WASHINGTON - At the dawn of the Reagan revolution, when conservatives were just beginning to flex their muscles on a wide range of issues, John Roberts was a confident young lawyer with well-developed ...

I too am appalled by the letter “Catholicism and the court.” The decision by the justices in the Dobbs case voting to overturn Roe had nothing to do with their Catholic belief and everything to do ...

The US v. Rahimi decision, upholding a federal law prohibiting the possession of firearms by individuals against whom restraining orders have been issued, demonstrates the Supreme Court’s originalists ...

Some may consider it mere coincidence that over the past 40 years the Montana Supreme Court has struck down almost every conservative ballot measure (referenda and initiatives) that has come before it ...

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Skrmetti exemplifies judicial restraint — the judicial philosophy that courts should hesitate to override democratically-enacted legislation ...

Wonder Land: The administrative state has created ideological divides that will take a long time to undo. But a recent ruling on climate change may help resurrect the decisive role that substantive ...

U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Roberts recently weighed in on the controversy surrounding federal judges constraining Trump administration actions, claiming the role of judges has been “settled” for ...

One of the flaws of shared governance as usually practiced in higher education is that it only includes versions of two of the three branches of government. The legislative branch has its analogs in a ...

Opposing political philosophies exist in this country and, like it or not, there is ample evidence that they taint judicial decisions. Judicial impartiality and fairness is not party specific and is ...

In The Agenda: How a Republican Supreme Court Is Reshaping America, Vox senior correspondent Ian Millhiser offers an engaging, accessible and well-informed statement of progressive anxieties about ...

Neal Conan talks with David G. Savage, author of Turning Right: The Making of the Rehnquist Supreme Court, about the legacy of the chief justice, who died Saturday at age 80. Savage says Rehnquist is ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) speaks to reporters after the Supreme Court heard arguments for the case on the "Remain in Mexico" policy on April 26. (Sarah Silbiger for the Washington Post) ...