What began as a minor domestic dispute is now a legal time bomb that could grant cops expanded search and seizure rights.

Red-state officials want to use the money to cut taxes rather than help their struggling citizens.

The Carter-Baker report was intended to strengthen Americans’ trust in the electoral process. Today, it’s become a favorite weapon for right-wing attacks on voting rights.

How we came to rely on the courts, instead of the democratic process, for justice

Conservatives are only getting more bold in their efforts to disenfranchise Democrats.

Why are residents of the island commonwealth denied certain federal benefits that are given to U.S. citizens nearly everywhere else? The justices have decided to take up that question.

The pandemic’s ravages caused havoc with our decennial head count. Our elections will be the first to pay the price.

The justices are hearing a new challenge involving the landmark 1965 law—and the Roberts Court is even more conservative than last time.

On the “postliberal” future of the federal courts

The Capitol insurrection was born of a violent minoritarian tradition that is as American as apple pie—and it isn’t done yet.

How 150 years of apocalyptic agitation culminated in an insurrection

The Supreme Court declined to consider a chemical company’s appeal, handing the Shoshone-Bannock tribes a rare victory against polluters.

The Democratic lawyer’s sickening defense of corporate immunity in a Supreme Court case reveals a growing moral rot in the legal community.

Under cover of Covid-19, the high court’s conservative bloc is dreaming up some radical ideas about religious freedom and public health.

Are the court’s conservatives the devout originalists they claim to be or partisan hacks? A key immigration case will provide the proof.

The author of a book on the supposed “transgender craze seducing our daughters” claims she is being silenced. It is a very loud silence.

Politicians love to bluster about saving “our democracy”—without acknowledging all the ways it’s broken.

A jury spared Calvin McMillan’s life, but a judge sentenced him to death anyway. Will the Roberts court save or condemn him?

Amy Coney Barrett’s ascension to the high court could have an immediate, and lasting, impact on how the United States governs public health crises.

The high court’s rescue of the Affordable Care Act might end up imperiling Biden’s entire executive agenda.