Nuts and Bolts is a recurring series by Stephen Wermiel providing insights into the mechanics of how the Supreme Court works.

Lyon filed a federal lawsuit against the city and Police Chief Pamela A. Smith last year saying the District’s ban violated the Second Amendment. His client, Tyler Yzaguirre, who moved to D.C. from ...

A member of the Colorado Supreme Court unexpectedly announced her retirement from the bench, plus the state's Access to ...

How much damage did he do this time around? In my view, a lot—his 26 appointees this year were younger, whiter, and more ...

A federal judge ordered special elections after earlier ordering the state to redraw the electoral map used to select justices, concluding the current configuration dilutes the power of Black voters.

Judge Dianne Hensley, who has been fighting the state judicial oversight body since 2019, is hoping to tee up a new challenge to the U.S. Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Supreme Court says the Illinois Attorney's General office and the Cook County State's Attorney's ...

Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Marla Luckert will step down from her position at the start of the new year and retire ...

The case, brought by the union representing immigration judges, could have implications for other workplace claims brought by ...

Betsy Elsberry, an attorney representing Greenpeace International, delivers oral arguments before the North Dakota Supreme ...

The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday rejected two challenges to a 2023 law that allows judges to impose death sentences without unanimous jury recommendations.