Sean O'Driscoll is a Newsweek Senior Crime and Courts Reporter based in Ireland. His focus is reporting on U.S. law. He has covered human rights and extremism extensively. Sean joined Newsweek in ...

The Supreme Court on Friday sided with federal prosecutors who moved to tack extra prison time onto the sentence of a ...

Despite former President Donald Trump’s dominance of the docket, much more happened in rulings that may affect multiple aspects of American lives. Read the Supreme Court’s first-ever ethics ...

Justice Clarence Thomas issued a forceful dissent on Monday after the Supreme Court declined to hear a case challenging First Amendment restrictions for protesters outside abortion clinics.

Thomas was a beneficiary of Yale’s affirmative action policy, which offered opportunities to minority students. Served on the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

“Despite seemingly good intentions, this judge-created doctrine has been widely criticized for its inefficiency and unfairness,” Thomas wrote. He argued that the framework has created ...

Justice Clarence Thomas wrote the opinion for a seven-justice ... gambling operation in Queens for a “made” member of the family, said he never used the “physical force” required to ...