Opinion writers discuss potential legal issues and executive power in a second Trump term.
The Senate backed a bipartisan bill to add dozens of judges, but the House held off on voting until after Election Day. Now, Donald Trump would be assured at least 22 picks.
The court agreed that the state’s energy policies violated Montanans’ constitutional right to a clean environment.
The supplier fired dozens of prisoners after some of them said they felt they had no choice but to take those jobs.
A globe-trotting lawyer turned investor, he helped transform a cottage industry into a colossus with influence on Wall Street and beyond.
The company and its Chinese parent invoked the First Amendment in urging the justices to step in before a deadline to sell or be shut down.
Talks started and finished on the same day, after Disney decided that fighting the lawsuit could potentially hurt the company and protections for the press.
Very few countries have experienced similar declines, typically in the wake of wrenching turmoil. Experts called the data, from a new Gallup poll, stunning and worrisome.
The company and its Chinese parent invoked the First Amendment in urging the justices to step in before a Jan. 19 deadline to sell or be shut down.
Some Republicans have said that a constitutional convention is overdue. Many Democratic-led states have rescinded their long-ago calls for one, and California will soon consider whether to do the same.
The small flurry of threatened defamation suits is the latest sign that the incoming Trump administration appears poised to do what it can to crack down on unfavorable media coverage.
TikTok had sought to temporarily freeze a law that requires its Chinese parent to sell the app or face a U.S. ban next month. The case may now head to the Supreme Court.
Thomas O’Brien, an epidemiologist, and Ruth O’Brien, a lawyer, juggled successful careers with raising six children, including the comedy star.
Aaron Siri, quien se especializa en demandas por vacunas, ha estado al lado de Robert F. Kennedy Jr. revisando candidatos para cargos de alto rango en el Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos.
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York is leading the charge for Democrats to persuade President Biden to adopt the Equal Rights Amendment, which would invite a Supreme Court battle.
Aaron Siri, who specializes in vaccine lawsuits, has been at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s side reviewing candidates for top jobs at the Department of Health and Human Services.
A report by federal prosecutors found that a Westchester County police department violated the Fourth Amendment “on an enormous scale.”
Americans have counted on the indispensability of a constitutionally alert military. Will that continue?
The ruling comes in a dispute over a State Supreme Court race that the Democratic incumbent won by 734 votes.
The legislation would create more than 60 new federal court seats over the next decade, giving the Trump White House a first shot at filling dozens of new vacancies.
El presidente electo ha reavivado su deseo de acabar con la ciudadanía automática para cualquier persona nacida en Estados Unidos. La Constitución se interpone en su camino.
The First Amendment should not be used to cut Americans’ access to TikTok, and the Supreme Court should step in.
The president-elect has revived his wish to do away with automatic citizenship for anyone born in the United States. The Constitution stands in his way.
One of the closest state elections in North Carolina history now hinges on the latest power struggle between state Republicans and Democrats — and a voter form dating back 20 years.
Readers discuss the Supreme Court case and the threats trans people face. Also: Recess appointments; Social Security; pardons; brain injuries and crime.
The justice had been under pressure to step aside from the matter because of his myriad ties to Philip Anschutz, an oil and gas magnate.
The justices heard arguments on Wednesday over whether Tennessee can ban some medical treatments for transgender youth. More than 20 other states have similar laws.
Prime Minister Han Duck-soo will be the acting president after the National Assembly ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol.
Protecting land and appointing judges could go a long way toward bolstering Biden’s legacy.
On Wednesday, the justices will hear the marquee case of the term, a challenge to a Tennessee law banning several forms of medical care for transgender youths.
Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender adolescents has personal implications.
This Wisconsinite is the obvious choice for D.N.C. chair.
In a letter, the Democratic leader said members of his party would work with Republicans to consider the president-elect’s nominees — but asserted they should undergo traditional Senate vetting.
Virginia and New Jersey feature contests for governor. Elections in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania could tip the power balance on the Supreme Court in those battleground states.
A former Nixon official (and later a novelist), he led an investigation in which a shadowy Watergate figure squirmed when asked if he had been an anonymous whistle blower.
Thousands of people took to the streets after the government said it had suspended talks on joining the European Union.
El exalcalde de Nueva York arremetió contra un juez que le preguntó por qué no había entregado sus bienes personales como era requerido.
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The subject of several cases, the former New York City mayor lashed out at a judge questioning why he had not forfeited personal assets as required.
Donald Trump will try to fill every judgeship that Democrats leave open.
Justice Antonin Scalia, a conservative giant, said attempts to circumvent the Senate’s responsibility to vet nominees were “ignoble” and “just made up.”
The once and future president’s constitutional gimmicks are embarrassingly transparent.
The Constitution is not a grant of power for a king.
Officers in Trenton have caused the deaths of innocent people, a Justice Department report found, citing a fatality that occurred after officers pushed a man’s face into the ground.
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s new choice to be attorney general joined a powerhouse Republican firm after her second term as Florida’s attorney general.
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that he should not have been prosecuted a second time after the charges against him had been dismissed with a negotiated agreement.
Readers had concerns about whether same-sex married couples and their protections would face new risks during a second Trump term.
The decision could rip a hole in Berlin’s budget and complicate the transition to a greener economy.
The case is the second one this term asking the justices to decide when government activity crosses the line to become coercion forbidden by the First Amendment.
A Fifth Circuit panel partly upheld restrictions on the Biden administration’s communications with online platforms about their content.
After making little progress with Republican leaders at the White House on Tuesday, the president previewed two possible endgames to resolve a debt-limit standoff.
Two criminal defendants have asked the Supreme Court to decide whether remote testimony against them violated the Sixth Amendment’s confrontation clause.
Recent orders suggest that the justices are thinking of dismissing cases involving the “independent state legislature” theory and Title 42, an immigration measure imposed during the pandemic.
The justices, who had been set to hear arguments on March 1, acted after the Biden administration filed a brief saying that the measure would soon be moot.
The unanimous ruling was the first one summarized by a justice since the start of the coronavirus pandemic and an indication that the court is off to a slow start this term.
At issue is Title 42, a public health measure invoked by the Trump administration during the pandemic to block migrants from seeking asylum in the United States.
The justices left in place an injunction blocking the Biden administration’s authority to forgive up to $20,000 in debt per borrower.
A pair of prominent headlines highlights the reversals.
We all know what happened with summer 2020. Then 2021 was dampened by Delta. This year, any anticipated return to revelry has been hampered by … *waves hands at everything.* Is there hope for enjoying the once fun season?
School is out for the summer — but in some cases, so are the bosses.
School is out for the summer — but in some cases, so are the bosses.
Readers call for more openness and discuss judicial restraint and the justices’ religious beliefs. Also: Mask decisions; Twitter’s dark side; skipping school.