The tenure of the late Justice David H. Souter on the Supreme Court helped shape the modern era of judicial confirmations.

After a Supreme Court justice's death, some very specific traditions honor the person's life, while constitutional rules keep ...

I saw firsthand how Justice Department probes curb journalists' ability to talk to government officials who fear being jailed ...

The Justice Department on Thursday sued Texas over a new state law that bans most abortions, arguing that it was enacted “in open defiance of the Constitution.” The lawsuit, filed in ...

Article III Project founder Mike Davis writes that President Trump is poised to finish the job of remaking the federal ...

The attorney general revokes her predecessor’s protections for the press, while vowing to protect the Fourth Estate.

Brent Kendall is the Law Bureau Chief for The Wall Street Journal. A longtime legal affairs reporter, he has covered the Supreme Court and lower courts across the country, as well as the Justice ...

In January 2017, President Donald Trump nominated him to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, after the Senate declined to act on President Barack Obama’s ...

The policy that Bondi is rescinding was created in 2021 by then-Attorney General Merrick Garland in the wake of revelations ... a blow to his retribution campaign Trump administration asks Supreme ...

AND THE SUPERIOR COURT AGREED AND SAID, YES, THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE FILED AN APPEAL TO THAT, AND IT WENT TO THE SUPREME COURT. AND ...

President Donald Trump’s administration asked the US Supreme Court to let his new ban on transgender servicemembers take effect, putting a fresh test of LGBTQ rights and presidential power ...

A forthcoming Supreme Court decision is poised to weaken a bedrock law that requires federal agencies to study the potential environmental impacts of major projects. The case, Seven County ...