The union between the federal judiciary's true believers in the primacy of our founding documents is fraying.

The administration's gag rule could force reproductive health clinics to function more like anti-abortion “pregnancy centers.”

Having failed in its first effort to subvert democracy, the Trump administration has found subtler means to achieve its end.

The Manhattan District Attorney has had a long run, but his role in recent high-profile cases may bring unexpected change to a very powerful place.

Guns rights advocates want more than just a victory. They want this newly emboldened conservative court to wield maximal power.

The U.S. criminal legal system protected him for years—and then it failed him, just as it has failed countless people of color who are put behind bars.

California wants to require him to release his tax returns in order to appear on the 2020 ballot. His legal team has a convincing counterargument.

History shows that the expansion of the American security state never benefits racial and religious minorities.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is the biggest impediment to reducing mass death in America.

"Felony murder" laws across America are being used to charge juveniles with crimes they didn't commit.

There's a gerrymandering problem that Democrats aren't talking about.

The president's slurs and his administration's policies are an attack on U.S. democracy itself—all in a desperate bid to cling to power.

Attorney General Bill Barr announced that the government will put five prisoners to death in six months, ending a 16-year hiatus.

Beltway pundits treated his testimony as disappointing entertainment rather than a damning portrait of a rogue president.

He and several other candidates have issued plans that appear ambitious only because America's system is so broken.

The Democrats have largely flopped in questioning witnesses on Capitol Hill. The former special counsel's testimony is a chance to rectify that.

The state's response to a lawsuit by four black voters shows the wide ramifications of the Supreme Court's recent gerrymandering ruling.

The late justice dismantled originalism in his dissent in District of Columbia v. Heller, the landmark gun-rights case.

How a long-standing Supreme Court precedent is hindering constitutional challenges of partisan gerrymandering.

His attempt to include a citizenship question on the census is part of a broader legal crusade that predates his presidency—and will outlive it.