Clare Cushman, author of a Supreme Court Historical Society book titled “Table for 9,” said that Marshall was “particularly fond of Madeira, a brandy-spiked wine.” Madeira was fashionable in ...

The March 4 oral argument in Smith & Wesson Brands v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos appeared to go very well for S&W and not well for Mexico.  Mexico's ...

Indeed, Justice Samuel Alito wrote an impassioned dissent arguing that the order should have been lifted. Nor has she been reflexively anti-Trump. She voted that Trump was not disqualified from ...

Both Thomas, a George H. W. Bush appointee, and Justice Samuel Alito, a George W. Bush appointee, would have granted the petition for a writ of certiorari. The latter did not elaborate on his ...

In a similar appeal rejected by the high court in 2023, three conservative justices – Brett Kavanaugh, Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas – said they would have considered the case. Under the ...

Call me a masochist, but I watched Trump’s recent State of the Union address. It was what I expected on steroids. It was a ...

Thomas wrote a dissenting opinion, to which Alito also attached his name, and assailed the court majority for refusing to hear Alabama's case. In his dissenting opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas ...

Despite President Donald Trump’s self-professed love affair with tariffs, they are a tax just like any other tax. They raise prices and reduce purchasing power.

Tariff advocates have three main arguments. One, they raise revenue. Two, they revive domestic industries. And three, they are a diplomatic negotiating tool. Not only do these arguments not stand ...

After days of Democratic agonizing, the Senate voted to keep federal funds flowing through Sept. 30 just hours before a midnight deadline. Schumer, Facing Backlash From Democrats, Says He’ll ...