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Judges appeared divided on a Midwestern utility's argument that it should not be required to purchase power from a Montana solar facility.

The Great Writ has been on a declining trajectory for several decades. With no signs that Congress will use its power to shore up the habeas process, and a Supreme Court appearing bent on limiting it, the future of habeas corpus is more uncertain than ever.

Marjorie Cohn discusses the ramifications of a Supreme Court decision that flies in the face of recent precedents protecting the Sixth Amendment right to counsel. By Marjorie Cohn Truthout In a shameful opinion that broke down along ideological lines, the right-wingers on the Supreme Co

Now people who had incompetent lawyers aren’t entitled to present evidence of their innocence in federal court.

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision on Monday could make it harder for state prisoners to fight their cases after conviction. Two Arizona death row inmates,

Supreme Court has ruled in two Arizona death penalty cases that 1990s amendments to the federal habeas corpus law permit state prisoners who were provided…

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court ruled along ideological lines Monday against two Arizona death row inmates who had argued that their lawyers did a

The Supreme Court said Monday that state prisoners may not present new evidence in federal court in support of a claim that their post-conviction counsel in state court was ineffective in violation of the Constitution.

The two inmates could not present new evidence of ineffective counsel they said they received in state trials during their federal appeals, the high court ruled. Dissenting justices called the ruling perverse and illogical.

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that inmates do not have a right to raise defenses in federal court that were rejected in state courts, denying the appeals of two Arizona death-row inmates in the process.