The Kafkaesque Machinery of the Death Penalty in America
Capital punishment is losing support in the United States, but what about on the Supreme Court?
Capital punishment is losing support in the United States, but what about on the Supreme Court?
Whether citizens of all stripes enjoy broad legal protections increasingly depends on where they live.
Republican attempts to exclude African Americans from the polls echoes efforts by Southern whites that enabled the Jim Crow era.
If Harvard ends up losing its case at the conservative Supreme Court, schools will have to find more creative ways to maintain diversity.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh's first chance to roll back abortion rights almost certainly won't be a challenge to Roe v. Wade.
The Supreme Court justice's confirmation marks a new, degraded era in American governance.
They've been trying for decades to remake the Supreme Court, but have suffered one disappointment after another.
Kavanaugh's confirmation may convince them to destroy the Supreme Court in order to save it.
The accusations against Trump's Supreme Court pick are credible, but the GOP has shown over and over again what kind of party it is.
Senate Democrats tried to play gotcha with the Supreme Court nominee's White House records, with mixed results.
Democrats didn't hold back on the Supreme Court nominee and his Republican defenders, but their end game is less assured.
We asked legal scholars that question about the Supreme Court nominee.
The Massachusetts senator has a big plan to clean up Washington, but the Supreme Court has proven hostile to anti-corruption laws.
Democrats in Congress introduced a bill that would criminalize some falsehoods about voting and polling places, raising constitutional concerns.
With Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement, the national fight to abolish capital punishment will have to go local.
With Anthony Kennedy's retirement, the high court may deliver a blow to abortion rights slowly—or all at once. Here are the potential scenarios.
Trump nominee Brett Kavanaugh will deliver Republicans a majority on the Supreme Court. Will he also prompt a reckoning among Democrats?
The original decision gave conservatives a boost for decades. Overturning it could lead to a liberal resurgence.
How Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement could help the EPA chief on his quest to weaken clean air and water regulations.
With Justice Kennedy gone, here's a preview of the cases the newly conservative court already has on its docket.