An "originalist" Justice ratifies a de facto amendment to the Constitution
The court ruled 4-3 Friday the punishment was cruel and unusual under the state’s constitution.
The Senate should reject any Supreme Court nominee who has not proven herself to have extraordinary ability and independence of judgment unskewed by loyalty.
The justices unanimously limited the federal government’s power to strip immigrants of their hard-won status.
After a lower court ordered unusual legislative contests this year to mitigate unconstitutional racial gerrymandering, the justices temporarily stayed the order.
If nominated, Ketanji Brown Jackson wouldn’t necessarily change the Court’s balance. But she would make history.
Legal scholars say the bipartisan legislation could run into trouble at the high court.
A case being argued before the U.S. Supreme Court would limit representation to eligible voters—favoring wealthier, whiter, and more conservative citizens.
The conservative justices seem eager to deal a fatal blow to one of the major constituencies of the Democratic Party.