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new video loaded: The Origins of the Supreme Court’s Shadow DocketSecret memos obtained by The New York Times illuminate the origins of the Supreme Court’s shadow…

In the recent decision Chiles v. Salazar, the U.S. Supreme Court held that state laws banning conversion therapy may be unconstitutional if those laws restrict free…

Labour MPs are hoping to hijack plans to cut back on jury trials in England and Wales by proposing specialist courts for sexual offences with fixed…

Hyperbolic cliches fly back and forth in the debate about the abolition of jury trials. The dispute will never be resolved and it distracts from the…

Cast your mind back to the American south in the late 1950s, when federal trial court judges were called upon to do a herculean job –…

Family courts are “not good enough” and have treated women and children unfairly for decades, a government minister has said.Announcing a major overhaul of the family…

A man accused of breaching a restraining order related to Jess Phillips will not have his case heard in the crown court until 2028, the Labour…

Late last month, a Minnesota federal court judge, Patrick Schiltz, issued an opinion detailing hundreds of instances in which the Trump administration has failed to comply…

It is refreshing to witness the US supreme court recover its spine and stand up to Donald Trump’s most extreme caprices. The 6-3 decision on Friday…

In a major setback for President Trump’s economic agenda, the court ruled that he could not invoke an emergency power to set tariffs on imports.