It is not the first time that the Supreme Court has suggested that President Biden has overstepped his authority, but the case could curtail his ambitions.
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Supreme Court Skeptical of Biden’s Student Loan Cancellation Plan
The administration faced a conservative court that has insisted that government initiatives with major political and economic consequences be clearly authorized by Congress.
Supreme Court to Hear Cases on Biden’s Student Loan Cancellation Plan
The administration faces a conservative court that has insisted that government initiatives with major political and economic consequences be clearly authorized by Congress.
When Do Creepy Facebook Messages Cross a Line? Supreme Court May Decide.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments in April on a question it once ducked: whether intent counts in criminal cases based on online threats.
Joe Biden Has a Bully Pulpit, and He Should Focus It on the Supreme Court
The president must be clear about what the court has done, and what it may yet do.
The Road to a Supreme Court Clerkship Starts at Three Ivy League Colleges
The chances of obtaining a coveted clerkship, a new study found, increase sharply with undergraduate degrees from Harvard, Yale or Princeton.
At the Supreme Court, Ethics Questions Over a Spouse’s Business Ties
The chief justice’s wife, Jane Sullivan Roberts, has made millions in her career recruiting lawyers to prominent law firms, some of which have business before the court. Now, a letter sent to Congress claims that may present a conflict of interest.
Supreme Court Again Rejects Request to Block New York Gun Law
The latest emergency application came from several firearms dealers who said recent state laws violated the Second Amendment and conflicted with federal law.
In Year-End Report, Chief Justice Roberts Addresses Threats to Judges’ Safety
The report, an annual tradition, shed no light on the investigation into the leak of a draft opinion in May or on calls for more rigorous ethics rules for the justices.
A Charity Tied to the Supreme Court Offers Donors Access to the Justices
The Supreme Court Historical Society has raised more than $23 million in the last two decades, much of it from lawyers, corporations and special interests.
With This Supreme Court, the Way Liberals Dissent Matters
The liberal justices should plead for — and thereby help legitimize — the imposition of external constraints on its powers.
An ‘Imperial Supreme Court’ Asserts Its Power, Alarming Scholars
Several new studies document the current court’s distinctive insistence on its dominance and the justices’ willingness to use procedural shortcuts to achieve it.
What to Know About the Supreme Court’s Elections Case
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments today on a legal theory that holds that state courts cannot review their legislatures’ rules for federal elections, even when the rules violate the state constitution.
North Carolina’s Governor Says a Fringe Claim Before the Supreme Court Would Upend Democracy
The ability to exercise electoral and political power at the ballot box is hanging in the balance.
John Roberts’s Early Supreme Court Agenda: A Study in Disappointment
Soon after he joined the court, the chief justice said he would seek to protect its credibility by encouraging narrow, unanimous rulings. That project has failed.
Allegation of Supreme Court Breach Prompts Renewed Calls for Ethics Code
A minister’s claim that a major contraception decision had been prematurely disclosed through a secretive influence campaign underscored the court’s lack of transparency and accountability.
Former Anti-Abortion Leader Alleges Another Supreme Court Breach
Years before the leaked draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, a landmark contraception ruling was disclosed, according to a minister who led a secretive effort to influence justices.
A Diverse Supreme Court Questions the Value of Diversity
Since 1978, the sole justification for race-conscious admissions has been educational diversity. The rationale’s days may be numbered.
Roberts Extends Freeze on House’s Attempt to Obtain Trump’s Tax Returns
The move further delays an oversight request by the House Ways and Means Committee from 2019 as the midterm election looms.
Supreme Court Wrestles With Case on Pigs, Cruelty and Commerce
A California law requiring that pork sold in the state come from humanely raised pigs posed questions about how far states can go in affecting conduct outside their borders.
The Supreme Court Seems Awfully Nervous About Its Own Legitimacy
If justice after justice finds it necessary to defend the court’s power, what does that tell you?
Three Huge Supreme Court Cases That Could Change America
The justices will soon hear major cases on voting rights, affirmative action and partisan gerrymandering. Here’s a preview.
As New Term Starts, Supreme Court Poised to Resume Rightward Push
The justices return to the bench on Monday to start a term that will include major cases on affirmative action, voting and discrimination against gay couples. Several will take on questions about race.
If Only John Roberts Would Retire
To help preserve the credibility of the Supreme Court, Chief Justice John Roberts should resign.
The E.P.A. Ruling Goes Beyond Coal Regulation
The decision issued a warning shot across the bow of the administrative state.
