The Constitution empowers Congress to set the number of justices on the Supreme Court. Only one columnist dares to ask: What ...

Everything you need to know about writing about the Supreme Court, and getting paid for the associated mental and emotional anguish you invite upon yourself by doing so. Do you find the simultaneous ...

A few frantic weeks during the Senate’s lame-duck session could shape voting rights, immigration law, and presidential power ...

Justice Brett Kavanaugh would like people to think he’s a reasonable guy—a conservative, sure, but capable of compromise. For ...

The papers of Supreme Court justices can help the public understand how the Court actually works. For John Roberts, that’s a ...

The justices in the majority say they aren’t deciding on the “legality” of Trump’s ballroom. They also can’t wait to attend ...

A president who loves breaking the law is very lucky to have a Supreme Court that gives him the time he needs to do it.

Late Monday evening, the three highest-ranking attorneys at the Department of Justice filed a bizarre motion in National Trust for Historic Preservation v. National Park Service, the case concerning ...

On Tuesday evening, the Senate voted to confirm Emil Bove, President Donald Trump’s criminal defense attorney-turned-Justice Department hatchetman, to a life-tenured judgeship on the U.S. Court of ...

In July 2025, Trump’s Department of Justice served sweeping administrative subpoenas on more than 20 hospitals and clinics across the country that provide gender-affirming care to transgender young ...

After a disastrous showing in the November 2025 elections and under pressure from President Donald Trump, many Republican-controlled legislatures are looking to (further) gerrymander their states ...