Democrats are urging U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett to recuse herself from any election-related cases because of President Donald Trump's comments that he expects the justices to ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. Senate will likely open hearings on his third Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, on Oct. 12 and he expected a full Senate vote before the Nov. 3 ...

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The government is shut down — and if it drags on, the judiciary won’t be spared. Federal courts may be forced to limit their operations as soon as next week after funding lapsed at midnight. The ...

The White House on Tuesday withdrew the nomination of E.J. Antoni, a conservative economist, to be the next commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. “Dr. E.J. Antoni is a brilliant economist ...

NYU Law School canceled Ilya Shapiro's speech on cancel culture due to security concerns linked to the anniversary of a Hamas attack. The Federalist Society, which organized the event, attempted to ...

A North Carolina father called for stricter penalties for criminals during a congressional hearing on Monday, saying that, similar to the case of the Charlotte light rail attack, his daughter was ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Congressional stalemate over budget risks shutdown, endangering federal pay. Shutdown impacts include WIC loss, VA service cuts, ...

During his remarks in a Senate hearing in May, Senator Adam Schiff put a smug Trump nominee in his place for attempting to dodge his questions. Schiff stated, "That's not my question." Macron's crisis ...

Sparing the usual litany of "stare decisis" factors, Justice Clarence Thomas offered a simple formula for the amount of deferential weight he gives a precedent of the U.S. Supreme Court: how much he ...

Former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor was sworn in on Sept. 25, 1981, becoming the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court. Five women have been sworn in since then; four of them are still on the court ...