The Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider reinstating some preventative care coverage requirements under the Affordable Care Act that were struck down by a lower court.

Chief Justice John Roberts has expressed concern about the Supreme Court’s declining public trust, but has failed to ...

In the first test of how receptive the court may be to Trump, 4 of the court's 6 conservative members said they would have granted his emergency request.

Former President Jimmy Carter was remembered Thursday with a state funeral in Washington. To discuss Carter's life and legacy ...

Can a citizen use force to prevent a law enforcement officer from entering their home if the person does not believe the ...

Breyer, as chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit from 1990 to 1994, was involved in the design of ...

The First Circuit can’t seem to decide if sightseers have a constitutional right to travel to places where they’re unwanted.

Retired liberal U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer began a two-day stint as a visiting judge on the federal appeals ...

Bar Harbor's 1,000-person daily cap on cruise ship visitors got unusual scrutiny Wednesday when retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer joined the panel of judges reviewing the case at the ...

One major case he will hear is arguments for the appeal of Alan Howell Parrot of Maine, who was sentenced and fined in ...

President Jimmy Carter appointed more judges to the federal bench than any other president has done in a single term.

Carter appointed 262 federal judges during his years in office, more than any single-term president before him. He also ...