In a 1985 memo to the White House’s top lawyer, now chief justice John Roberts wrote that a president may not block congressionally required spending — a declaration on a major legal question that now seems destined to move from the Trump White House to Roberts’s Supreme Court.
Trump didn't place his hand on the Bible during his swearing-in, and some of his supporters are blaming John Roberts.
While the Constitution does not specify who must administer oaths, Chief Justice John Roberts is expected to swear in Donald Trump on Monday, continuing a two-century-old tradition.
Trump is likely to succeed in expanding presidential powers on some fronts because the Constitution generally puts vast power in the hands of the president.
The Supreme Court seems inclined to revive a civil rights lawsuit against the Texas police officer who shot a man to death during a traffic stop in Houston over unpaid tolls.
In the few days since he returned to the White House, President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive orders and mass pardons have shattered political and legal norms. But one order is in a category of its own.
While the Court’s politics have veered right over the past decade, the justices’ prose has shifted left, becoming more colloquial and accessible.
President Trump's family wasn't in place as the oath of office began, including his wife, Melania, who was holding two Bibles.
It isn’t surprising that JD Vance was sworn in as vice president by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, with whom Vance and his wife have longstanding ties. Usha Chilukuri Vance clerked for Kavanaugh when he was an appellate judge in a year when all four of his clerks were women.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday was divided over a challenge to a Texas law that requires pornography sites to verify the age of their users before providing access. Last year a federal appeals court in New Orleans allowed the state to enforce the law,
Even the motivations behind Barrett's rushed nomination were called into question, painting her as the vessel through which Republicans would finally be able to overturn the Affordable Care Act due to a case arriving at the court about the same time as she did in October 2020.
Deadline: White House” legal reporter and former prosecutor Jordan Rubin answers your questions about the Supreme Court, Trump’s cases and other legal issues.