Matt Ford

@fordm

How much leeway will the Supreme Court give a president who wants to stonewall House Republican investigations? There’s only one way to find out.

The tribe has renewed its push to get a delegate in the House of Representatives, and the law is on its side.

The Supreme Court might end an infuriatingly unjust practice in criminal sentencing.

Republicans did away with the arcane practice when it suited their purposes.

It turns out there could be consequences for plotting to illegally overturn a presidential election.

With the help of the Supreme Court, the New Jersey governor paved the way for the sportsbook industry to drown us in an unrelenting onslaught of advertisements.

Conservatives talked a good game about letting states decide their own abortion policy right up until one state refused to toe the line.

Both sides argued that the wrong ruling would have dire consequences for international relations. The justices left them guessing.

It’s not every day the Roberts court hands out labor rights, but a plaintiff may have found the one neat trick for winning it over: religious freedom claims.

Can a nation’s sovereign immunity extend to a foreign financial institution? One bank accused of fraud and money laundering sure hopes so.

Devotees of the legendary role-playing game could end up on the losing side of the next big intellectual property war.

A concrete manufacturer argues that it can sue a union over a strike that unintentionally results in property losses.

The White House’s commitment to filling vacancies on the bench got a big boost when Democrats lucked into an expanded Senate majority.

The story of a pathological liar who conned his way to Congress has provided some high comedy. But you won’t like it when the laughter stops.

While our reliance on capital punishment continues to decline, this has only served to illuminate its increasing cruelty—and the incompetence of its practitioners.

After years of unwarranted hype ballooned its value, the crypto market came crashing down in 2022, bankrupting billionaires and naïve investors alike. Has America learned its lesson?

The House committee made the case for multiple criminal charges against the former president. Now it’s up to the Department of Justice to prosecute him.

A pair of plaintiffs are seeking redress over gallingly abusive property seizures, but it’s not certain that the Supreme Court will intervene.

It’s by no means clear that the high court will ultimately spike the administration’s loan forgiveness plan, but it will have a range of opportunities.

Federal prosecutors and the Securities and Exchange Commission made a strong case for the latter on Tuesday.