Legal water experts advised the need for states in the river basin to avoid litigation, a refrain others have made to states that draw water from the Colorado River.

The Supreme Court will take up Trump-related cases in its new term, as well as cases dealing with gay and transgender issues and campaigns.

The U.S. Supreme Court is taking up two cases this term that will affect so many in the country. They are looking at President Donald Trump's push to end birthright citizenship as he wants to make sure children born here from parents who are not legal citizens are not automatically citizens.

A bedrock legal doctrine called "stare decisis," Latin for "to stand by things decided," calls upon courts to respect their prior precedents when resolving new cases on similar matters. A basic tenet of U.S. law is that stare decisis promotes consistency and predictability in the law.

Two years after the Supreme Court effectively ended race-conscious college admissions nationwide, Johns Hopkins University has seen a significant change in the racial makeup of its freshman class, according to newly released enrollment data.

As the nation reels from the deadly shooting at Brown University and wrestles with why America can’t move past its gun culture, the Supreme Court could add some major gun cases to its already blockbuster docket when the justices return in January.