Courts & Law

In a ceremony inside the court’s Great Hall, Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt eulogized Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as a “path-marking role model for women and girls of all ages.”

Ingram-Lopez, 27, died after being handcuffed and held face-down in a garage for some 12 minutes.

The judge said the administration had failed to show “imminent and irreparable harm will occur” if the state can’t limit crowds to 25 people inside and 250 people outside.

In 2000, lawyers and election officials endlessly debated butterfly ballots and hanging chads. Now, the legal arguments are more complex and concern mail-in voting.

Ginsburg shaped her career and found her voice here in New Jersey as a pioneering faculty member at Rutgers Law School in Newark from 1963 to 1972.

The family of a 53-year-old Black man shot and killed by a National Guard soldier during protests this summer in Louisville, Ky., is filing a wrongful death lawsuit.

Police seized enough fentanyl to kill three-quarters of Delaware’s population following a two-year investigation.

The death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg comes just as SCOTUS was about to hear a case challenging the ACA. It could end Medicaid expansion and protections for preexisting conditions.

Many of Ginsburg's Supreme Court colleagues praised her tenure. Chief Justice John Roberts called Ginsburg "a tireless and resolute champion of justice."

WeChat users had argued the moves targeting the all-in-one app with instant messaging, social media and other communication tools would restrict free speech.

While Pennsylvania's high court settled several partisan points of dispute over how to update the state's election law, counties remain unprepared in several important ways.

Payouts range from multi-million-dollars to less but the financial impact is often overlooked. An argument in the protests is that funds for police could be used elsewhere.

The Supreme Court’s role, then, could be vital in deciding a contested election, as it was in 2000 when a 5-4 ruling handed the presidential election to George W. Bush.

Judge Amy Coney Barrett of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit is seen as the front-runner after having previously been a finalist for a nomination.

Ricardo Munoz, who had schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, was shot by police in Lancaster after running toward them with a knife. He never got the help he needed.