The U.S. Supreme Court stepped into a boiling political dispute over immigration Tuesday, setting up a likely decision in the middle of a presidential campaign marked by harsh rhetoric about immigrants.

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The largest teachers union in Michigan still represents Jason LaPorte at the bargaining table, but he no longer pays anything to support the union.

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With a deeper-than-ever split between Republicans and Democrats over abortion, activists on both sides of the debate foresee a 2016 presidential campaign in which the nominees tackle the volatile topic more aggressively than in past elections.

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Acting in the aftermath of the San Bernardino mass shooting, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from gun owners who challenged a Chicago suburb's ban on assault weapons.

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The growing political influence of Latinos could be slowed by a U.S. Supreme Court case over the constitutional requirement to make electoral districts roughly equal in population.

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The U.S. Supreme Court is taking on its first abortion case in eight years, a dispute over state regulation of abortion clinics.

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The U.S. Supreme Court appears to be split along ideological lines as it considers whether websites that collect and sell personal data can be sued for posting false information if the errors don't cause any specific harm.

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The U.S. Supreme Court seems divided over whether Internet search sites can be sued for publishing false information about people if the errors don't cause any real harm.

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer had a conflict of interest under federal law when he heard arguments in a case this week despite his wife's ownership of stock in a company involved in the dispute.

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People serving life terms for murders they committed as teenagers were looking to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday for signals about whether they will have a chance to seek their freedom.

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No. 14-848 Maryland v. Kulbicki

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A court decision to let the Ho-Chunk Nation offer video poker at its Madison casino will stand after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case.

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The U.S. Supreme Court is taking a step to address criticism that its inner workings are opaque

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The U.S. Supreme Court opened its new term on Monday by turning away appeals in roughly 1,600 cases the justices reviewed over the summer.

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The U.S. Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from a former aide to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker who was convicted of campaigning on taxpayers' time.

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One of former Gov. Tommy Thompson's aides who was convicted of corruption in Illinois has his Wisconsin law license back.

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer isn't planning to retire anytime soon, but he doesn't hesitate when asked about his legacy after more than two decades on the bench.

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The U.S. Supreme Court, the setting for landmark rulings in favor of free speech, can keep protesters off its marble plaza without violating their constitutional rights, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.

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Prison reform advocates who have spent years campaigning against solitary confinement are counting on a powerful new ally in their quest to end the practice — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy.

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Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his appeal of a federal court ruling that allows the Ho-Chunk Nation to offer video poker at its Madison casino.

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The Archdiocese of Milwaukee asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to weigh in on whether an estimated $70 million held in trust for the care of its cemeteries is off-limits in the archdiocese's bankruptcy case.

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In 2004, when Massachusetts became the first state to allow same-sex couples to marry, President George W. Bush declared support for a constitutional amendment "to protect the institution of marriage." Voters in 13 states changed their constitutions to define marriage as the union of a man and a woman. In most of those states, the vote wasn't even close.

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The recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage isn't going to end the debate, but those fighting the ruling don't have demographics on their side. Young people overwhelmingly support the right of gays and lesbians to have the legal right to marry.

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Wisconsin has joined eight other states in a lawsuit protesting a new rule from the EPA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

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They beat the EPA on coal, and now a group of state attorneys general hopes to score a similar victory on farming.

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The U.S. Supreme Court will consider limiting the power of government employee unions to collect fees from non-members in a case that labor officials say could threaten membership and further weaken union clout.

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Wisconsin Democrats on Monday called for the elimination of nullified language in the state's constitution that defines marriage as between a man and a woman.

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The U.S. Supreme Court declared Friday that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the United States.

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The U.S. Supreme Court handed a surprising victory to the Obama administration and civil rights groups on Thursday when it upheld a key tool used for more than four decades to fight housing discrimination.

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