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The SCOTUS is leaving in place a ruling that a Texas school board can open meetings with student-led public prayers without running afoul of the Constitution.

HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to review an appeal from a Mexican man on Texas death row for the slayings of his wife and two children at their Rio Grande Valley home more than 25 years ago. The high court issued no comment Monday in the case of 62-year-old Robert Moreno Ramos...

Imagine if police pulled you over, then seized your cash and property for no other reason than you were driving along a highway frequented by drug dealers. It happens more often than you'd think, and the U.S. Supreme Court's refusal to hear Texas case concerning "civil asset forfeiture" basically OK's the practice.

The Texas Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a case that conservatives hope will provide an opening to challenge the landmark 2015 ruling legalizing gay marriage nationwide.

EMERY P. DALESIO, Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court is taking up the case of a North Carolina man who beat a traffic ticket and posted about his victory on Facebook, a place he was forbidden to be.

MICHAEL GRACZYK, Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Two men on death row for separate slayings in the Dallas-Fort Worth area have lost appeals before the U.S. Supreme Court.

MICHAEL GRACZYK, Associated Press HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Texas inmate Daniel Lee Lopez wants to be put to death for striking and killing a police lieutenant with an SUV during a chase more than six years ago. Despite his wishes and court rulings that he was competent to make that decision, his attorneys are taking their push to halt the punishment to the U...

In a major victory for the Obama administration, the Supreme Court handed down a ruling in the King v. Burwell case upholding the tax subsidies in the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.

MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Abortion is back before the Supreme Court, and the justices could signal by the end of June whether they're likely to take up the biggest case on the hot-button subject in nearly a quarter-century.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected a challenge from retailers who claim the Federal Reserve allows banks to charge businesses too much for handling debit card transactions.