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

Guns rights advocates want more than just a victory. They want this newly emboldened conservative court to wield maximal power.

California wants to require him to release his tax returns in order to appear on the 2020 ballot. His legal team has a convincing counterargument.

Attorney General Bill Barr announced that the government will put five prisoners to death in six months, ending a 16-year hiatus.

How the junior senator from Missouri has become the face of the post-liberal movement—and positioned himself as the philosophical heir to Trump.

The state's response to a lawsuit by four black voters shows the wide ramifications of the Supreme Court's recent gerrymandering ruling.

The late justice dismantled originalism in his dissent in District of Columbia v. Heller, the landmark gun-rights case.

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

His attempt to include a citizenship question on the census is part of a broader legal crusade that predates his presidency—and will outlive it.

The Supreme Court ruling on partisan electoral districts highlights bigger problems with how maps are drawn and how representatives are chosen.

Though liberals could issue a few sighs of relief, the recent term signaled a continued consolidation of conservative power.

In Rucho v. Common Cause, the conservative majority gave its approval to gerrymandering electoral districts to favor entrenched political interests.

With their decision Thursday, the justices offered a strong rebuke of the Trump administration's proposal to add a citizenship question to the census—but gave the administration the option of coming up with a better excuse.

The Supreme Court ruled Trump officials needed a better reason to tinker with the census; Democracy watchdogs aren't waiting for them to find one.

The Justice has always shown a disregard for precedent, but with a shift in Supreme Court personnel, undoing progress could be the law of the land.

The conservative justices signaled they want to limit agencies' ability to regulate. That could have disastrous consequences for the planet.

The Supreme Court justice had no patience for a legal challenge to a huge Christian cross maintained with taxpayer dollars.

An interview with J. T. Smith, who was there when the Justice Department concluded that a sitting president can't be indicted

If Trump wanted to give himself sweeping new powers, could anyone stop him?