In the end, the Supreme Court’s so-called “shadow docket” is neither new nor nefarious. It is a necessary and long-standing part of the court’s responsibility to manage the flow of emergency legal ...

As the executive branch continues to test the boundaries of its authority with increasing brazenness, a growing number of federal judges have responded with remarkable clarity and courage. Their ...

Federal judges are increasingly ruling against the Trump administration’s agenda and in defiance of Supreme Court orders. The ...

John Roberts came to the U.S. Supreme Court professing the best of intentions. In his 2005 Senate confirmation hearing, he promised to serve as chief justice in the fashion of a baseball umpire, ...

Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday defended the way the Supreme Court is handling the flood of emergency cases that has ...

Speaking at a judicial conference, the justice said that saying too much risked premature judgments, adding that the court ...

Along with Barrett, four of the court’s other five Catholics — Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Clarence Thomas, Justice Samuel Alito and Justice Brett Kavanaugh — are characterized as ...

The White House and a close circle of lawyers plan for Trump to hit the ground running if there's a Supreme Court vacancy, ...

Ever since Chief Justice John Roberts swore in Donald Trump at the US Capitol January 20 – with the eight other Supreme Court ...

A Supreme Court decision last month limiting the use of nationwide injunctions appeared to pave the way for President Donald Trump to begin enforcing his plan to end birthright citizenship.

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from ending birthright citizenship for the children of parents who are in the U.S. illegally. U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin’s decision ...

Defending birthright citizenship encapsulates a broader struggle over national identity, the meaning of citizenship and democratic values.