U.S. Supreme Court

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It is a social form of sclerosis that will persist unless and until more power is transferred from the wrinkled to the rest.

By Samuel Moyn

He provided the research and drafts that helped bring about the Supreme Court’s landmark Gideon v. Wainwright decision in 1963.

By Clay Risen

He is closer than ever to a second term, but what that would bring remains unclear.

By Ross Douthat

A contempt for compromise. An expansive vision of executive power. Both owe much to Carl Schmitt.

By Jennifer Szalai

The Supreme Court decided last month that cities could cite homeless campers. Some say ‘clear them all.’ Others are ramping up outreach.

By Shawn Hubler and Mike Baker

The chief justice and his allies have rewritten the Constitution to make it say what they want it to say.

By Jamelle Bouie

But the conservative justices can’t distance themselves from the significant damage they have caused.

By Jesse Wegman

A recent Supreme Court ruling should nullify the guilty verdict in Donald Trump’s Manhattan trial, his lawyers said. The argument could be a long shot.

By Ben Protess, William K. Rashbaum and Kate Christobek

As Donald Trump heads to the Republican convention, his criminal cases look a lot less threatening.

By Alan Feuer and Maggie Haberman