The Nation’s justice correspondent previews the court’s coming term—and explains why it will never stand up to Trump.

Judge Deborah Boardman sentenced would-be assassin Nicholas Roske to 8 years despite prosecutors recommending 30 years for ...

Unlike Reagan’s other doomed picks, Robert Bork and Douglas H. Ginsburg, Kennedy’s nomination was controversy-free. He was ...

After the Supreme Court’s polarizing Roe v. Wade decision in 1973, the liberal Protestant organ, The Christian Century, ...

Virginia’s race for governor has been dominated by economic issues, the government shutdown and the violent text messages ...

Chief Justice John Roberts’ 20 years on the Supreme Court have been punctuated by a series of vivid episodes, from his confirmation hearings as he vowed merely to call “balls and strikes,” to his ...

Assistant U.S. Attorney Rebecca Taibleson faced questions about her conservative bona fides. Sen. Tammy Baldwin’s support ...

In nominating Amy Coney Barrett for a lifetime job on the U.S. Supreme Court, President Donald Trump has selected a federal appeals court judge who has staked out conservative legal positions on key ...

WASHINGTON – As the Supreme Court is about to revisit some major decisions, one of the nine justices – and the longest-serving member of the conservative majority – has offered his view that there’s ...

There’s a roster of cases before the Supreme Court that could reshape the entire Trump presidency and redefine executive ...

The former justice who was the deciding vote on some of the Supreme Court's most consequential decisions talks about the ...

Justice Alito says Obergefell remains a precedent “entitled to respect,” despite his personal opposition to same-sex marriage ...