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  1. John Roberts Is on a Collision Course With Trump Op Ed, Today

    Besieged on all sides, the chief justice faces his greatest test yet.

  2. Supreme Court Rejects, for Now, Trump’s Bid to Fire Government Watchdog Washington, February 21

    The court’s order indicated that it may return to the issue as soon as next week, when a trial judge’s temporary restraining order is set to expire.

  3. Who Is Paul Clement, the Lawyer Appointed to Help Judge in Adams Case? Metro, February 21

    A former solicitor general, Mr. Clement has argued over 100 cases before the Supreme Court. Now he will present independent arguments as a judge decides whether to drop the charges against the mayor.

  4. Supreme Court Rejects Holocaust Survivors’ Suit Against Hungary Washington, February 21

    The justices unanimously ruled that the plaintiffs had not established a connection to the United States required by the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.

  5. Trump Claims Power to Fire Administrative Law Judges at Will Washington, February 21

    The Justice Department said a law protecting the officials from arbitrary removal is an unconstitutional intrusion on presidential authority.

  6. The February 20 Thepoint live blog included one standalone post:
  7. McConnell Announces He Won’t Seek Re-election Washington, February 20

    The former Senate Republican leader had been widely expected to retire at the end of his term. He made it official on his 83rd birthday, after a recent run of opposing President Trump’s nominees.

  8. Trump emite una orden para ampliar su poder sobre agencias independientes En español, February 19

    La directiva aplica para diversas agencias del poder ejecutivo que el Congreso creó y facultó para regular aspectos de la economía.

  9. Trump Issues Order to Expand His Power Over Agencies Congress Made Independent Washington, February 19

    The president has already challenged statutory protections against summarily firing officials overseeing such agencies without cause.

  10. The February 18 Trump News live blog included one standalone post:
  11. Education Dept. Gives Schools Two Weeks to Eliminate Race-Based Programs Washington, February 17

    The department’s Office for Civil Rights warned that it would penalize schools that consider race in scholarships, hiring and an array of other activities.

  12. Supreme Court Considers Trump’s Power, and Musk’s Team Wants Access to I.R.S. Records The Headlines, February 17

    Plus, how to remember everything.

  13. First Test of Trump’s Power to Fire Officials Reaches Supreme Court Washington, February 16

    The court’s conservative majority may be receptive to the argument that presidents have unlimited power to remove leaders of independent agencies.

  14. Trump Might Have a Case on Birthright Citizenship Op Ed, February 15

    People here illegally haven’t entered the social compact with the people of the United States.

  15. Recent Resignations Recall Nixon-Era Saturday Night Massacre Metro, February 14

    More than 50 years ago, President Richard M. Nixon sought to fire the special prosecutor leading the Watergate investigation, but his attorney general refused and resigned.

  16. The Cracks in the Lower Court Strategy Against Trump Are Starting to Show Op Ed, February 14

    If the president’s defiance continues, the standoff will create the prospect of a constitutional crisis, and it will be the state attorneys general who will defend the rule of law.

  17. Don’t Be Fooled, ‘Trump Is a Weak President’ Op Ed, February 14

    He lacks the skill to govern in the way the founders intended.

  18. Trump Dares the Courts to Stop Him Editorial, February 13

    The president is challenging the constitutional order.

  19. An Ambitious Prosecutor Quits Rather Than Do Trump’s Bidding Metro, February 12

    Danielle R. Sassoon, Manhattan’s interim U.S. attorney, built a life on conservative values and amassed a daunting resume. On Thursday, she took a stand against the Justice Department where she had made her career.

  20. A Constitutional Crisis The Daily, February 12

    Unpacking the debate around President Trump’s executive orders.

  21. Sotomayor Says Presidents Are Not Monarchs and Must Obey Rulings Washington, February 12

    Speaking in general terms at a Florida college and not naming President Trump, the Supreme Court justice’s remarks took on potency in the current climate.

  22. El hombre que logró que EE. UU. otorgara ciudadanía por nacimiento para todos En español, February 11

    Cuando las autoridades negaron que fuera ciudadano, Wong Kim Ark llevó su caso ante la Corte Suprema y ganó. Hoy, esa decisión es el centro del debate sobre quién puede ser estadounidense.

  23. Trump’s Actions Have Created a Constitutional Crisis, Scholars Say Washington, February 10

    Law professors have long debated what the term means. But now many have concluded that the nation faces a reckoning as President Trump tests the boundaries of executive power.

  24. Supreme Court Signals That Landmark Libel Ruling Is Secure Washington, February 10

    Attacked by two justices, lower-court judges and litigants, the 1964 ruling in New York Times v. Sullivan keeps getting cited approvingly in the Supreme Court’s decisions.

