So what are shield laws exactly, and what does the future hold for them? TIME spoke to experts to find out.

At issue was a 25-year precedent that allows local governments to create protest-free buffer zones around all health-care ...

The Supreme Court refused Monday to take up a First Amendment case to revisit a previous ruling enshrining abortion clinic ...

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a challenge to the legality of buffer zones used to protect access to ...

The Supreme Court refused Monday to hear a pair of cases from abortion opponents who say laws limiting anti-abortion ...

Americans are polarized on almost every issue in public life, from what books kids should be allowed to read in school to how to reform the nation’s immigration system.

The two cases questioned a longstanding precedent that upheld such laws, which opponents say violate free speech rights.

Justices Thomas and Alito dissented from the court’s refusal to reconsider a 25-year-old precedent upholding “buffer zones” ...

Russia’s emphasis on what it deems family values comes from the top, but some of the policies that most impact Russians are ...

The Supreme Court turned away two appeals asking the justices to overrule a 25-year-old decision that allowed for buffer ...