical reception from the Supreme Court on Wednesday.

The justices will hear a challenge to a New York gun control law on Wednesday to consider what the Constitution has to say about carrying…

The justices seemed inclined to find a narrow way to reject the argument that the censure of an elected official in Houston ran afoul of…