Jurisprudence

Clarence Thomas Just Joined Donald Trump’s Crusade to “Open Up” Libel Laws

Feb. 19 2019 5:15 PMCalifornia’s Lawsuit Against Trump’s Emergency Wall Is Written to Appeal to Neil GorsuchDahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern

Feb. 16 2019 4:58 PMTrump Is Trying to Hollow Out the Constitutional System of Checks and BalancesThe other two branches might let him.Peter M. Shane

Feb. 15 2019 3:42 PMNancy Pelosi Put Her Faith in the Courts to Stop Trump’s Emergency WallBig mistake.Daniel Hemel

Feb. 14 2019 3:30 PMWorkers Deserve Better Than Marco Rubio’s Woeful Noncompete Clause BillTerri Gerstein

Feb. 13 2019 3:28 PMRichard Burr Has Misled the Public About Russian Election Interference BeforeHe can’t be trusted now.Ryan Goodman

Feb. 12 2019 10:54 AMAffirmative Action Is About to Face a Judicial AssaultIt will survive by going further underground.Yuvraj Joshi

Feb. 8 2019 3:09 PMThe National Enquirer’s Alleged Threats Against Jeff Bezos Have Put It in Enormous Legal JeopardyHere are all the laws American Media Inc. may have broken in going after the Amazon CEO.Frank Bowman

Feb. 7 2019 11:15 PMBrett Kavanaugh Just Declared War on Roe v. WadeJohn Roberts joined the liberals to save the constitutional right to choose—for now.Mark Joseph Stern

Feb. 5 2019 5:36 PMJudge Blocks Discrimination Against Puerto Ricans, Says Federal Government Is Engaging in “Citizenship Apartheid”Mark Joseph Stern

Feb. 5 2019 3:27 PMThe End of El ChapoThe trial of drug lord Joaquín Guzmán has exposed the unlikely folk hero for what he really is.León Krauze

Feb. 1 2019 5:13 PMBans on LGBTQ “Conversion Therapy” for Minors Are Now Under Threat Thanks to the Supreme CourtMark Joseph Stern

Jan. 31 2019 5:55 PMTrump’s Labor Board Just Gave Its Blessing to One of the Most Deplorable Worker Abuses in the CountryTerri Gerstein

Jan. 31 2019 3:05 PMWhy the DOJ Almost Certainly Can’t Trade Trump Immunity for a Resignation

Jan. 29 2019 6:41 PMHoward Schultz’s Claims of “Centrism” Are Laughable Given His Record as Starbucks CEOTerri Gerstein

Jan. 29 2019 5:04 PMThe One Thing Republicans Could Do to Stop a National Emergency DeclarationDahlia Lithwick

Feb. 19 2019 2:31 PMThe Constitutional Critiques of Elizabeth Warren’s Wealth Tax Plan Are AbsurdBruce Ackerman

Feb. 15 2019 5:38 PMDon’t Let Trump’s Abortion Rhetoric Numb You to Kavanaugh’s DistortionsThe president’s words are much more bombastic, but it’s the justice’s that will matter.Dahlia Lithwick

Feb. 15 2019 2:28 PMTrump Isn’t Just Defying the Constitution. He’s Undermining SCOTUS.The president defended his national emergency by boasting that he’ll win at the Supreme Court because it’s full of his judges.Dahlia Lithwick

Feb. 14 2019 12:17 PMCan Trump Block Congress From Talking to His Putin Interpreter?Andy Wright

Feb. 13 2019 3:17 PMElizabeth Warren’s Plan for Corporate Boards Would Be a Boon to BusinessesTerri Gerstein

Feb. 11 2019 3:25 PMA New Muslim Ban Challenge Seeks to Answer the Questions the Supreme Court Didn’t Settle

Feb. 8 2019 2:56 PMAn Execution Without an ImamDomineque Ray died Thursday night, in prison, without access to his religious leader. The Supreme Court thought that was fine.Dahlia Lithwick

Feb. 7 2019 11:45 AMThe Matthew Whitaker Subpoena Fight Is About to Get RealAndy Wright

Feb. 5 2019 5:07 PMThe Lies That Will Kill RoeConservative activists and judges have pushed falsehoods for decades to fight abortion. This Supreme Court will embrace them.Dahlia Lithwick

Feb. 4 2019 5:55 PMTexas Republicans Are Lying About Voter Fraud to Justify a Massive, Racist Voter PurgeMark Joseph Stern

Feb. 1 2019 3:47 PMAOC Is Right: Algorithms Will Always Be Biased As Long As There’s Systemic Racism in This Country

Jan. 31 2019 5:48 PMICE Agents Are Using Pennsylvania’s Courthouses as a Stalking Ground. The State Supreme Court Can Stop Them.Mark Joseph Stern

Jan. 29 2019 7:22 PMKamala Harris Is Going to Need a Better Answer for Questions About Her Prosecutorial RecordA.T. McWilliams

Jan. 29 2019 5:19 PMRoe v. Wade Is Under Immediate ThreatIf the Supreme Court doesn’t stay a Louisiana law next week, states will have a clear path to nullify the constitutional right to choose.Mark Joseph Stern

Jan. 29 2019 1:47 PMGinni Thomas’ White House Meeting Was Just Another GriftThe Supreme Court justice’s wife wants the president to hire more of her fringe, nativist friends.Mark Joseph Stern