R eferences from conservative justices to a long-dormant chastity law during the Supreme Court’s arguments in a major abortion pill case this week are bringing new attention to the 19th century ...

Arizona's top court on Tuesday revived a ban on nearly all abortions under a law from 1864, a half century before statehood and women's suffrage, further restricting reproductive rights in a state ...

Specifically, on January 27, 1873, the US Supreme Court published its decision in Taylor v. Taintor, which dealt with a bond forfeiture that the Court concluded was the surety's own fault.

Leaving birthright citizenship to the Roberts court is walking into a minefield – legislation is the smarter route to end this unnecessary relic of the 19th century. Here’s why. If ...