Last week, Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, visited the notorious CECOT prison in El Salvador on a Congressional junket. On the government’s dime, Estes and six other Republican members of Congress participated in the trip. Despite…

 The U.S. Supreme Court has proven its mettle in its first important confrontation with the Trump administration — barely. By a 5-4 vote, the court upheld an order by a federal judge requiring the government…

Less than a month into Donald Trump’s second term, a case involving his extreme claims of presidential power has already made it to the Supreme Court. It raises a question of profound importance: Can the…

Based on the questioning of the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, the justices sound inclined to uphold a law requiring the Chinese owner of TikTok to either sell the widely popular app or be banned…

Special Counsel Jack Smith has filed a new indictment against Donald Trump’s attempts to interfere in the 2020 election, an effort to comply with the Supreme Court’s dangerous immunity decision from July, holding that presidents…

The Supreme Court on Friday issued the kind of ruling that would once have been viewed as so obvious as to be unnecessary: Yes, the court said, judges have the constitutional authority to deny firearms…

As Americans prepare for what is likely to be a landmark ruling on whether Donald Trump enjoys absolute immunity from prosecution for his acts in office as president, Democrats are getting out the rhetorical axes…

The U.S. Supreme Court likely had no idea of the furor it would unleash when it overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago. You could see the justices take a tentative step backward Wednesday when…

One of the gravest consequences of Donald Trump’s presidency and now his re-election campaign is its damage to the reputation of the U.S. justice system. After his conviction Thursday of covering up hush-money installments to…

The Supreme Court heard a case this week with big implications for prosecutions of accused Jan. 6 insurrectionists. Unsurprisingly, the matter has polarized onlookers — with each side insisting that there’s a clear legal, and…