Louisiana Man Who Spent Three Years on Death Row Has Murder Charge Dismissed

By JONAH ENGEL BROMWICH April 20, 2017 Louisiana has dismissed all charges against a man who spent several years on death row after the his infant son died in 2012, in a case that drew national attention to a parish that sentenced young black men to...

Supreme Court Weighs State Aid to Church Programs

By ADAM LIPTAK April 19, 2017 WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court seemed ready to chip away at the wall separating church and state on Wednesday, with several justices suggesting that states must sometimes provide aid to religious groups. The case concerned...

Bitter Fight Behind Him, Justice Gorsuch Starts Day With Relish

By ADAM LIPTAK April 17, 2017 WASHINGTON — For the first time in more than a year, nine justices heard arguments at the Supreme Court on Monday. The new member of the court, Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, sat on the far right side of the bench, in the spot...

Sidebar: Why Gorsuch May Not Be So Genteel on the Bench

April 17, 2017 By ADAM LIPTAK WASHINGTON — Justice Neil M. Gorsuch is by all accounts the soul of courtesy, and he may have a hard time elbowing his way into the judicial crossfire that is the modern Supreme Court argument. Justices interrupt one another all the...

A Polarized Supreme Court, Growing More So

By ADAM LIPTAK April 9, 2017 WASHINGTON — Viewed one way, Judge Neil M. Gorsuch’s confirmation will not do much to change the dynamics of the Supreme Court. His appointment is a one-for-one swap, a conservative replacing another conservative. But...

Civil Rights Act Protects Gay Workers, Court Rules

By MATTHEW HAAG and NIRAJ CHOKSHI April 4, 2017 In a significant victory for gay rights, a federal appeals court in Chicago ruled Tuesday that the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects gay workers from job discrimination, expanding workplace protections...