The Supreme Court seemed open to arguments made by North Carolina Republican lawmakers, suggesting that state courts and other state entities have a more limited role in reviewing election rules ...

It is generally dangerous to advise minorities against matriculating at elite colleges — which also tend to be historically white — because of the sense that increased competition can compromise their ...

Despite a few false starts, it quickly became clear at Mondays oral argument in Elgin v. Department of the Treasury that the more interesting puzzle in the case is not whether the Merit Systems ...

Midway through yesterday’s Supreme Court oral argument in Moore v. Harper, the case concerning the “independent state legislature” theory, Justice Elena Kagan took a moment to consider the stakes.

The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on the validity of “independent state legislature theory,” a legal idea that aims to give states more authority over electoral boundaries. NBC News’ Kelly ...