The president is building a constitutional case to keep the documents out of Congress' hands.

The conservative justices' convoluted opinions are undermining the court's legitimacy more than any confirmation battle could.

Chief Justice John Roberts may have the final say on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's ambitious plan to fight global warming.

Congress is allowed to change the size of the Supreme Court, and it has done so seven times. The country survived just fine.

American democracy can't afford for yet another critical institution to be crippled by partisan warfare.

Led by Clarence Thomas, the Supreme Court's originalists are taking aim at the landmark precedents set by liberal justices decades ago.

The Supreme Court will decide whether Maryland taxpayers should have to support the Christian symbol.

Three cases being heard this term could amplify the imbalance of power and influence in U.S. politics.

The Supreme Court's conservative majority will stop at nothing to preserve capital punishment in America.

How John Marshall built the Supreme Court around his political agenda

Does it help or harm justice when state and federal governments can separately prosecute a defendant for the same crime?

The consequences of his Supreme Court picks are still felt today—as Trump's will be for decades to come.

The Supreme Court has a chance to rebuke President Trump and reaffirm judicial independence. Will the justices take it?

Both conservative and liberal justices on the Supreme Court signaled Wednesday that they think the Eighth Amendment's ban on unreasonable fines also applies to the states.

The Supreme Court may declare that half the state is still Indian country under federal law.

Of course the court system is political! The first step toward changing that is acknowledging it.

How do we go about putting democracy back into public education?

Capital punishment is losing support in the United States, but what about on the Supreme Court?