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A Massachusetts case makes a novel challenge to probation: Is it unfair to require an addicted offender to remain drug-free or face prison?

Readers discuss the Supreme Court decision backing a Colorado baker who refused to make a cake for a gay couple.

We can’t keep litigating the equality of gay and lesbian Americans. We need an equal-rights amendment.

Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, writing for the majority, relied on narrow grounds, saying a state commission had violated the Constitution’s protection of religious freedom.

The court vacated an appeals court ruling that had allowed a teenager to obtain an abortion, saying the dispute was moot.

Jurors could not reach a verdict for either Linda or Edward P. Mangano, Nassau County’s former executive who had been charged with bribery and fraud.

The case concerned a stolen motorcycle covered in a tarp that an officer had looked under without an invitation or a warrant.

In turning down an appeal, the court put two of the state’s three abortion clinics at risk of closing.

Both parties have always played the redistricting game. But some of today’s battles have roots in a Supreme Court decision 30 years ago.

A lawyer calls the decision “a major step backward.” Another writer sees it as another blow to worker rights.