Created to assure that newly-freed slaves would receive equal legal protection, the Fourteenth Amendment has come to dominate ...

The Supreme Court’s announcement that it will consider a pair of gay marriage cases this term puts conservatives in a tough spot. On the one hand, same-sex marriage is clearly gaining political ...

People hold Israeli flags during a demonstration as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's nationalist coalition government presses on with its contentious judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, Israel, ...

Each week, The Spokesman-Review examines one question from the Naturalization Test immigrants must pass to become United States citizens. Today’s question: What does the judicial branch do? WASHINGTON ...

Last week at NYU’s Democracy Project‘s series of 100 essays in 100 days, we featured two essays, among others, on the role of Congress in this moment. One, from congressional expert Molly Reynolds, is ...

State legislators across the country are proposing fundamental changes to how judges are chosen. Some pending bills would end judicial elections in favor of appointment. But in several states, ...

In an evaluation of Chief Justice Mandisa Maya’s first year as head of the judiciary, civil society organisation Judges Matter note that whilst the Chief Justice has “achieved notable successes” thus ...

New Inspector General Report Raises Questions on the Role of the White House National Security Council; Adds to Concerns Raised by a RecentABC News Report on then-National Security Advisor Condoleezza ...

Even before the pandemic, the backlog of criminal cases in Orleans County was getting out of control. Each year from 2016 through 2019, the state’s attorney’s office filed many more cases than the ...

Supreme Court Justice Surya Kant emphasized the judiciary's role in upholding democracy and electoral integrity during the HL Sibal Memorial Lecture. The judiciary serves as the stabilising core of ...

President Biden has rightly reversed many of the policies pursued by Donald Trump, but in one respect he is following Trump’s lead — and it’s a mistake. Like Trump, but unlike former President Obama, ...

The judiciary serves as the stabilising core of democracy, ensuring that its generative powers are channelled within constitutional boundaries and not allowed to descend into chaos, said Supreme Court ...