Whereas the Executive and Legislative branches are elected by the people, members of the Judicial Branch are appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Article III of the Constitution, ...

It would be an understatement to say that John Roberts is not known for speaking out on the issues of the day. In this reticence, the chief justice of the United States Supreme Court might be said to ...

When he was first elected, President Barack Obama proclaimed to the nation that he would not just wait for Congress to act. “I’ve got a pen,” the president said. It’s likely that those who agreed with ...

Elements of the judicial branch, including public defender offices, have been caught up in the Trump administration’s headlong rush to terminate thousands of leases of government office space, TPM has ...