A scandal involving lavish office renovations and other financial abuses by the highest court in one of the poorest states in America has triggered an extraordinary move by one branch of government to essentially fire another.

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During last week's Supreme Court arguments about crisis pregnancy centers, Justice Sonia Sotomayor introduced a long line of questions by saying she had recently visited the website of one of the clinics that is a party to the suit.

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If you were supposed to argue a case in front of the Supreme Court of Virginia on Sept. 17, you might have to reconfigure your calendar.

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Mobile-phone searches, junior-league politicians, greedy lawyers round out this week's Law Blog Roundup

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In some ways, the courthouse and the opera house both have a flair for the dramatic.

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Several Supreme Court justices cast serious doubt Monday on the president’s constitutional authority to install three members on the National Labor Relations Board without Senate approval in 2012.

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WASHINGTON — At the Supreme Court, technology can be regarded as a necessary evil, and sometimes not even necessary. When the justices have something to say to each other in writing, they never do it by email. Their courthouse didn’t ...

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The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court faced the task of drawing a line between permissible religious addresses by private citizens at public meetings.

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WASHINGTON — You must be a lawyer to argue before the Supreme Court. Thought that already was the case? It wasn’t — until Monday, when the Supreme Court revised its 80-page rule book for the first time since 2010. The ...

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states cannot require would-be voters to prove they are U.S. citizens before using a federal registration system designed to make signing up easier. The justices voted 7-2 to throw out Arizona’s voter-approved ...

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