The Court's right-wing bloc sounds ready to axe independent federal agencies—and the precedents that guard them.

The Supreme Court hears arguments in a case about President Trump's firing of a Federal Trade Commissioner. At stake is a ...

A Justice Department lawyer urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to overturn a 1935 precedent that limits presidential authority as the justices weighed the legality of Donald Trump's firing of a ...

Caleb E. Nelson, a leading originalist law professor, challenged the conventional wisdom of the “unitary executive theory” in an article that was debated in the parties’ briefs ahead of Monday’s ...

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on Monday concerning the legality of Donald Trump's firing of a Federal Trade Commission member in a major test of presidential power, with a Justice Department ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Hungarian leader and strongman Viktor Orbán, who presided over the radical decline of democracy in his country, is scheduled to meet with former President Donald Trump, now the ...

President Donald Trump has challenged our system of checks and balances. He shows little appreciation for Congress and the ...

In early November, a conservative Supreme Court justice showed a cleareyed understanding of the threat that President Trump ...

This was most explicitly approved by the Supreme Court in two recent cases: Seila Law v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in 2020, which stripped the head of the CFPB of for-cause removal ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court next week weighs the legality of Donald Trump 's firing of a Federal ...

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. […] ...