Adam Liptak

Their appearance seemed at odds with the chief justice’s oft-stated message that the court he leads avoids even the appearance of political splits.

Since his early days as a lawyer and in his first years on the bench, the chief justice has worked to limit the force of the Voting Rights Act.

The Fifth Circuit, reversed more than any other appeals court, has a reputation for taking extreme positions.

The G.O.P. has long opposed government regulation of broadcasters. That has changed under Trump.

A long-shot emergency request to restore a voting map was the latest salvo in all-out legal war over control of the House.

The deal the president reached with his own subordinates relies on a mechanism created by Congress that legal experts had warned was subject to manipulation.

By WASHINGTON — In January, on a flight to his Florida club Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump mused about his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS. “I'm supposed to work out a settlement with myself,” he said.

Critics say the deal creates a “slush fund,” a term with a colorful maritime history.

The nation’s founding document has a blind spot. Trump is making it visible.

(The Docket) What would the framers of the Constitution have thought about President Donald Trump's maximalist view of executive power?