We recognize that the emergency docket is a necessary part of Supreme Court business. It allows the court to address urgent ...

A Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade would be at odds with the views of most Americans, according to recent public opinion polls. Tom Brenner for The New York Times ...

The Court, in effect, must decide whether to keep the map intact or to allocate another seat to Democrats by taking it away from Republicans. No one can say how public opinion would rule on this ...

Former assistant prosecutor Jennifer Janetsky's 2015 lawsuit establishes new legal protections for public employees who ...

She has become the great dissenter, sometimes siding with Justices Sonia Sotomayor or Elena Kagan or sometimes standing alone ...

A Gillette-based state judge didn’t take the proper steps when holding a tardy public defense attorney in contempt, the ...

Today kicks off the first day of the Supreme Court’s new term, and to mark the occasion, we decided to take a look at where public opinion of the institution stands and how it might be shaped by ...

Voting along ideological lines is viewed aspart of the deterioration of the public's confidence in the nation's highest court. Forty-seven percent of Americans expressed a favorable view, and 51 ...

President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 6. (Alex Brandon/AP) Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh’s confirmation ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on July 14. (Tom Brenner for The Washington Post) Regarding the July 22 news article “ Kagan warns of threat to democracy if Supreme Court ignores public opinion ”: ...

A Supreme Court decision legitimizing the independent state legislature doctrine could destroy public trust in the legitimacy of the judiciary and electoral systems, which isn’t just a voting ...