Richard Nixon tried the same thing Donald Trump is trying in not spending money Congress has already approved. It did not end ...

Ironically, as this country gets closer to abolishing death as a punishment, that progress does not bode well for the inmates ...

While the Constitution does not specify who must administer oaths, Chief Justice John Roberts is expected to swear in Donald ...

Reading Chief Justice John Roberts’ annual end-of-year report on the federal judiciary is a bit unsettling, and not just ...

COMMENTARY: As representatives for the Bayou State prepare for oral argument, they know the Constitution is on their side.

It was a rough and rowdy day in the committee rooms of the United States Senate on Wednesday as a cabal of Cabinet nominees ...

Given the chaos of Trump’s first term, and his radical plans for the second, Vanity Fair writers and editors take stock on ...

Reagan’s inauguration was the first to be held on the west terrace of the U.S. Capitol, a vantage that planners selected both ...

Who is John Roberts? Republican leader Donald Trump was officially sworn in as the 47th President of the United States on ...

The problem with the snail darter was raised long ago in the dissent to the Supreme Court ruling protecting it. Justice William Rehnquist, in an aside, noted that scientists had a really hard time ...

Welcome to The Marble Palace Blog. I am Tony Mauro, and I have covered the Supreme Court since 1979 and for ALM since 2000. I ...