In a surprise ruling, the Supreme Court upheld a ruling that the race of a person who has been stopped by police can factor into that person’s perception of the encounter in ways that impact their constitutional rights.

The Supreme Court hit an inauspicious milestone Tuesday as it raced to finish its most divisive pending cases by the end of the month: It has already handed down more 6-3 decisions along ideological lines than it did for the entire term that ended last year.

The ruling is a departure from a series of decisions by the justices expanding religious freedoms in recent terms.

The Supreme Court rejected a former Louisiana inmate's effort to sue state prison officials after they shaved his dreadlocks in violation of his religious beliefs.

The decision centers around a lawful permanent resident who was placed on immigration parole after returning from a trip to China because he had been accused of a counterfeiting crime.

The justices said the Pung family is only owed the surplus proceeds of the tax sale of their former home in Isabella County after failure to pay taxes

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to dismiss a lawsuit accusing Cisco Systems of aiding China's persecution of Falun Gong members under the Alien Tort Statute.

As the justices of the Supreme Court prepared to meet behind closed doors on February 27, they had before them an explosive case involving President Donald Trump, who is seeking to overturn a federal jury’s finding that he sexually abused and defamed magazine columnist E.