Every major question in American public life ultimately returns to a single source of authority: the Constitution. Whether ...

In Dissent is a recurring series by Anastasia Boden on Supreme Court dissents that have shaped (or reshaped) our country. On ...

More than two decades ago, the Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision prohibiting the execution of people with ...

On Dec. 10, 1778, John Jay was elected president of the Continental Congress. He later became the Supreme Court’s first chief ...

The thriller series on Netflix, starring Claire Danes and Matthew Rhys, is internally confused—stylish, but uneven—despite ...

When Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead over the weekend at a west Texas ranch, he reportedly had a pillow over his head. Now, the conspiracy theories are cropping up. Sari Horowitz ...

Among the 116 justices to have served on the U.S. Supreme Court in its more than 230-year history, only a handful have gained the mythic status that we commonly refer to as a "giant of the law." There ...

Leave it to Netflix to wait until the end of the year to premiere a new psychological thriller that won't get out of my head.

Chief Justice John Roberts has led the Supreme Court’s conservative majority on a steady march of increasing the power of the ...

In theory, that decision holds weight. The appointment of a Supreme Court justice has an effect for decades, and their ...

With President Donald Trump labeling the media “the enemy” and threatening broadcast licenses and political enemies, First Amendment scholars are asking:  Is the First Amendment under more ...