U.S. Supreme Court

Rarely has a case had less legal meaning and greater moral weight.

The court swept aside a precedent that endangers countless regulations — and transfers power from the executive branch to Congress and the courts.

A second Biden term would be unusually dangerous for the country in a very significant way.

Four cases backed by conservative activists in recent years have combined to diminish the power of the Environmental Protection Agency.

In finding that prosecutors misused an obstruction law to charge rioters, the justices highlighted the lack of an established legal blueprint for addressing an attack on the foundations of democracy.

In states that have banned abortion, hospitals have struggled to treat pregnant women facing health risks. A Supreme Court decision this week did not help.

The Bible has a deep history in American classrooms, but the state’s provocative superintendent wants to broadly expand its influence.

Two rulings this week by the Republican-appointed majority add to its steady pursuit of enfeebling the ability of the administrative state to impose rules on powerful business interests.

Stephen Bannon will have to begin serving four months in prison on Monday, after the court turned aside his request to remain free while he appeals his conviction for contempt of Congress.

The combination of President Biden’s debate performance and adverse Supreme Court rulings left Democrats reeling and in despair with elections not far off.

Successive successes reinvigorated Donald Trump’s campaign a month after he became the first major party nominee convicted of a felony.

Everyone in our system, including judges and members of Congress, will be nudged to do their proper constitutional work.

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority has made it easier to sue agencies and get their rules struck down.

The decision overturning a longstanding precedent is likely to spawn challenges to dozens of tax regulations.

The decision overturning a precedent known as Chevron deference was celebrated by those who would target medication abortion and rights for transgender people.

Experts in legal ethics have said that the activities of the justices’ wives raised serious questions about their impartiality.

Challenges could range from whether tainted spinach can be traced back to a farm to a decision on whether drugs are safe and effective enough to be sold in the United States.

The decision is expected to prompt a rush of litigation challenging regulations across the entire federal government, from food safety to the environment.

The ruling that the Justice Department misused a 2002 law in charging a pro-Trump rioter who entered the Capitol could have an impact on hundreds of other cases, including one against Donald Trump.

A foundational 1984 decision had required courts to defer to agencies’ reasonable interpretations of ambiguous statutes, underpinning regulations on health care, safety and the environment.