Learn how stare decisis influences court decisions by requiring adherence to prior rulings. Understand this legal doctrine ...

Legal precedent comes from court decisions where judges are asked to interpret the law, and once a court rules on an issue, legal precedent becomes the law. This means that legal precedent and ...

Part of a continuing series examining the U.S. Supreme Court case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a direct challenge to the 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion ...

OPINION: The Rittenhouse Privilege has set a precedent that permits individuals to claim self-defense in the most outrageous of cases. Kyle Rittenhouse being found not guilty on all counts after more ...

A column in The New York Times this week caught our attention. Adam Cohen wrote about number of recent conferences on the Rehnquist Court and its legacy. They have a particular prohibition built in.

Maduro's seizure was not worth the long-term damage done to the system that has underwritten American leadership and ...

Russia and China are seeing red over the US military’s capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro and his wife, condemning ...

"Which cases will the court overrule next," Justice Stephen Breyer asks. If you think the Supreme Court's conservative majority won't touch well-established legal precedent: think again. In a 5-4 ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. The decision by Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows to remove former ...