  25. This Man Won Birthright Citizenship for All National, February 10

    When officials denied that he was a citizen, Wong Kim Ark took his case to the Supreme Court and won. Today, that decision is the focus of debate over who can be an American.

  26. Welcome to America’s Fourth Great Constitutional Rupture Op Ed, February 10

    The new administration may transform our constitutional order fruitfully yet again, or it may accelerate a final degeneration into Caesarism.

  27. Trump Administration Flips U.S. Position in Supreme Court Transgender Case Washington, February 7

    An administration lawyer said a Tennessee law barring some medical treatments for transgender youths is constitutional and urged the justices to say so.

  28. Resistance, Where Art Thou? Op Ed, February 7

    Protesting Trump isn’t enough this time.

  29. Suit Over Firing by Trump Could Pave Way for Broader Presidential Power Washington, February 6

    If the case reaches the Supreme Court, its conservative majority will be receptive to Donald J. Trump’s argument that presidents have unlimited power to remove members of independent agencies.

  30. The Trump Crisis Deepens Op Ed, February 6

    The president is using every tool at his disposal to reshape the American founding.

  31. This Is Not a Moment to Settle With Trump Op Ed, February 4

    Media institutions and technology companies are offering obscene sums of money to settle feeble or frivolous lawsuits.

  32. Arsons, Shootings and Sabotage: Inside Canada’s Fight Over Lobster Foreign, February 2

    As Canada wrangles an epic, decades-long saga of who can fish for lobster, and when, emerging threats are heating up the conflict in Nova Scotia.

  33. The Law Is Not Fully Trump’s Yet Op Ed, January 30

    The legal system is not so easily dismissed.

  34. Defying Legal Limits, Trump Firings Set Up Tests That Could Expand His Power Washington, January 29

    The prospect of legal challenges to President Trump’s purges may be a feature, not a bug, for adherents of sweeping presidential authority.

  35. As Establishment Warms to Trump, Elite Law Firm Takes On His Appeal Metro, January 29

    The involvement of Sullivan & Cromwell in the appeal of President Trump’s criminal conviction underscored how New York’s legal power players have moved toward Mr. Trump.

  36. ¿Trump puede congelar gastos autorizados por el Congreso? En español, January 29

    La pausa temporal de la Casa Blanca a billones de dólares en gasto federal podría desencadenar una lucha judicial sobre la autoridad del poder ejecutivo y el control del Congreso sobre el presupuesto.

  37. Does Trump Have the Power to Block Spending That Congress Has Authorized? Washington, January 28

    The White House’s temporary pause on trillions in federal spending could set up a court fight over executive authority and Congress’s control of the purse.

  38. Inside Trump’s Renewed Effort to Undo a Major Climate Rule Climate, January 28

    A rule known as the endangerment finding requires the E.P.A. to regulate greenhouse gases. It has proved resilient against earlier attacks.

  39. Trump Argues That His Immunity Extends to E. Jean Carroll’s Lawsuits Metro, January 28

    The president, who was found liable for sexually abusing the writer E. Jean Carroll, is contending that he doesn’t have to pay the $83 million he owes for defaming her.

  40. Is Trump’s Plan to End Birthright Citizenship ‘Dred Scott II’? Washington, January 27

    The 14th Amendment overturned the 1857 decision that denied citizenship to Black people. Scholars say President Trump’s proposal betrays that history.

  41. Idaho Lawmakers Want Supreme Court to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage Decision National, January 25

    A state legislative committee has advanced a resolution asking that the power to regulate marriage be returned to the states.

  42. Supreme Court to Hear Oklahoma Religious Charter School Case National, January 24

    The proposal to create the nation’s first religious charter school paid for by taxpayer funds could move the line between church and state in education.

  43. Neil Gorsuch Has a Few Thoughts About America Today Op Ed, August 4

    The justice talks about everything from his indictment of the regulatory state to the rights of Native Americans.

  44. What to Watch for in Today’s Elections, and More Podcasts, November 7

    Plus, a gun rights case at the Supreme Court and WeWork’s bankruptcy filing.

  45. Supreme Court to Hear N.R.A.’s Free Speech Case Against New York Official Washington, November 3

    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.

  46. The June 30 Student Loans Supreme Court Biden live blog included one standalone post:
  47. What the Debt Ceiling Deal Means for Student Loan Payments Washington, May 30

    The legislation would prevent President Biden from issuing another last-minute extension on the payments beyond the end of the summer.

  48. Neil Gorsuch Has Given Himself Away Op Ed, May 23

    A justice who frequently struggles to see injustice and cruelty in the present will surely struggle to see injustice and cruelty in the past.

