Supreme Court
Justice Sotomayor on the Death Penalty
Illustrating mistakes that opponents of the death penalty commonly make.
On the Rule of Law, There Are Two Trumps
Trump’s originalist judges can start to mend America’s cultural rift, even as Trump himself has done the opposite.
The Supreme Court Can, Should, and Will Stay Out of Impeachment
It is easy to see why the Supreme Court might not want to second-guess a bipartisan decision by the Senate to convict a president.
Supreme Court Allows FDA to Reinstate Safety Requirement for Chemical Abortions
The safety policy had been on hold since last summer, when a district judge ruled it an unconstitutional ‘substantial obstacle’ to abortion access.
This Dog Won’t Hunt: Texas’s Wrong-headed Argument against Clergy for the Condemned
Texas’s otherwise stellar religious-liberty record suffers from one black mark: prisons.
Justice Thomas Urges the Court to Revisit Abortion-Clinic ‘Buffer Zones’ and Free Speech
Though he agrees with the recent decision not to hear a new case on the subject, Thomas points out contradictions in Supreme Court’s jurisprudence.
SCOTUS Agrees to Hear Case Challenging First Amendment Violations by Kamala Harris and Xavier Becerra against Conservative Nonprofits
The two cases challenge significant First Amendment violations against conservative nonprofits by the California attorney general's office.
The Dem Wish List Hinging on a Georgia Sweep
The prospect of unified Democratic control has Republicans worried that the Hyde Amendment is in jeopardy.
Why One GOP Official Says His Fellow AGs Are ‘Playing with Radioactivity’
Ohio AG Dave Yost is going against the grain as other Republicans support Trump’s dubious post-election legal challenges.