Adam Liptak

The department said the justices should let stand an appeals court’s decision excluding about 100 sensitive documents seized at Mar-a-Lago from a special master’s review.

In dissent, the three liberal justices said a Black inmate had not received a fair trial when he was convicted by jurors who had expressed…

In arguments in a voting rights case, the new justice said history must inform constitutional interpretation, making a liberal case for an idea often associated…

But several members of the court’s conservative majority rejected the state’s most aggressive arguments in defense of its congressional voting map.

The justices cited the landmark 1954 decision banning segregation in public schools 23 times, debating its meaning and methods.

A federal judge in Texas has blocked guidelines setting priorities for Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents, saying they were at odds with the immigration laws.

In the 22 years since she worked for Justice Stephen G. Breyer, whom she replaced last month, the court has become polarized and predictably conservative.

In a concurring opinion last month, Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh said the Constitution did not allow states to stop women from traveling to get abortions….

What was once a dialogue between the branches has become almost entirely one-sided, with the justices accumulating clout at lawmakers’ expense.

The blockbuster decisions — on abortion, guns, religion and climate — told part of the story. But the court’s abrupt rightward shift ran through its…