Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, a 1981 Reagan appointee who retired in 2006 and died last December, exemplified the phenomenon.

Judge Pamela Goodwine is no stranger to firsts — she was the first Black woman in Lexington to be district judge and, later, ...

The two eldest justices — Clarence Thomas, 76, and Samuel Alito, 74 — could consider stepping down knowing that Trump, a ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — On Tuesday, Kentucky elected it's first woman to serve as chief justice on the state's Supreme Court ...

Justices who split on whether to allow voters to consider scaling back Arkansas’ abortion ban are vying to lead the state ...

LEXINGTON Judge Pamela Goodwine is no stranger to firsts — she was the first Black woman in Lexington to be district judge ...

Attorneys for Karen Read will ask the state's highest court this week to have two charges dropped following a July mistrial.

Voters decided that Michigan Supreme Court Justice Kyra Harris Bolden will keep her seat on the bench, and University of ...

The goal, says one group involved in the case, is to get close enough to make eye contact with women as they enter an abortion clinic.

Judge Pamela Goodwine won her election Tuesday to the Kentucky Supreme Court, where she will again be the first Black woman.

Justice Karen Baker is the first woman to be elected to serve as the Arkansas Supreme Court chief justice. ARKANSAS, USA — ...