Boris Johnson’s entire life has been one of scandal, outrage, and betrayal. This time, finally, he couldn’t bluff his way out.

The Federalist Society kingpin has exerted more influence on the country’s rightward drift than almost anyone in conservative circles, including presidents. He’s not done by a long shot.

As gun violence and political intimidation increasingly push into the public square, our polling places loom as vulnerable targets.

Claims that Justice Brett Kavanaugh had his rights violated by protesters outside a D.C. restaurant fail on originalist grounds.

While the eyebrow-raising audits of James Comey and Andrew McCabe may not end up being scandalous, they do present a big opportunity.

For years, Roe kept a reluctant party unified on abortion. Now that it’s gone, liberals must reclaim the core principles of Justice Harry Blackmun’s ruling.

The white Highland Park shooter was ruined by weed and women. But the Black victim of police violence in Akron? Well, he must have been dangerous.

I spoke with Senator Debbie Stabenow, the architect of the law’s mental health care provisions, to understand how it happened—and what it can teach us about policy reform.

As more and more judges engineer their own end-of-career successions, the rule of law is starting to warp in dangerous and unsustainable ways.

The New York Times columnist lays the groundwork for a mainstream case for trans exclusion.

Thomas Wilner and Andy Worthington have spent two decades trying to close the prison. Can Joe Biden finally make it happen?

The Utah Republican’s analysis of the problem with American politics is fundamentally flawed.

The story is much larger than a potential conflict in one Supreme Court case. All six conservative justices lied in their confirmation hearings. What will Democrats do about that?

The long-predicted nationwide wave of lockouts is finally cresting. A report from New York City housing court

The conservative bloc’s recent religious rulings went much further than merely obliterating the firewall between church and state.

Democratic centrists are still much better at getting media attention than they are at any other aspect of their job.

The justices consistently ruled against plaintiffs who had their constitutional rights violated—and, in some cases, their bodies abused—by police, the Border Patrol, and the CIA.

The high court cast aside the people’s elected representatives to enact the climate-denial agenda of the megadonors who funded its nominations. It won’t stop there.

Conservatives have no plans to moderate their destructive agenda after the overturning of Roe. Their next goal: a national abortion ban.

Fox News’s chief wingnut has spent all week fawning over authoritarian President Jair Bolsonaro and making absurd, ignorant statements about the country.