The Supreme Court is allowing Donald Trump to dismantle the Department of Education. But it won’t say why. Yesterday—almost exactly a week after the Court lifted a lower court’s block on Trump’s plans ...

The Supreme Court needs to do a better job explaining its emergency rulings, including recent ones siding with the Trump administration, Justice Elena Kagan said on July 24. “Courts are supposed to ...

Three lower courts have ruled illegal President Donald Trump’s use of emergency powers to impose sweeping worldwide tariffs.

The Times editorial board critiques the Supreme Court’s overuse of the emergency docket to deliver consequential decisions ...

In remarks before judges and lawyers in California, the justice said she believed the court had a responsibility to share its reasoning. By Abbie VanSickle Reporting from Monterey, Calif. Justice ...

Courtly Observations is a recurring series by Erwin Chemerinsky that focuses on what the Supreme Court’s decisions will mean for the law, for lawyers and lower courts, and for people’s lives. Please ...