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An 'Appeal to Heaven' flag flew last summer at Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr.'s vacation home on Long Beach Island, the New York Times reported. The flag has been embraced by far-right groups that were involved in the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol. It raises questions about his impartiality in a case tied to the riot.

This term, the most conservative Supreme Court in modern history had the opportunity to gut the last major section of the Voting Rights Act. They didn’t take it…

The Supreme Court’s unwelcome forays into foreign policy.

The Supreme Court overruling Roe v. Wade and allowing state abortion bans brought renewed attention to its insulated role and the anti-majoritarian nature of the justices

New polling analysis released today shows that the American public is narrowly divided on a slew of ideologically charged issues before the Supreme Court ...

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decisions have recently become more conservative than the policy preferences of most Americans, according to a series of three surveys taken in 2010, 2020 and 2021.

AUSTIN, Texas — The gap in ideology between the U.S. Supreme Court and the public has grown since 2020, with the court moving to a position that is more conservative than an estimated 75% of the American public. That is the finding from a decadelong study co-authored by a researcher at The University of Texas at Austin.

The gap in ideology between the U.S. Supreme Court and the public has grown since 2020, with the court moving to a position that is more conservative than an estimated 75% of the American public. That is the finding from a decadelong study co-authore