The Latest Breaking News from Samuel Alito

If you like the decisions the U.S. Supreme Court handed down this term, you’re going to be enraptured by what comes next. For the rest of us, though, the worst could be yet to come.

Hayden Thorne examines how conservative judicial activism is reshaping American law in dangerous ways.

As Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, John Roberts has enjoyed one of the most powerful positions in American society. But when Donald Trump installed three of his own picks on the bench, suddenly everything changed.

Supreme Court ends infamous term with promise for worse outcomes next time

Yes, I think we should pay taxes. But from SCOTUS salaries to the police, I have questions about our ROI

Right-wing justices tell us they're sending abortion back to the states — where they've rigged and broken democracy

It happens at least once a semester. My students and I will be discussing a contested political issue — say, affirmative action or capital punishment — and someone will ask, “Professor, what does history say about it?”

The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade at a time when it has an unprecedented Catholic supermajority

It is a central principle of law: Courts, including the Supreme Court, are supposed to follow earlier decisions – precedent – to resolve current disputes. But on rare occasions, Supreme Court justices conclude that one of the court’s past constitutional precedents has to go, so they overrule it. This is…