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The phrase, seemingly deleted in error, undermines the basis for qualified immunity, the legal shield that protects police officers from suits for misconduct.

In a pair of unanimous rulings, the court sided with Joseph Percoco, a former aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York, and Louis Ciminelli,...

The court ruled that the measure did not violate constitutional limits on state laws that affect conduct beyond the state’s borders.

The court acted after Oklahoma’s attorney general joined Mr. Glossip in urging it to halt the execution, which had been scheduled for May 18.

The justice’s files on thousands of cases, including landmark decisions on abortion and the 2000 election, were made public.

In a combative 2004 memo rejecting calls for his recusal, Justice Antonin Scalia discussed whether a trip on a litigant’s plane was a gift that had...

The court’s order seemed to vindicate a commitment in last year’s decision in Dobbs: to leave further questions about abortion to the political process.

The justices have been receptive to claims of religious freedom and may take a broad view of a federal law that requires employers to “reasonably...

In an emergency application, lawyers for the government asked the justices to stay all of a Texas judge’s ruling suspending a commonly used abortion medication.