NASHVILLE – Fear of COVID-19 will not be a reason for Tennessee residents to vote by mail in the November general election, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. Absentee ballots filed for Thursday's primary will…
The Supreme Court Built America’s Broken Policing System…
Police and the politicians who protect them get most of the attention in the movement to defund or reform law enforcement. But there’s another, more powerful force that’s allowed law enforcement to use force on…
US carries out first federal execution in 17…
The federal government carried out its first execution in 17 years early Tuesday when Daniel Lewis Lee, convicted in the 1996 slaying of an Arkansas family, was put to death by lethal injection at the U.S. Penitentiary in…
Year of surprise Supreme Court rulings shows influence…
WASHINGTON – When the Supreme Court opened its 2019 term nine months ago with a debate about the meaning of insanity, few could have predicted how crazy things would get. Chief Justice John Roberts presided over President Donald…
Supreme Court Sides Against Trump In Key Tax…
The Supreme Court upheld a subpoena from Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance for President Donald Trump’s financial records, one of two major rulings that rejected Trump’s most strident legal defenses but that nonetheless could shield his records…
Supreme Court Gives Progressive Challenger Ammunition Against Rep.…
A progressive mayor who is challenging Massachusetts Rep. Richard Neal (D) from the left seized on Thursday’s Supreme Court rulings as evidence of Neal’s failure as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee to…
Supreme Court to decide if Congress can get…
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court agreed Thursday to consider blocking Congress' access to secret grand jury materials from the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election. The action was a victory for the Trump administration, which is fighting…