Matt Ford

@fordm

Coinbase and Binance allegedly hoped to flout the law just long enough to change it.

Thankfully, this is about the First Amendment, not the former president’s manhood.

Justice Samuel Alito is inventing a new way for the high court to substitute its own judgment for that of lawmakers.

Here is an object lesson in how not to use generative A.I.

A case involving the EPA’s protection of wetlands somehow became a forum for some fiery justice-on-justice warfare over textualism.

An organization representing government workers is making a preemptive strike against the mounting default crisis.

The justice’s vision of the judiciary’s role in public health may be more dangerous than any Covid-era restriction.

The high court’s ruling on the nature of “transformative” works of art could have major ramifications for artists working today—as well as the A.I. enthusiasts looking toward tomorrow.

A recent lower court ruling has neatly exposed the Supreme Court’s conservative majority’s funny ideas about the Bill of Rights.

A recent Supreme Court ruling on gun rights is leading to interesting results in the lower courts.

Intentionally or not, the justice revealed a certain amount of awareness of how the high court’s conservative majority—and its power—is perceived.

The charges leveled against the New York lawmaker highlight how little thought he put into his grift.

Conservatives are up in arms that the high court has become embroiled in a legitimacy crisis.

The justice has consistently ruled in ways that favor political favor-traders.

Many dismiss the royals as an arcane sideshow built to manufacture tabloid fodder, but the monarchy is more than it seems.

He has the evidence on his side, but the high court usually can’t be dissuaded from upholding a death penalty conviction.

The justices have agreed to hear a case that could make it easier to kneecap federal agencies.

This lawsuit has it all: tangled politics, obscure legal doctrines, and the possibility of the Supreme Court again upending American life.

On abortion medication, the justices would have very good reasons to leave the status quo intact for FDA drug approvals.

Why the latest Clarence Thomas revelations are shocking, yet unsurprising