Matt Ford

@fordm

In a long-running fight with Washington, the Beehive State’s top politicos have found a novel way to escalate the conflict with the Supreme Court.

Votes are still being counted, but it’s looking like the Golden State will take a significant step away from the progressive policy ideas it has championed.

There are many dire consequences of Kamala Harris’s loss to Donald Trump. This is one of the worst.

A little-noticed decision this week by a federal appeals court could have massive implications for the anonymous corporations and wealthy donors who influence our elections.

The former president has hinted that he’s brewing up some kind of ominous plot with the Louisiana lawmaker.

Can the Aloha State defy the Roberts court on a controversial Second Amendment decision? They may soon find out.

There’s no clearer picture of a presidency than the people with whom a would-be president chooses to associate.

An environmental regulations case may potentially test Chief Justice John Roberts’s propensity for inventing novel legal doctrines out of thin air.

The high court will hear a trio of cases that might permit environmental scofflaws greater leave to go forum shopping for friendly lower court judges.

During his presidency, the high court’s conservatives proved to be resistant to the idea that Donald Trump was their legal client. This year, that all changed.

Killing off Chevron deference, the court moves power to the judicial branch, portending chaos.

Thursday’s ruling in Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy avoided the worst-case scenarios.

Idaho hospitals may perform emergency abortions—for now.

The justices have picked a case that can cause maximum harm with minimum blowback.

In Friday’s ruling on domestic violence and the Second Amendment, the other eight justices rejected his approach to originalism.

But will the high court follow long-standing precedent or its more recent trends?

She’s still conservative, but she seems to want to prevent her Supreme Court colleagues from going too far too quickly.

The court’s bump-stock ruling is a shell game.

Thanks, Justice Kavanaugh!

Hint: It comes from what Roberts said, not Alito.