If the Democrats don’t use the lame-duck session to take this economic doomsday device out of the incoming GOP’s hands, God help us all.

Now that a federal judge has vacated Title 42, which used the pandemic as a pretext for expelling asylees, the White House will have to adapt on the fly.

The high court catches a case that’s both dizzyingly complicated and relatively simple: Are tribal governments a legitimate part of the U.S. constitutional order?

Democrats have advocated for years to add D.C. and Puerto Rico to the 50 states. There’s a constitutional path for statehood for tribes too.

The suits brought by the Cato Institute and other more mysterious plaintiffs are totally meritless. The president has the power to make them null and void—if he’ll use it.

Liberals can fight back against the high court’s attack on affirmative action by illuminating the inclusive constitutionalism of our founding documents.

After an epic day of oral arguments in two affirmative action cases, it’s clear that the conservative justices will do what they want regardless of facts, law, or precedent.

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As the Supreme Court prepares to consider two affirmative action cases, originalism will be put to a test.

Marjorie Taylor Greene says it proudly. But other leaders say there’s no such thing as Christian nationalism. It’s not liberals they’re trying to bamboozle—it’s their own supporters.

The Barr-appointed special counsel was supposed to reveal “the crime of the century.” All he revealed was his incompetence—and worse.

Not every state in the U.S. requires the fabled “12 angry men.” Some require as few as six jurors. Now the justices are being asked to rule on whether the number should be uniform.

It’s good news for financial predators as a trio of Trump-appointed judges tees up a chance for the Supreme Court to take the CFPB’s cops off the beat.

How John Roberts lost control of the Supreme Court

The former president seems to think the justices are going to help him. They keep showing him that they won’t.

If the GOP wins in 2022 and 2024, here’s how it’ll capture Congress, the courts, and the executive branch to make America into Hungary.

A gaggle of bigoted municipal lawmakers have become unlikely—but effective—poster children for electoral reform.

The January 6 committee saves its greatest surprise for last, voting unanimously to subpoena Donald Trump.

Law professor Amy Kapczynski on why progressives need to move from a defensive position to a positive vision for the highest court in the country

Andy Warhol’s latest 15 minutes of fame came during oral arguments in a case that may determine the future of “fair use” transformations.