Far-right Republicans and the conservative supreme court are working on a carefully laid plan to turn the US into a repressive regime
Two recent rulings by America’s apex court are profoundly troubling
COMMENT: For this gay, white soldier there simply isn’t a good enough challenger to knock him off his perch
As with the ban on SAA flying to the United States in 1986, political pragmatism will eventually be trumped by economic realities
The two sides squared off in fiery exchanges that circled around the procedures for the trial and gave the Democrats an opportunity to spell out their arguments for Trump’s guilt…
Louisiana and Kansas had asked the highest court in the land to intervene after losing their case against family planning group Planned Parenthood
With the arrival of Brett Kavanaugh, the court comprises four liberals appointed by Democratic presidents and five conservatives picked by Republicans
Kavanaugh’s confirmation as a replacement for retiring justice Anthony Kennedy was controversial from the start
If he wins confirmation, Kavanaugh will seal a conservative majority on the nine-seat high court for years to come
Senate Democrats are now investigating a bombshell claim by Deborah Ramirez who says Kavanaugh exposed himself to her during a 1980s college party
The justices ruled 5-4 that the most recent version of the ban, which the administration claims is justified by national security concerns, was valid
Trump promised to end the programme during his 2016 election campaign and the protections were set to begin to be phased out in early March
US supreme court nominee’s past comments catch up with her, writes Chris McGreal.
Mildred Jeter Loving was a shy, unassuming black woman who never expected to make history when her landmark 1967 Supreme Court case ended the ban on interracial marriages in the…
The Pentagon on Monday sought murder and conspiracy charges against the alleged planner of the September 11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and five others and will ask they be…
Bush administration officials are weighing a plan that would grant detainees at Guantánamo Bay greater rights, as part of an effort to close the facility and possibly move some…
An American soldier stationed at Hitler’s Bavarian mountain hideway at the end of World War II looked around for a souvenir. His choice was unveiled in Washington on Thursday:…
America’s execution chambers fell idle on Wednesday after the Supreme Court made it clear it will allow no more prisoners to be put to death until it reviews the legality of the…
