The inevitable clash has begun between President Donald Trump and the courts that would dare to stand in the way of his administration’s many legally dubious actions. As of Monday morning ...

Not only has the Trump administration seized for itself extraconstitutional powers, but yesterday, it raised the specter that, should the courts apply the text of the Constitution and negate its ...

But can the courts keep up? By Mattathias Schwartz Mattathias Schwartz reports on the federal courts from Philadelphia. More than 40 lawsuits filed in recent days by state attorneys general ...

The court instructed an appeals court to reconsider whether lurid evidence tainted the trial of Brenda Andrew, the only woman on Oklahoma’s death row. By Adam Liptak Reporting from Washington ...

Journalists can now report from family courts in England and Wales in what the UK's most senior family judge has called a "watershed" change. From Monday, accredited journalists can speak to ...

Margaret Court has escaped a ban from attending the Australian Open after sneaking in unannounced to the surprise of tournament officials last year. Court, 82, turned up to watch the action from ...

A SUPREME Court judge has sided with a church and ordered a woman to remove a shed and other belongings from a disputed piece of land on Honeycombe Street. A MAN was sentenced to 14 months in ...

The U.S. Supreme Court gave a boost on Tuesday to a female Oklahoma death row inmate who claimed her 2004 conviction for murdering her estranged husband was tainted by what her lawyers called ...

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The PAC’s armed wing, the Azanian People’s Liberation Army (Apla), still insists it was never involved in the attack on patrons at a hotel in 1993 THE inquest into the Highgate Hotel massacre ...

A conservative appeals court ruled that the law, which barred the sale of firearms to adults under 21, was inconsistent with the Second Amendment.

Today will see patchy cloud and bright interludes throughout the day. Remaining largely dry, settled and chilly. Tonight Tonight, thicker cloud will gradually move in from the west. It will remain ...