The Roberts court is taking up cases with phantasmal litigants and speculative complaints. But how it resolves them could have a massive impact on American life.

A group of North Carolina voters have employed a Reconstruction-era law to try to boot the controversial lawmaker from office.

The vice president has constitutional rights, too.

Fixing the obscure law that governs the way Electoral College votes are counted won’t save democracy, but it could keep things from getting much worse.

The chief justice’s veiled end-of-year remarks seem to indicate that if the high court cannot reform itself, reform will be forced upon it.

The high court’s decision in the matter of the Lone Star State’s controversial abortion law seems destined to spawn further chaos.

What sounds like a zany idea dreamt up in an opium den could have dire repercussions for the future of our democracy.

The First Amendment watchdogs who stepped up to defend James O’Keefe’s are probably feeling like they got played.

The only thing more bizarre than his “Texit” fantasy is his read of the current state of American politics.

He now claims to be deeply committed to preserving the balance between the presidency and the branch of government he incited a riot against.

Democrats have to prove that the government can deliver for people. If they don’t, authoritarianism wins.

Mike Pence wouldn’t agree to carry out John Eastman’s plan to overturn the election. Next time we might not be so fortunate.

In the dead of night, the Supreme Court’s conservatives erased abortion rights in Texas—and signaled what they would do next.

By shedding the detritus of race-based nationalism, today’s insurgents have harnessed the power of white innocence.

Those who claim that vaccine resistance is an expression of liberty are historically illiterate.

In little-heralded decisions, the Roberts court has moved to entrench judicial supremacy and destroy the legislative branch.

Everything you think you know about how our democracy functions is about to change.

The White House’s quiet campaign to tweak the D.C. Admission Act also provides the first hint that the president is open to reforming the Electoral College.

They’ve responded to Trump’s makeover of the courts with legislative nonstarters and shortsighted proposals. But the party first needs to sell the public on its vision for a liberal judiciary.

Does the First Amendment confer a right never to face public criticism? No, but the high court may be forced to settle the matter anew.