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Abortion rights are under threat from the Supreme Court. But states can take critical actions.

Political activism could have a big effect on the politics of the shutdown. So far, it’s having almost no effect.

Two years ago, the court struck down a ban on disparaging trademarks. Now, in a case about a clothing line’s name, it will consider what…

Patricia Wald was not an ambitious careerist but a lawyer who had lived a full life before joining the federal bench.

The Supreme Court considered whether the 21st Amendment, which ended Prohibition, gave states power to discriminate against some liquor store owners.

Also: Barr’s testimony was problematic but not nearly as bad as I feared.

In a 5-to-4 decision, the justices considered the scope of a federal law requiring mandatory 15-year sentences for some gun crimes.

The justices denied an unusual motion to consider the issue in the context of a motion to change the name of a pending case.

If the court is to hear major cases this term on immigration, transgender service in the military, gay rights, abortion or guns, it must act…

The justice’s recovery from surgery “is on track,” said a court spokeswoman, and no further treatment is required.