Supreme Court
Sherman Act Probe of the TV Pool Turns on Who Gained From the Boycott
In 1981 CNN sued ABC, CBS, NBC and the Reagan White House to get into the White House TV pool. Now the Justice Department is demanding the five pool networks' internal messages about their four-day halt in covering Trump, on a theory the Supreme Court's own boycott cases make hard to win.
Why Tiffany & Co. Can Legally Own the Color Blue
A 1990s Supreme Court case about dry-cleaning equipment set the legal test that lets Tiffany, UPS and T-Mobile each claim a single color as their own.
Why 'Impeach This Judge' Threats Almost Never Work
The House has impeached only 15 federal judges since 1803, all for crimes like bribery or perjury. A 2025 wave of impeachment threats over rulings broke that pattern.
Pro Forma Sessions, Explained: How Congress Blocks Recess Appointments
A senator gavels the Senate in, says nothing, gavels out — and that ritual is enough to strip a president of the power to fill vacancies without Senate consent.
Rescission Packages, Explained: The Route Trump Bypassed
A pocket rescission works by running out a clock. Here's the clock itself, and why the Supreme Court's answer on the shortcut is still incomplete.
Supreme Court Rejects Trump's Bid to Limit Birthright Citizenship
A 6-3 court held that the president cannot narrow by executive order a citizenship guarantee the majority located in the Constitution itself.
Supreme Court Blocks Trump From Firing the Fed's Lisa Cook, for Now
The justices left Lisa Cook on the Federal Reserve Board while her suit proceeds, but cleared Trump to remove an FTC commissioner the same day.
Supreme Court clears Trump to end deportation shield for 356,000 migrants
The decision turns on a single jurisdictional question: whether courts may review the move at all. The majority said no.