The death penalty is not about to vanish overnight—but the Supreme Court's tolerance for it is diminishing rapidly
With the moderate Republican governor of Nevada reportedly being vetted, two Atlantic staffers consider whether the move is a brilliant strategem or a hopeless strategic blunder.
In what could be one of his most enduring legacies, the president announced Tuesday night he had selected the 49-year-old federal judge to fill Antonin Scalia’s vacant seat.
At Wednesday’s hearing, Democratic senators adopted a new strategy to press the Supreme Court nominee on abortion and campaign finance.
The Supreme Court decision set off a debate between religious liberty and sexual-orientation nondiscrimination that advocates fear could undo years of progress.
Two Supreme Court decisions expected next week could profoundly change the makeup of higher education.
Democratic senators have 41 votes to block President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, setting up a standoff to rewrite the Senate’s filibuster rules.
Court-watchers thought one of the big decisions would come down Thursday. Instead, almost all the high-profile ones will be handed down next week.
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