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Plaintiffs need show only that the charges against them were dropped, the majority said, to satisfy a requirement that they had obtained a “favorable termination”…

Their efforts to seem consistent can clash with respect for precedent in the usual sense. But a new article argues that personal precedents have a…

His title notwithstanding, the chief justice cannot force a colleague’s recusal. If Justice Clarence Thomas is to disqualify himself, it will be his decision.

The justices seemed split on whether Congress can allow suits against states that discriminate against injured service members returning from conflicts.

Trade groups challenged the law, which requires adequate space for breeding pigs to turn around, saying it unfairly burdens out-of-state farmers.

The justices will decide whether the artist’s reliance on a photograph of the musician was copyright infringement or protected as a new, transformative work.

The nature of the text messages was enough to require recusal, legal experts said. But the Supreme Court has traditionally left such decisions to the…

The justices blocked a ruling that would have prevented the Pentagon from taking into account whether service members with religious objections were vaccinated.

A verbal reprimand, Justice Neil M. Gorsuch wrote for a unanimous court, is itself a form of free speech.

In an 8-to-1 ruling, the court said Texas may not execute John Henry Ramirez, a death row inmate, unless his pastor can pray with and…