Texas executes inmate who said his sentence was based on false testimony
A Texas man who claimed his death sentence was based on false expert testimony has been executed for killing a man during a robbery in the 1990s.
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A Texas man who claimed his death sentence was based on false expert testimony has been executed for killing a man during a robbery in the 1990s.
The case before the Supreme Court, United States v. Rahimi, puts a 30-year-old federal gun law designed to protect survivors of domestic violence in the spotlight.
The case before the Supreme Court involves a gun law enacted by Congress nearly 30 years ago that prohibits people under domestic violence restraining orders from having firearms.
The U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday is hearing a controversial case over domestic abusers and their right to own guns. Correspondent Tom Hanson speaks with a survivor who says the federal law helped protect her. If you need help, reach out to the Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233 or text "start" to 88788.
The committee could vote as soon as Nov. 9 to authorize subpoenas for GOP donors Harlan Crow and Robin Arkley II, as well as Leonard Leo, a conservative legal activist.
A Senate Finance Committee report says Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas appears to have only paid interest on a loan before it was forgiven by a wealthy friend.
Justice Coney Barrett will not be the first to visit the University, as Supreme Court Justices Kagan, Sotomayor, Roberts, and Scalia have all come in the past.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett says it would be a good idea for the nation's highest court to adopt a formal code of conduct.
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett was invited by the University of Minnesota law school to speak as part of the Robert A. Stein Lecture series. But her visit isn't sitting well with some students who called for her invitation to be revoked, and are planning to protest.
Matthew Shepard died at 21 after being beaten and tied to a remote fence in Wyoming. His death sparked a reckoning over hate crimes and LGBTQ+ rights.
Wisconsin's top Republican state lawmaker, who had threatened to possibly impeach a newly elected liberal state Supreme Court justice if she didn't step down from a redistricting case, doesn't mention that option in his first comments since the justice decided against recusal.
Donald Trump is calling for a show of strength in Iowa, arguing before big audiences that dominating in the Republican presidential caucuses in January would signal to voters around the country his strength in the November election next year.
The Supreme Court convenes Monday for a new term that brings cases on free speech, agency power and the Second Amendment.
A coalition of anti-abortion organizations is urging two Wisconsin prosecutors to pursue charges against abortion providers in their counties despite a court's ruling that abortion is legal.
Planned Parenthood says that it will resume offering abortions in Wisconsin next week after a judge ruled that an 1849 law that seemingly banned the procedure actually didn't apply to abortions.
A three-judge panel has blocked Alabama's new congressional map after lawmakers failed to create a second district where Black voters at least came close to comprising a majority, as suggested by the court.
A state judiciary disciplinary panel has rejected several complaints lodged against Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz alleging that she violated the judicial code of ethics for comments she made during the campaign.
One of Iowa's largest cities is the latest municipality to repeal its ban on so-called LGBTQ+ conversion therapy.
The administrative stay from Justice Samuel Alito will remain in place until August 8.
Conflicts on Wisconsin's newly liberal controlled state Supreme Court spilled out publicly as the court majority flipped this week, setting the stage for deep divisions on major cases that could determine voting rules in this battleground state, the legality of abortions and legislative boundary lines.
Justice Elena Kagan noted "there are limits" to Congress' authority to police the Supreme Court.
The Iowa Supreme Court says Gov. Kim Reynolds can appeal a temporary block on the state's restrictive abortion law.
Wisconsin's Supreme Court will flip from majority conservative to liberal control next month and Democrats have high hopes the change will lead to the state's abortion ban being overturned and maps redrawn to weaken GOP control of the Legislature and congressional districts.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds says plans are in progress to appeal a temporary block on the state's new, restrictive abortion law, previewing a likely emotional court battle that could take months to resolve.
Attorney General Keith Ellison is calling for term limits for Supreme Court justices, following an interview he gave to a Michigan news outlet in which he was reported to have called for Thomas's ouster.
