The Supreme Court's ruling that presidents can fire leaders of independent agencies — at will — could lead to less regulation of corporate interests.

Plea deal left a man free after a CTA weapons find — now a shoplifting warrant is active. Court records have the details.

After the Celtics traded the All-NBA wing to Philadelphia, we're about to find out what Brown looks like outside of Boston.

Mark Sherman has covered the Supreme Court for The Associated Press for 20 years during some of the most momentous decisions in history ...

For decades, the Nigerian justice system was synonymous with towering piles of paper files, crowded court registries, delayed proceedings, and litigants travelling hundreds of kilometres simply to ...

Can I receive the restaurant deposit if my husband is detained?” The clue revealing the criminal intent of Ms. A, a ...

A decade after the last FOIA reform, RCFP shares its wishlist for improving the well-intended but deeply flawed law.

A proposed measure making its way through the state legislature threatens to limit transparency within all levels of California government.

Big, serious, aggressive stands for robust constitutional protection of individual rights, even of accused criminals, are rare commodities.

The Supreme Court has held that constitutional privacy protections extend to cellphone location information, ruling in the ...

ProPublica conducted a new analysis that shows the court is deciding more consequential rulings than ever before in largely ...

The Supreme Court struck down Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship and ruled states can ban transgender athletes from playing on girls sports teams.