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Under Chief Justice John Roberts, the Supreme Court has made it much harder for federal prosecutors to go after corrupt state and local officials.
A scholar of the Supreme Court and its relationship to the people of the United States says that President Joe Biden’s proposed term limits for justices can restore the court’s eroded legitimacy.
The former president has a narrow lead over the current vice president, but Harris’ numbers are on the rise.
Even Louis XIV of France, the epitome of absolute monarchy, did not stand above the law. Kings have always been defined and constrained by legal precedent.
You think 2024 has been packed with a ceaseless and exhausting stream of consequential events? So did Americans in 1940, 1968 and 1973.
In two recent rulings, the conservative justices handed state lawmakers new power to redraw congressional maps to their liking – including in ways that end up diluting the Black vote.
The Supreme Court’s recent ruling means that judges will have more power than scientific experts in determining whether people should be able to get an emergency abortion, for example.
By injecting hidden risk into the financial statements of the listed companies monitored by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Supreme Court may have set the stage for the next recession.
The 6-3 Supreme Court ruling could create new risks for unwary investors – and a new reason for them to invest in index funds.
State superintendent Ryan Walters has mandated that public school teachers incorporate the Bible into classroom lessons.
Has this been the most significant week for the US Supreme Court for a generation? We ask legal expert Colin Provost to explain.
Officials have vowed to keep fighting for permission to open the school as a charter – which would be a controversial first for the country.
Anyone convicted of criminal offences is inadmissible for entry into Canada. But this simple rule may not prevail in the case of Donald Trump.
The supreme court’s latest judgment gives a US president limited immunity from criminal prosecution for acts committed while in office.
The Supreme Court’s decision has major implications for the criminal prosecution of Trump and for the country and how it is governed.
Florida and Texas sought to prevent social media companies from deciding which posts can be promoted, demoted or blocked. The Supreme Court said the tech companies can moderate as they please.
The dissenting judges argued that the Supreme Court’s decision will dramatically expand the president’s powers while in office.
A widely anticipated Supreme Court ruling will sharply limit federal agencies’ power to interpret the laws that they execute and decide how best to carry them out.
What happens if the highest court in the land loses legitimacy?
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