In December 2020, the Biden administration asked all 50 Democratic senators for potential judicial nominees who have worked as public defenders, civil rights lawyers, legal aid attorneys, and others ...

A new cert petition asks the justices to further pare back what few limits remain on the influence of money in politics.

Link to: Judges Who Refuse to Retire Under Trump Are Not “Playing Politics” ...

One of the main reasons President Donald Trump was able to pack the federal courts with so many reactionary right-wing judges during his first term is that—thanks to unprecedented obstruction from ...

Back in 2023, the Supreme Court issued its first-ever code of conduct for the justices, at last tacitly acknowledging that the institution’s inability to impose consequences for its members’ various ...

President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, received a rare gift of mercy on Sunday, as the president issued “a full and unconditional pardon” for any federal offenses Hunter may have committed during the past ...

It used to be that right-wing conspiracy theories about shadowy cabals importing migrants to take over the United States were confined to the darker corners of the internet, but apparently, part of ...

The Republican Party has manufactured a nationwide surge of hostility against transgender people in recent years, betting on the inflamed bigotry of its base to propel it to victory at the ballot box.

For several brief, glorious days, Senate Democrats were doing the lame-duck session right. As the clock ticked down on the 118th Congress, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer took advantage of Republican ...

In 2023, the renowned Supreme Court lawyer Tom Goldstein announced his retirement, explaining that when the Court is controlled by a six-justice conservative supermajority, there is “very little that ...

Last week, the Federalist Society’s annual convention gave a who’s who of the conservative legal movement the opportunity to toast their latest successes, like overturning landmark Supreme Court ...