NPR: Justice Talking Podcast

Some lawyers are using brain scans showing defects to argue that their clients aren't responsible for criminal behavior. In recent years, ...

State laws permit the involuntary commitment of people suffering from mental illness if they are a danger to themselves or others. But how ...

Federal and state funding programs provide local groups with millions of dollars for "abstinence-only-until-marriage" education programs ...

In 1967, 15-year-old Gerald Gault was sentenced to six years in prison for making a lewd phone call, without written notice of the charges, ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has struggled over the years to define where the First Amendment ends and obscenity begins. The pressure to answer ...

Several high-profile court cases around the country are raising racial tensions. Some human rights organizations say the example of the ...

The presidential election is less than a year away and a Supreme Court ruling could change the kinds of advertisements we see and hear in ...

With 81-year-old Fidel Castro temporarily turning over power to his brother Ra?l, many countries around the world are reevaluating their ...

The college admissions process has changed significantly in recent years, particularly for students seeking to get into the nation's most ...

Many Americans' dream of homeownership has been lost as the subprime mortgage crisis has forced them to face foreclosure. Others ready to ...

At the urging of victims' rights groups, state legislatures have enacted laws that impose new consequences for those convicted of drunk ...

"Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex." This simple ...

This past spring, in , the U.S. Supreme Court decided that women who sue for pay discrimination must file a claim against their employers ...