WASHINGTON (CN) — Rulings from the Supreme Court hold enormous weight because unlike bills from Congress or executive orders from the president, their effectiveness is not dependent on the current ...

The first Monday in October commences a new United States Supreme Court term. This term, the court will hear many significant cases. However, the Supreme Court’s own reputation will also be up for ...

One way to do that is by what scholars call "narrowing" precedents, such as by limiting them almost exclusively to the factual circumstances in which they arose. Critics have disparaged this practice ...

Re “Alito Assured Kennedy of His Respect for Roe, Senator Said in Diary” (news article Oct. 25): The Supreme Court confirmation process has become like the college application essay — you say what you ...

Their efforts to seem consistent can clash with respect for precedent in the usual sense. But a new article argues that personal precedents have a role to play as legal building blocks. By Adam Liptak ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court has given itself more opportunities in the coming months to overturn its own past rulings, a signal that its conservative justices are rethinking ...