Malaika Brooks was seven months pregnant when a Seattle police officer stunned her with a Taser. Hawaii resident Jayzel Mattos was at home when she, too, got zapped by police. » read more

Supreme Court justices sounded sympathetic Wednesday to Arizona’s controversial efforts to crack down on illegal immigrants, while raising some questions about the potential consequences for individuals and for national policy. » read more

In their latest highly charged faceoff, the justices must decide whether Arizona went too far with a crackdown that includes ordering police to routinely check the legal residency status of people they stop. The court’s final answer this election year could ignite Capitol Hill, other states and, not least, Hispanic voters. » read more

Barack Obama got off to a bad start with the Supreme Court the very moment he was sworn in as president, and it's not getting any better. » read more

Supreme Court justices can hide their intentions in plain sight, even with something as complicated as health care. The judicial utterances during this week's lengthy oral arguments left a common impression that the conservative-led court might strike down some or all of the 2010 health care law. » read more

Blessed with sound-bite sensibilities in an all-male scrum of long-winded gray suits, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi stood out in Washington this week as the unofficial spokeswoman for the 26 states that challenged the health care law to the Supreme Court. » read more