Supreme Court

The anxiety about distinguishing a President from a king, which framed this Court term, is inextricably intertwined with the end-of-democracy theme of the 2024 Presidential race.

The conservative Justices gutted the January 6th case—and have made it harder to prosecute any President.

The Supreme Court has, for now, refrained from restricting access to urgently needed abortions.

In some of its most consequential cases, the Court is trying to clarify the sweeping decisions it previously made in Bruen and Dobbs.

A new ruling upholds a law barring those under certain domestic-violence restraining orders from possessing firearms—but the Court’s stance on gun laws remains trapped in ambiguity.

Analyzing the former President’s quest for protection from prosecution before the U.S. Supreme Court.

A political hit job? A military coup? Trump’s lawyer tests the boundaries of a truly imperial Presidency.

The former President notwithstanding, the government’s position in Fischer v. United States is unsettling.

The freedom to use social media is a First Amendment right, even if it’s one we should all avail ourselves of less often.

The ruling in Trump v. Anderson is a win for the former President, but it also opens up new battles.

The fertility treatment has wide support, even among Republican voters, but it is at odds with key elements in the pro-life movement.

Crystal Clanton became notorious for sending outlandishly racist texts. Now she’s been hired to work for the Justice—and a dubious new story has surfaced to clear her name.

Caitlin Bernard is risking her career, and her safety, to care for pregnant patients.

The former President has already lost the immunity case twice, but he has also won something.

The Justices seem to want to avoid a major decision about whether Trump can serve as President—but if they do so they may set off a national crisis.

The New Yorker staff writer and historian Jill Lepore on how an obscure constitutional provision that will be interpreted by the Supreme Court could affect Donald Trump’s candidacy for President.

A legal scholar analyzes how the nine Justices are likely to view the blockbuster decision.

A lawsuit filed in federal court in Iowa is one of a number of cases that may eventually come before the Court. The key precedent is an instructive decision from 1982.

The late Supreme Court Justice had a keen feeling for the real-world impact of the Court’s decisions.

Under the Court’s new rules, the Justices appear not to have made any mistakes.