Justice Neil Gorsuch broke with the Supreme Court majority on a decision for a stay of execution for the first time this term ...

Before his execution, lawyers for Jessie Hoffman Jr., who was 18 when he was convicted of the 1996 murder of a 28-year-old ...

The Supreme Court seems to be in no hurry to address an issue that has irritated Republican and Democratic administrations alike: the ability of a single judge to block a nationwide policy ...

The Trump appointee isn’t known for siding with death row prisoners. But the reason he gave for doing so in a Louisiana case ...

President Donald Trump and top allies who have questioned the constitutionality of recent court orders blocking the ...

The Supreme Court in a 5-4 vote declined to stop Louisiana from carrying out its first execution in 15 years later Tuesday ...

A sharply divided Supreme Court declined Tuesday to halt the execution of a death row inmate in Louisiana who argued that the ...

President Donald Trump's supporters are seeking ways to check the power of so-called "activist" judges who have issued ...

The state of Louisiana carried out its first execution using nitrogen gas on Tuesday evening, after the Supreme Court ...

As it pushes to implement a plan to end birthright citizenship, the Trump administration is counting on an argument about out ...

The emergency appeal comes in the battle over birthright citizenship — but it could have ripple effects in cases challenging ...

Trial-court judges continue to block the president’s agenda with injunctions that apply across the country. Some ...