Though abortion rights supporters prevailed on ballot measures in seven of the 10 states where abortion was up for a vote on Nov. 5, the state supreme courts they've elected indicate legal fights ...

In many states, judicial elections are nonpartisan but political parties and ideological groups still lobby for candidates. In 2024, abortion surfaced as a top issue in these races.

remains free to change the laws with respect to abortion in the future,” Dallet wrote for the liberal majority. Justice Annette Ziegler delivered a scathing rebuke of the court’s decision, decrying it ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump’s first judicial pick of his second term, voting to approve ...

President Donald Trump began making his first few federal judicial appointments in recent days, naming several individuals who have been prosecuting violent crime, arguing in front of the Supreme ...

Before the nation's highest court unwound the constitutional right to abortion, outside groups largely focused on state judicial races because of the role those courts play in redistricting disputes.

Republicans criticize Obama-appointed judge for issuing a temporary restraining order preventing the defunding of Planned Parenthood, calling it an overreach of judicial authority ...

Republican Texas State Attorney General Ken Paxton wants a New York court to enforce a civil decision from Texas against Dr.

A Jackson County circuit court judge has struck down Missouri's abortion ban in a sweeping preliminary injunction that eliminates ...

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“Pro-abortion activists know they cannot win through the legislatures, so they have turned to state courts to override state laws,” Pritchard said. Some abortion opponents now support changes to the ...