How do you best maintain public faith in the U.S. justice system? More prosecutors are publicizing do-not-call lists of officers whose testimony they consider tainted, raising questions about due process.
Read moreAs the largest Republican-led state, Texas is considered a laboratory for conservative policy and politics. Its leadership – looking to preserve control in 2020 – wants to focus on pocketbook issues. But some see that as not conservative enough.
Read moreThe erosion of social groups in the United States is a widely recognized trend. But when distrust of membership spreads to faith groups, misunderstanding can breed fear and jeopardize constitutional protections.
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Everyone’s watching this Texas race for the way that it sets up as a showdown of leanings. We saw it as an opportunity to look into the staying power of (mostly) positive campaigning.
Read moreDuring confirmation hearings, Judge Brett Kavanaugh showed two distinct sides: a cool-headed umpire and a fiery partisan. The question now is, which one is likely to show up at the Supreme Court?
Read moreThe nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh has exposed questions of judicial partisanship like never before, legal experts say. Judges have never just mechanically applied the law, but is how they use their discretion changing?
Read moreLiving on the border means living with things most Americans don’t, and to live with them without batting an eye. Recently, though, those tensions of border life feel as if they’ve been dialed to 11 – and even a beloved sports event isn’t providing a respite.
Read moreThe final week in June is always a big one for Supreme Court watchers, and this week will bring major decisions on the Trump White House’s travel ban and the future of public unions. Today, the justices issued a ruling with “huge ramifications” for voting rights law.
Read moreTo be just the second woman appointed to the US Supreme Court is to blaze trails, which Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg did throughout her career – for decades before Millennials coined her the “Notorious RBG.” For women, especially women judges and lawyers, she’s an icon. But the emergence of justices as symbolic political figures, some say, could do damage to the high court.
Read moreTuesday’s primaries brought a show of enthusiasm among Democrats in the Lone Star State not seen in years. But it still may not be enough for them to win a single statewide race.
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