What We Learned This Term About the Supreme Court’s Shift to the Right
The blockbuster decisions — on abortion, guns, religion and climate — told part of the story. But the court’s abrupt rightward shift ran through its entire docket.
The Court vs. the Climate
The Supreme Court seems unconcerned with climate change.
On Guns, a Supreme Court Head-Scratcher: Is a Colonial Musket ‘Analogous’ to an AR-15?
And other questions about gun regulations then and now.
The Supreme Court’s Fighting Words
Dobbs and Bruen revealed the sweeping terribleness of the current court’s reasoning.
Abortion Ruling Poses New Questions About How Far Supreme Court Will Go
The decision overruling Roe v. Wade exposed internal divisions among conservative justices about reconsidering other rights.
June 24, 2022: The Day Chief Justice Roberts Lost His Court
Outflanked by five impatient and ambitious justices to his right, the chief justice has become powerless to pursue his incremental approach.
The Supreme Court Just Ruled That Half of America Is Less Equal
The Dobbs ruling is the start of a new era of conflict over abortion.
The Supreme Court May Rein In Efforts to Protect the Climate
The court’s conservative majority seems intent on pursuing an agenda that would limit the government’s ability to shield the planet.
After Roe Leak, Supreme Court Starts to Resemble Other Branches
The disclosure of a draft opinion that would overrule Roe v. Wade, legal experts said, was evidence that the court is not much different from other Washington institutions.
Why the Justice Department Is Unlikely to Investigate the Supreme Court Leak
The internal inquiry led by the court’s marshal has limited tools, but there are challenges to opening a criminal investigation.
Supreme Court Leak Inquiry Exposes Gray Area of Press Protections
No law or written code of conduct prescribes how an investigation into the leak of a draft opinion should proceed, or whether journalists will be swept into it.
How the Supreme Court Became ‘Intoxicated With Its Power’
Three lawyers discuss what the leak says about the politics of the Supreme Court — and predict where we may go from here.
Draft Opinion Overturning Roe Raises a Question: Are More Precedents Next?
The legal reasoning that the Supreme Court’s conservative bloc is considering to end abortion rights could uproot a series of other past rulings that created modern rights.
Roberts and Alito, Once Close Allies, Have Taken Divergent Paths
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. have become emblems of a stark divide at the Supreme Court as it confronts whether to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Supreme Court Marshal Takes Up Leak Investigation as Theories Swirl
Not since Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein refused for decades to disclose the identity of their Watergate source has Washington been as eager to unmask a leaker.
Imagining a Post-Roe America: ‘I Am Scared’
A 22-year-old woman fears losing control over her body, and an 80-year-old recalls her illegal abortion. Also: Russian oligarchs’ property; Pelosi in Kyiv.
The Leaked Draft Opinion on Roe Draws on Familiar Arguments
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. argued two basic points: The Constitution is silent on the question of abortion and Roe’s flaws make it unworthy of respect as precedent.
A Supreme Court in Disarray After an Extraordinary Breach
The leak of a draft majority opinion overruling Roe v. Wade raises questions about motives, methods and whether defections are still possible.
Roe, on the Edge
Roe v. Wade seems to be on the cusp of falling.
John Roberts Has Lost Control of the Supreme Court
What did it take for him to finally speak out? He has joined the liberal justices in seeing an abuse of the shadow docket.
The Problem of ‘Personal Precedents’ of Supreme Court Justices
Their efforts to seem consistent can clash with respect for precedent in the usual sense. But a new article argues that personal precedents have a role to play as legal building blocks.
Ginni Thomas’s Texts, and the Limits of Chief Justice Roberts’s Power
His title notwithstanding, the chief justice cannot force a colleague’s recusal. If Justice Clarence Thomas is to disqualify himself, it will be his decision.
Can Movies Survive Changing Times?
Readers react to Ross Douthat’s column “Is This the End of the Movies?” Also: Supreme Court ethics; reading “dirty” Shakespeare.
Justice Thomas Ruled on Election Cases. Should His Wife’s Texts Have Stopped Him?
The nature of the text messages was enough to require recusal, legal experts said. But the Supreme Court has traditionally left such decisions to the discretion of the justice in question.
Ketanji Brown Jackson, Facing Senators for Fourth Time, Knows the Confirmation Playbook
In her Supreme Court confirmation hearings this week, the judge will draw on her earlier experiences and those of her predecessors.