  49. Supreme Court Dismisses Case on Pandemic-Era Immigration Measure Washington, May 18

    The justices acted after the Biden administration announced that the health emergency used to justify the measure, Title 42, was ending.

  50. Biden Is Running on His Record (and Away From It) Washington, April 25

    President Biden has acknowledged that he has not accomplished all he wished to. But that, he maintains, is an argument for his re-election.

  51. Video Testimony in the Covid Era Faces a Constitutional Test Washington, March 20

    Two criminal defendants have asked the Supreme Court to decide whether remote testimony against them violated the Sixth Amendment’s confrontation clause.

  52. Supreme Court Hints That It May Duck Two Big Cases Washington, March 7

    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.

  53. The February 28 Student Loans Supreme Court live blog included one standalone post:
  54. Supreme Court Appears Skeptical of Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan U.S., February 28

    The administration faced a conservative court that has insisted that government initiatives with major political and economic consequences be clearly authorized by Congress.

  55. Biden Officials Tell Supreme Court That Title 42 Case Will Soon Be Moot Washington, February 8

    The justices are set to hear arguments on March 1 on whether Republican-led states may seek to keep in place the immigration measure, which was justified by the coronavirus pandemic.

  56. Back on the Bench to Announce Opinions, Supreme Court Rules Against a Veteran Washington, January 23

    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.

  57. Biden Administration Defends Student Loan Cancellation at Supreme Court Washington, January 5

    In a brief filed with the justices, the president’s lawyers argued that his administration had acted within its authority in moving to forgive hundreds of billions in student debt.

  58. The Met’s Efforts to Increase Ticket Sales for Operas Letters, December 30

    Readers praise plans for more contemporary works. Also: Zelensky and American values; protecting the minority; remote work; the Groucho exception.

  59. Will Lifting Title 42 Cause a Border Crisis? It’s Already Here. National, December 29

    Plans to lift Title 42 have prompted dire predictions of chaos on the border. But there is already a migrant surge, because the pandemic policy was never an effective border-control tool.

  60. ‘This Is Not About the Pandemic Anymore’: Public Health Law Is Embraced as Border Band-Aid Washington, December 28

    For some lawmakers and politicians on both sides of the aisle, brandishing Title 42 is a way to flaunt an aggressive stance on the border.

  61. Migrant Expulsion Policy Must Stay in Place for Now, Supreme Court Says Washington, December 27

    The temporary stay in lifting the pandemic rule known as Title 42 is a provisional victory for 19 states, led mostly by Republicans, that had sought to keep it in place on the border.

  62. En 2022, debatimos el apocalipsis en Español, December 27

    ¿Se está acabando el mundo tal como lo conocíamos? ¿Lo sabrías, siquiera, antes de que fuera demasiado tarde?

  63. Was the World Collapsing? Or Were You Just Freaking Out? Op Ed, December 20

    In 2022, we debated the apocalypse.

  64. Chief Justice Roberts Briefly Halts Decision Banning Border Expulsions Washington, December 19

    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.

  65. Supreme Court to Hear Student Debt Forgiveness Case U.S., December 1

    The justices left in place an injunction blocking the Biden administration’s authority to forgive up to $20,000 in debt per borrower.

  66. Sparks Fly as Musk Moves Fast to Remake Twitter Business, October 31

    The social network’s new owner wants to cut costs and make money from more aspects of tweeting. But some advertisers and celebrities remain cautious.

  67. Supreme Court to Reopen to the Public When Justices Return Washington, September 28

    The courthouse has been closed to most visitors since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, and in the meantime the court has been transformed.

  68. A Campaign Tactic by Democrats: Smart? Risky? Unethical? Letters, August 14

    Readers debate the party’s strategy of supporting far-right G.O.P. candidates it thinks it can beat. Also: Covid and schools; Ukraine’s students; Kansas and abortion.

  69. Pelosi in Taiwan: Sharp Views All Around Letters, August 3

    The House speaker’s visit is reviewed, pro and con. Also: The Kansas abortion vote; OB-GYNs; coal miners; rich and poor friends; single-issue voters.

  70. Your Friday Briefing: A Major U.S. Climate Ruling Dining, June 30

    Plus Xi Jinping visits Hong Kong and Ukraine takes back Snake Island.

  71. Your Friday Evening Briefing N Y T Now, May 27

    Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.

  72. Why Is the Supreme Court So Secretive? Letters, May 10

    Readers call for more openness and discuss judicial restraint and the justices’ religious beliefs. Also: Mask decisions; Twitter’s dark side; skipping school.