The attorney general believes the Christian hegemony is essential to American democracy, and wants to leverage state power to uphold it.

FDR wasted an electoral mandate on a bid to expand the Supreme Court. It caused lasting damage to his party and the progressive agenda.

Four debates in, the candidates have yet to address the ballot barriers and purges that threaten their chances in the next election.

A Supreme Court shortlist released on Tuesday marks the beginning of an effort to counter conservative judicial dominance.

She has become one of the rare cops to be convicted of murder, despite a system that often works in their favor.

It takes a special kind of attorney general to make Jeff Sessions seem scrupulous.

What would it sound like if someone proposed the Electoral College for the first time today?

Three Supreme Court cases could redefine workplace rights for gay and trans people—and for everyone else.

From the scorched earth of last summer's confirmation battle, nothing good can bloom.

Colonizers once tried to erase indigenous culture. Now they exploit it.

Bill Clinton isn't the only one who deserves blame for turning America into a carceral state.

A judge has finally questioned the FBI's terrorism watch list. But so much else that followed the attacks is now an accepted part of American life.

Attacks on LGBTQ people are on the rise across the country. In Boston, right-wing extremists got the police to do their dirty work.

Two states are asking the justices to retain a rule from America's racist past for the sake of convenience.

The union between the federal judiciary's true believers in the primacy of our founding documents is fraying.

The administration's gag rule could force reproductive health clinics to function more like anti-abortion “pregnancy centers.”

Having failed in its first effort to subvert democracy, the Trump administration has found subtler means to achieve its end.

The Manhattan District Attorney has had a long run, but his role in recent high-profile cases may bring unexpected change to a very powerful place.

Guns rights advocates want more than just a victory. They want this newly emboldened conservative court to wield maximal power.

The U.S. criminal legal system protected him for years—and then it failed him, just as it has failed countless people of color who are put behind bars.