Courts & Law



Butler County Judge J. Gregory Howard ordered West Chester Hospital to treat Jeffrey Smith, 51, with ivermectin for three weeks, as requested by his wife.

Civil rights groups have warned of the growing hostility toward minorities in the United States.

The Texas law banning abortion after about six weeks is set to take effect Wednesday.

The 83-year-old justice said he is frustrated with questions about retirement and warned that structural changes to the court could come at a high cost.

Justices say federal agency lacks power to halt evictions in face of coronavirus pandemic.

More than 20 current and former federal judiciary employees described their experiences in a brief filed Thursday.

Lawyers for man who killed nine at Charleston church said his mental illness should preclude his execution.

Under the program begun by President Donald Trump, thousands of asylum seekers were sent to wait outside U.S. territory while their claims were processed in immigration courts. President Biden called it ‘bad policy.’

An agent knew an informant lied but still pursued a case against the Chinese-born academic, a motion alleged.

The last abortion clinic in Mississippi, known as the Pink House, is at the heart of a Supreme Court case that could severely restrict abortion access, leaving millions of largely poor women in the South with no access.

But the justices already have been skeptical that the CDC has such authority.

The court’s liberal justices dissented, noting the moratorium was to expire soon and saying the state’s law should not be second-guessed by courts.

It is the first case about mandatory coronavirus vaccinations to reach the Supreme Court, but Justice Amy Coney Barrett gave no reason for rejecting the request.

Jenny and Piper were trained at a women’s prison and got their badges in Manhattan this month.

New Jersey’s only women’s prison was the site of a series of rapes and attacks from staff members, investigators found.

The Supreme Court justice was both the leading proponent of abortion rights and a critic of the decision.

After relaunching the consent decree program, the Biden administration is examining how it could work better.

Gallup annual survey says justices got lower marks from Republicans and Democrats.

The state, in defending its restrictive law, says in a brief filed Thursday that nothing in the Constitution protects the right to abortion.

Using deceptive tactics during interrogations is generally permitted in the United States, although experts say children are particularly vulnerable to giving false confessions.

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