ADAM LIPTAK

Jack Smith, the special counsel prosecuting former President Donald J. Trump, had urged the justices to move with extraordinary speed, bypassing a federal appeals court.

Though he appointed three justices, his administration had the worst track record before the justices since at least the 1930s.

The former president urged the justices to move slowly in his federal election interference case, an apparent attempt to delay the trial, set for March.

The challengers who sought to disqualify Donald J. Trump prevailed on every legal issue, but the case is almost certainly headed for the Supreme Court,...

The challengers who sought to disqualify Donald J. Trump prevailed on every legal issue, but the case is almost certainly headed for the Supreme Court,...

The civil liberties group says it opposes the N.R.A. and its mission but has agreed to represent it in the Supreme Court in a free-speech...

The officer, Jatonya Muldrow, said she had been transferred to a less desirable position based on her sex. Lower courts said that she had not...

Since her retirement in 2006, the court has dismantled her key rulings on abortion, affirmative action and campaign finance.

The justices heard arguments over whether the Constitution allows the agency to pursue enforcement actions before its own judges instead of in federal courts.

A federal law imposes a mandatory 15-year sentence for possessing a gun after committing three serious drug offenses. But which offenses count?