The Supreme Court is about to destroy the 20-year-old, and grossly unjust, federal criminal sentencing system, but without any idea of what to put in its place.
A sexual-assault allegation against President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee brings the fight over gender and power to the fore.
The Supreme Court has struck down parts of a major Texas law regulating access to the procedure. To do so, it had to navigate competing claims of medical fact and an intent to protect women.
A series of Supreme Court decisions have made it easier to make anonymous campaign donations.
Disparate-impact claims survived in a 5-4 decision, but the narrow opinion suggests a tough fight ahead for civil-rights laws.
In 1987, the Supreme Court came within one vote of eliminating capital punishment in Georgia based on evidence of racial disparities. Instead, it created a precedent that civil-rights advocates have been fighting for decades.
The justice has redefined how the Supreme Court interprets statutes, a former Acting Solicitor General of the United States says.
The media are still talking about the justices' DOMA and Prop 8 decisions. But what about Vance v. Ball State University, which could have a huge impact on workers?
For the good of the war on terrorism, the United States needs to create a National Security Court to try enemy combatants.