Adam Liptak

An administration lawyer complained about what she said was a trend of lower court judges exceeding their authority in halting government programs.

Judge Maryanne Trump Barry ruled that the law invoked against Mr. Khalil violated the Constitution by giving unfettered discretion to the secretary of state.

The justices unanimously said a law prohibiting “any false statement or report” did not cover misleading assertions that fell short of outright lies.

Legal scholars say that the nation has reached a tipping point and that the right question is not whether there is a crisis, but rather...

Colorado, like more than 20 other states, bars licensed therapists from trying to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of minors in their care.

The real legacy of the case, scholars say, is not its protection of former presidents from prosecution but its expansive understanding of presidential power.

She was the only member of the court appointed by the president to vote against his emergency request to freeze foreign aid.

The move came after Chief Justice Roberts temporarily paused a trial judge’s order requiring the administration to release more than $1.5 billion.

Four sitting members of the court attended on Tuesday: Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Kagan, Kavanaugh and Barrett.

The justices ruled last week that the president could not, for now, remove a government lawyer who leads the watchdog agency that protects whistle-blowers.

Justices across the ideological spectrum and lawyers on both sides agreed that an appeals court erred in requiring members of majority groups to meet a...

Both sides had told the justices that long-suppressed evidence had undermined the case the case against the inmate, Richard Glossip.