The dispute centers on a constitutional question about what level of scrutiny courts apply to laws affecting transgender people.

The Supreme Court’s political divide is at its widest point in decades, with the rate of ideologically split cases more than ...

DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin set off a revolt—perhaps unknowingly—among his own party's immigration hardliners.

One might argue that Supreme Court justices are more visible today than ever before. Six have published books and Brett ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the federal government’s policy of systematically turning back asylum seekers before they can reach the U.S.-Mexico border. By a vote of 6-3, the justices agreed ...

NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg has been a working journalist for over five decades, with plenty of mistakes and gaffes along the way.

The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling to uphold state laws protecting women's sports from trans athletes sent shockwaves across the nation on Tuesday. The attorneys who fought on both sides of the case have ...

Conspiracy theorists liked to say that Graham’s Trump sycophancy was a result of blackmail. But the truth is worse: He stuck ...

If anything, this term served to reinforce the dominance of the conservative majority, its willingness to overturn precedents, and the ideological chasm between the court’s liberal and conservative ...

The Citizenship Act uses Wong Kim Ark case exceptions to legislatively end birthright citizenship for children of illegal ...

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