The Indiana Supreme Court reversed an order from the Benton Circuit Court dismissing a plaintiff’s case regarding a settlement dispute because the party failed to move the case along, Chief Justice Loretta Rush wrote in a June 27 opinion.
Earlier this week the Indiana Governor and Attorney General requested the Indiana Supreme Court set an execution date for a convicted murderer.
Gov. Eric Holcomb doubled down Thursday on the state’s move to seek an execution date for Fort Wayne’s Joseph Corcoran, who was convicted of murdering four people in 1997.
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would have shielded members of the Sackler family who own the company from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids but also would have provided billions of dollars to combat the opioid epidemic.
The former Uvalde schools police chief was indicted over his role in the slow police response to the 2022 massacre at a Texas elementary school that left 19 children and two teachers dead, the local sheriff said Thursday.
The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case of former President Donald Trump granted his request Thursday for a hearing on whether prosecutors had been permitted to improperly breach attorney-client privilege when they obtained crucial evidence from one of his ex-lawyers.
A raspy and sometimes halting President Joe Biden tried repeatedly to confront Donald Trump in their first debate ahead of the November election, as his Republican rival countered Biden’s criticism by leaning into falsehoods about the economy, illegal immigration and his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection.
The Indiana Supreme Court granted the transfer of a case in the Sullivan Superior Court after the trial court failed to prove it needed to reschedule a trial due to court congestion, Justice Geoffrey Slaughter wrote.
The Supreme Court appears ready to rule that hospitals in Idaho may provide medically necessary abortions to stabilize patients at least for now, despite the state’s strict abortion law, according to a copy of the opinion that was briefly posted on Wednesday to the court’s website and obtained by Bloomberg News.
A solid majority of Americans say Supreme Court justices are more likely to be guided by their own ideology rather than serving as neutral arbiters of government authority, a new poll finds, as the high court is poised to rule on major cases involving former President Donald Trump and other divisive issues.
An asylum halt at the U.S. southern border, which took effect June 5 and has led to a 40% decline in arrests for illegal crossings, applies to all nationalities. But it falls hardest on those most susceptible to deportation — specifically, Mexicans and others Mexico agrees to take (Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, Venezuelans).
President Joe Biden and his Republican rival, Donald Trump, will meet for a debate on Thursday that offers an unparalleled opportunity for both candidates to try to reshape the political narrative.
Gov. Eric Holcomb and Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita call for reinstating executions in Indiana and to start with a 1997 murderer.
The Indiana Supreme Court denied a petition for post-conviction relief for a man convicted and sentenced to death for the murders of his wife and her two children, Chief Justice Loretta Rush wrote in an order issued Tuesday.
The Indiana Supreme Court granted transfer last week for cases involving a speedy trial request and a fatal county fair brawl.
The United States Supreme Court overturned the bribery conviction of a former Indiana mayor on Wednesday in an opinion that narrows the scope of public corruption law.
The NCAA Division I council voted to remove use of cannabis products from the banned drug class for championships and postseason participation in football.
President Joe Biden pardoned potentially thousands of former U.S. service members convicted of violating a now-repealed military ban on consensual gay sex, saying Wednesday that he is “righting an historic wrong” to clear the way for them to regain lost benefits.
As he campaigned for the presidency, Joe Biden promised to spend billions of dollars to “save the world” from climate change. One of the largest players in the solar industry was ready.
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich went on trial behind closed doors in Yekaterinburg on Wednesday, 15 months after his arrest in the Russian city on espionage charges that he, his employer and the U.S. government vehemently deny.