The state's response to a lawsuit by four black voters shows the wide ramifications of the Supreme Court's recent gerrymandering ruling.

The late justice dismantled originalism in his dissent in District of Columbia v. Heller, the landmark gun-rights case.

How a long-standing Supreme Court precedent is hindering constitutional challenges of partisan gerrymandering.

His attempt to include a citizenship question on the census is part of a broader legal crusade that predates his presidency—and will outlive it.

The Supreme Court ruling on partisan electoral districts highlights bigger problems with how maps are drawn and how representatives are chosen.

Though liberals could issue a few sighs of relief, the recent term signaled a continued consolidation of conservative power.

In Rucho v. Common Cause, the conservative majority gave its approval to gerrymandering electoral districts to favor entrenched political interests.

With their decision Thursday, the justices offered a strong rebuke of the Trump administration's proposal to add a citizenship question to the census—but gave the administration the option of coming up with a better excuse.

The Supreme Court ruled Trump officials needed a better reason to tinker with the census; Democracy watchdogs aren't waiting for them to find one.

The Justice has always shown a disregard for precedent, but with a shift in Supreme Court personnel, undoing progress could be the law of the land.

The conservative justices signaled they want to limit agencies' ability to regulate. That could have disastrous consequences for the planet.

The Supreme Court justice had no patience for a legal challenge to a huge Christian cross maintained with taxpayer dollars.

An interview with J. T. Smith, who was there when the Justice Department concluded that a sitting president can't be indicted

If Trump wanted to give himself sweeping new powers, could anyone stop him?

Pete Buttigieg's plan is constitutionally dubious and would enshrine the very problem it seeks to eradicate. Here's a different solution.

New evidence confirms the Trump administration wants a citizenship question on the census for one reason: To suppress Latinx votes.

Missouri is poised to lose its last abortion provider, increasing the large swath of the country where the nearest clinic is impossibly far for poor and rural women.

Republican attempts at voter suppression have inspired a movement to restore and expand access to the polls.

The Supreme Court might buy the president's twisted legal theories, but the lower courts see more clearly.