There is truth to the proverb that “a closed mouth catches no flies.” In Randolph v. Trustees of the California State ...

A majority of the Supreme Court seemed inclined on Tuesday to back state efforts to protect women’s sports. The justices considered challenges to Idaho and West Virginia laws that prohibit boys from ...

It’s barely 2026, and there’s already a contender for the year’s worst Supreme Court story. Three economists claim in a new paper that the Justices are biased in favor of the rich. How did they make ...

A couple of years ago, the Supreme Court shifted the one “non-argument day” it holds for almost every argument session sitting to the Friday before the session starts, instead of the Monday after the ...

It’s not just a brand new year; it’s a midterm election year. And the stakes this coming November are mind-boggling, so, of course, Republicans are starting to do everything they can to rig the ...

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Under Chief Justice John Roberts, the highest court has shown little concern about adhering to longstanding precedents. AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump, emboldened by the Supreme Court’s ...

Across the broad spectrum of the American public, this Supreme Court has had the reputation of rubber-stamping President Trump as he expands the broad reach of executive power. Bad reputations die ...

In 1949, Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson warned against a dogmatic or inflexible interpretation of constitutional principles. Dissenting from a majority court opinion he believed failed to ...

In 1969, our nation was confronting the Vietnam War, political division, social justice, identity and values when President Richard Nixon invoked the term “silent majority” in an address to the nation ...

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh added a pointed footnote in a recent case opinion, saying that federal officers “must not make interior immigration stops or arrests based on race or ethnicity.” ...

Justice Samuel Alito criticized the Supreme Court’s majority in a sharp dissent Tuesday after the high court decided 6–3 to temporarily block President Donald Trump from deploying the National Guard ...