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CNN) -- On Tuesday, I was free. On Wednesday, I became a criminal. Tuesday, we mourned the loss of President Nelson Mandela -- a leader whose...

Supreme Court associate justices (L-R) Anthony Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, John Paul Stevens, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan attend U.S. President Barack Obama's...

In Michigan, more than 350 inmates who committed crimes as juveniles will have a chance to make their case to parole boards after...

President Barack Obama should lead a forceful drive to revive the Voting Rights Act, which was effectively disemboweled by the Supreme Court's recent...

  Washington (CNN) -- The Supreme Court sidestepped a sweeping decision on the use of race-conscious school admission policies, ruling Monday on the...

Rae Tate, of Sacramento, Calif., leads the supporters of gay marriage during a demonstration at the Federal Courthouse in Sacramento, Calif., on Tuesday, March...

WASHINGTON  — The Supreme Court is broadening its examination of affirmative action by adding a case about Michigan’s effort to ban consideration of...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is wading into the fight over same-sex marriage at a time when public opinion is shifting rapidly in...

Atlanta (CNN) -- Twice-convicted killer Warren Lee Hill was granted final-hour stays of execution on Tuesday, his attorney said. The stays came from the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the Georgia Court of Appeals. "I think we were within about a half hour of the execution," said Brian Kammer, an attorney for Hill, whose supporters say is mentally disabled.