In ruling after ruling, the Supreme Court justice has penned separate opinions to push for an expansion of executive power beyond what his conservative colleagues support.

Mike Johnson is now floating a “legislative fix” to birthright citizenship. That’s an assault on the Constitution—and a vote that vulnerable Republicans will hate, if recent polling from Fox News is any indication.

A new report from Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission makes clear that this issue is just a stalking horse for a much broader political project to transform America.

I file FOIA requests for a living, and the landmark law—which turns 60 this week—is near a breaking point.

His 10-page opinion is strangely adrift from rhyme or reason, and it ends up reinforcing a far more extreme position than any of his colleagues’.

With the Supreme Court allowing the end of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and Syrians, national and local economies could feel the sting.

In Trump v. Slaughter, the Progressive era takes it on the chin.

The ruling was ultimately a victory for the Fourteenth Amendment and a loss for the conservative legal movement that’s been trying to erase it.

Kavanaugh does not consider birthright citizenship to be a done deal.

The police department already consumes the lion’s share of the city budget—and its own liabilities are burdening taxpayers with staggering costs.

The conservative bloc’s only consistent practice is its inconsistent application of its own “history-and-tradition” test.

The smart and totally justified way to do it: Increase the number of judicial circuits.

The president’s voter suppression crusade just hit a huge snag.

The conservative justices apparently will let Trump do whatever he wants to immigrants.

A federal judge in Virginia tried to offer the Justice Department an off-ramp in the slush fund matter. Naturally, Blanche & Co. refused to take it.

These landmark decisions left an indelible mark on our society—some for the better, some for the worse.

The highs and lows of the American experiment

Florida’s use of six-person juries is heavily at odds with our legal traditions—and on a collision course with a hostile high court.

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder is being weaponized by the right in the reproductive rights wars—and putting fetuses at greater risk.

A shadow docket reveals that for some justices, there are limits to how cruel an execution can be. And for others, there are none.