Trump’s authoritarian drift pushes the US towards a constitutional crisis
The clash with judges over deportations is the latest in a series of dubious legal measures adopted by the president during the first two months of his term
Supreme Court chief justice stands up to Trump as clash deepens over deportations
The Republican president had insulted a judge on social media and called for his removal after the judge opposed his expulsions from the country without legal guarantees
The triumphant return of Donald Trump
The Republican wants to exercise power from day one, with promises of political revenge and plans for mass deportations. His return to the White House on Monday represents a test of strength for US democracy and a blow to the geopolitical chessboard
Democrats present Biden-appointed judges as ‘shield for democracy’ against Trump
The president has appointed 235 magistrates, the most in a single term since Jimmy Carter, and expects them to defend the Constitution in the face of the Republican’s return to power
Supreme Court seems inclined not to restrict access to abortion pill in US
At the oral arguments in the mifepristone case, a majority of justices appeared skeptical about the legal standing of a Christian doctors’ association to sue the Food and Drug Administration
The Supreme Court seems likely to rule against a trademark in the ‘Trump too small’ case
Chief Justice John Roberts, positing what might happen if Steve Elster were to win, said people then would race to trademark ‘Trump too this, Trump too that’
Senate committee approves legislation to impose stronger ethics standards on Supreme Court justices
The ethics legislation has little chance of passing the Senate or the Republican-controlled House of Representatives
Senate Judiciary panel to consider ethics rules for Supreme Court
The committee’s legislation would impose new standards for transparency around recusals, gifts and potential conflicts of interest
Supreme Court ethics scandals: Luxury yachts, million-dollar contracts and a $19,000 Bible
Controversy over gifts received by Justice Clarence Thomas from a Republican donor puts the spotlight on who controls the untouchable members of the nation’s highest court and opens a debate on its reform
Supreme Court seems ready to sink Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan
The president’s only hope for moving forward with his program appeared to be the slim possibility that the court would find that Republican-led states and individuals challenging the plan lacked the legal right to sue
Justice Thomas wrote of ‘crushing weight’ of student loans
Thomas, the court’s longest-serving justice and staunchest conservative, has been skeptical of other Biden administration initiatives
Supreme Court: Justices interviewed as part of leak probe
The report recommends changes so that it’s harder for something similar to happen in the future
US Supreme Court says it hasn’t found abortion opinion leaker
The probe has not determined the source of the leak
US Supreme Court maintains Trump-era border rules allowing swift migrant deportation
Title 42, a controversial policy introduced during the Covid-19 pandemic, was about to expire, but Republican states mounted a legal challenge that justices will resolve next year, effectively allowing expulsions until then