As Chief Justice John Roberts refuses to meet with Democrats, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse addresses whether hearings involving Samuel Alito’s upside-down flag would be an appropriate next step.

The city, joined by some odd bedfellows from U.S. industry, is challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s water quality enforcement. And it could spell trouble for the rest of America.

The Supreme Court justice’s flag controversy should come as no surprise to anyone who paid attention to his nomination hearings in 2006.

In a Supreme Court decision siding with South Carolina Republicans, the right-wing justice took the opportunity to attack landmark civil rights rulings that protected Black voters’ political representation.

Carlton Reeves did not pull any punches in criticizing qualified immunity—and demanding that the justices finally do something about it.

The fact that the American flag flew upside down at his house not long after January 6 further confirms his warped worldview.

The Supreme Court justices are intent on using maximal power to fundamentally reorder society.

Led by Clarence Thomas, the justices overwhelmingly rejected an outlandish conservative attempt to abolish the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

On the law in a fascist America

In a new letter, Democratic senators press the associate justice on whether he’s paid off the loan for that famous R.V.—and whether he may have ducked federal tax obligations.

Arizona wants to keep Lonnie Allen Bassett locked up for good—despite a Supreme Court ruling that abolished mandatory life-without-parole sentences for juveniles.

The Supreme Court justice claims he can’t stand Washington, but he has the capital city to thank for all of those wealthy friends who have treated him to lavish trips and luxury goods.

All Families Healthcare is one of only five clinics statewide—and surrounded by states that restrict or outright ban abortion.

As Grants Pass, Oregon—and the nation—await a Supreme Court ruling on just how far cities can police the homeless, a volunteer mayor and her unhoused constituents try to weather the backlash.

The FTC is banning noncompete clauses for almost all American workers, and already corporate interests are challenging it in court.

We’re all nervous about what Donald Trump would do with immunity for official acts. But remember, two can play that game.

J. Michael Luttig sees two potential outcomes from Thursday’s Supreme Court arguments. Both are grim for our democracy.

The justices seem to think that the power they apparently just handed Donald Trump can’t be used against them someday. Right.

The associate justice’s logic on display at the Trump immunity hearing was beyond belief. He’s at the center of one of the darkest days in Supreme Court history.

The justice snapped that “nobody’s suggesting” pregnant women don’t deserve medical care in E.R.s. Actually, lots of people would put the fetus before her.