Adam Liptak

In his breakneck construction of a grand ballroom and in many other initiatives, critics say, the president has tried to outrun judicial review.

Is the administration defying the court or pursuing lawful alternatives?

Live audio, a new format and new voices have transformed and unsettled the court’s signature public ceremony.

Dormant for 30 years, a little-known tribunal is hearing its first case.

The precedent said that “official harassment of the press” is forbidden by the First Amendment.

The chief justice faced down the president, forged unlikely coalitions and achieved long-sought goals.

The justices rejected some of President Trump’s signature initiatives, but delivered lasting, long-sought conservative wins.

Our chief legal affairs correspondent, Adam Liptak, explains how two Supreme Court rulings on the firings of independent regulators first expand the power of the president, and then carve out an ex...

Republicans had asked the court to strike down restrictions on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates.

In a rare dissent from the bench, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said that the Supreme Court undid “centuries of political practice,” and that the court concluded that the federal government had been acti...

The split mirrored one that has long divided Americans: how seriously to take the president’s loose, provocative and sometimes ugly remarks.

An unlikely trio of justices issued a slashing critique of plea bargains that included several references to orangutans.