The Supreme Court grants a reprieve to hundreds of thousands of young, undocumented immigrants. Their fate will now be decided in the November election.

It's commonly held that letting the cops do crimes is a big no-no, but thanks to a zany lower court ruling the question is in the Supreme Court's hands.

The 50-year effort to advance a conservative legal agenda

The chief justice's year-end report dwells heavily on the preservation of our civic life, without noting his hand in its undoing.

Having failed in its first effort to subvert democracy, the Trump administration has found subtler means to achieve its end.

How a long-standing Supreme Court precedent is hindering constitutional challenges of partisan gerrymandering.

Missouri is poised to lose its last abortion provider, increasing the large swath of the country where the nearest clinic is impossibly far for poor and rural women.

The Supreme Court might buy the president's twisted legal theories, but the lower courts see more clearly.

Passing a federal law to enshrine Roe v. Wade would require control of the White House and Congress—and approval from the Supreme Court.

If America is becoming a monarchy, it's not Trump who's king.

This term, the conservative justices are dreaming up alternate realities to justify their preordained conclusions.

Three cases being heard this term could amplify the imbalance of power and influence in U.S. politics.

The Supreme Court's conservative majority will stop at nothing to preserve capital punishment in America.

The Supreme Court may declare that half the state is still Indian country under federal law.

Thanks to a 2013 ruling, Southern states are free to pass restrictive laws without government scrutiny.

Republican attempts to exclude African Americans from the polls echoes efforts by Southern whites that enabled the Jim Crow era.

If Republicans refuse to let the other party govern, all options should be on the table.

Waves of redistricting have allowed politicians to select their own voters, consolidating one-party power across America—mostly among the GOP.

In obliging the state to directly aid Trinity Lutheran and other churches, the Court is allowing the religious right to have their cake and eat it, too.