No matter what happens in November, the sickness may be terminal.
The judiciary may appear the only functional branch of the federal government, but a string of recent rulings have contributed to the impending catastrophe on Capitol Hill.
They would have been clear-eyed about the role of the Court and the dangers of too much fidelity to their original designs.
Labor leaders are sizing up a president who could be a friend or, more likely, a foe.
The president has commuted the sentences of 37 men on federal death row to life without parole, a historic move.
The justices’ decision not to wade into a sloppy coup attempt is no victory for rule of law.
Just as liberal judges trapped 1970s Democrats in a "soft on crime" paradigm, conservatives on the Court will make it harder for the GOP to shake a reputation as the party of plutocrats.
The Court holds that an inmate wasn't badly represented; his lawyers were so feckless that he had no lawyers at all.
... According to the law.