Some public defenders have pushed for lower caseloads to improve legal representation, while some county leaders have raised ...

The Washington State Supreme Court has approved major changes to how many criminal cases public defenders can take on each year.

The state Supreme Court on Monday responded to a “crisis” in Washington’s public defense system by slashing caseloads for those providing counsel to poor defendants facing criminal prosecutions.

The US Supreme Court made it even harder for inmates to challenge their confinement. In a unanimous ruling by Justice Ketanji ...

The Supreme Court passed up the chance to weigh in how much leeway state courts have to interpret federal election rules.

The Supreme Court has rejected a Republican appeal and left in place a Pennsylvania court decision allowing people to cast ...

Both sides of the gun debate agree that the Supreme Court’s actions this term were a mixed bag, but gun control advocates are ...

WASHINGTON — A closely divided Supreme Court refused Monday to hear a 2nd Amendment challenge to the bans on semiautomatic ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday handed down a unanimous ruling in a religious rights case, finding that a ...