In a democracy, no public official should hold unchecked power for life—especially not those tasked with interpreting the ...

In an unsigned order with no explanation, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority blocked lower-court orders that had stopped President Donald Trump from shuttering the Department of Education.

When the Supreme Court overturns rulings without offering any explanation, it is simply wielding raw power. And raw power ...

In a precedent-based legal system, you can’t know what the law is if you don’t have judicial opinions explaining why the courts have reached their conclusions.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio began mass firings at the State Department on Monday, part of a reorganization plan to form a leaner foreign policy force that, he argues, will allow the United ...

Another Essence Fest is in the books for New Orleans, complete with a few surprises and a little drama. Why it matters: The nation's largest Black culture festival generates more than $300 million ...

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson discussed her life and work on the Supreme Court as a member of the liberal minority in conversation at the ESSENCE Festival of Culture.

In her third term as a Supreme Court justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson came out swinging. The high court's newest member took up boxing, appeared on Broadway, published her memoir, and wrote more ...

In a Supreme Court term that handed Trump and conservatives, big wins, Ketanji Brown Jackson − the newest justice − has emerged as fierce voice of dissent.

To hear Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson tell it, it’s a “perilous moment for our Constitution.” The Supreme Court’s most junior justice had pointed exchanges with her colleagues on the bench ...