Supreme Court

Here's what will happen to abortion access in your state if the Supreme Court decision ensuring legal abortion throughout America is overturned.

The Alabama Senate on Tuesday voted in favor of a measure that would effectively ban abortion in the state. Here's a selection of Pacific Standard stories about recent challenges to abortion access.

The ACLU is suing the Trump administration over the president's national emergency declaration.

Lawsuits used to be a path to prison reform, but they're now an uphill battle for prisoners and their families.

A court ruled meter maids are conducting searches without warrants, reflecting a shift from a privacy-based conception of rights to a property-based one.

Jamal Knox was sent to prison for his lyrics. The courts have a history of criminalizing rap music.

The five conservatives on the court seemed ready to rule against three lower courts, a collection of researchers and experts, and five former leaders of the Census Bureau.

For a trio of anti-LGBT discrimination cases, the issue revolves around the meaning of one word: sex.

The bans mark an unprecedented year for abortion legislation—and a potential political turning point.

The Dayton, Ohio, Board of Education adopted a policy barring immigration agents from enforcing on school grounds. A new bill in the Ohio State House would end that.

Silence speaks volumes (and so does interrupting women and making mean jokes).

The Kansas v. Garcia ruling concerns the doctrine of preemption, and whether states can prosecute certain federal crimes.

Immigrants with certain prior criminal convictions will now be placed in detention without the opportunity to petition for release.

The Supreme Court will weigh whether Lee Boyd Malvo, now 34, should have a lessened sentence for his role in this crime that he took part in when he was a minor.

A cornerback prospect was reportedly asked about his private parts at the NFL combine. Does anti-discrimination law cover the NFL?

The lawsuit follows a Supreme Court decision allowing Alabama to deny a Muslim-American man's request to have an imam present at his execution.

Dave Assman's attempt to get his last name on a Canadian plate has thrust the question back into the United States spotlight.

A 40-foot cross that honors fallen World War I soldiers stands at a busy intersection on February 28th, 2019, in Bladensburg, Maryland.

Texas has been trying to execute Bobby Moore for decades. The Supreme Court once again said "no."

After a surprising vote to stay a Louisiana law, the future of women's constitutional right to abortion appears to hang on the judgment of a single man.

A media law and ethics expert on the landmark ruling that safeguarded the press' right to be wrong.

After a circuit court ordered the removal of a citizenship question from the census, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to weigh in on the case. On Friday, the high court agreed.

The Supreme Court denied Domineque Ray's request to have his Muslim imam in the room during his lethal injection, raising questions of religious discrimination. But his trial and death sentence were an uphill battle from the start.

Studies show that, in most cases, laws requiring doctors to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital are not necessary for the health and safety of women getting abortions.