David D. Cole

The President proposed new tax incentives to get U.S. auto makers to bring back jobs from China. His trade policies to date have instead sent them away.

Masha Gessen writes about the Supreme Court decision, on June 15th, that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or transgender status is illegal under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Justice Thomas dissents, expressing "strong doubts" about how the court handles qualified immunity cases.

Jay. Resign.

Free speech has always been more than a Constitutional guarantee: it's also a crucial societal value. And it's more imperiled than ever.

The A.C.L.U. attorney works as a representative in every sense of the word, Masha Gessen writes.

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Advocates of criminal justice reform say Merrick Garland has been too deferential to law enforcement on the appeals court.

The ACLU has filed nearly 400 lawsuits and other legal actions against the Trump administration, some meeting with setbacks but many resulting in important victories.

How much is Chief Justice John Roberts now the center of the US Supreme Court? Consider this: in the term just ended, he was in the majority in all but two cases.

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear what could become the biggest cases involving Donald Trump as president, a pair of constitutional clashes that could insulate chief executives from investigations while in office and add an explosive new element to the 2020 election campaign.

Trump says he'll speak to all 50 governors and will be 'authorizing' reopenings. States disagree on his role  USA TODAYTrump promised a big announcement. Then he read off a long list of names.  POLITICOTrump's Total Authority Claim Is Rejected Across Ideological Lines  The New York TimesGutfeld on Trump shattering the media ceiling  Fox NewsNow he tells us: A responsibility-shirking President Trump sort of claims…

The Supreme Court set aside an appeals court ruling that held an injured police officer could sue the leader of a Black Lives Matter protest.

President Donald Trump has expressed doubt in any election outcome that results in a Joe Biden win. But Congressional Republicans have pushed back on his comments, saying they will honor the Constitution and accept the results peacefully.

Justice Clarence Thomas spoke and Chief Justice John Roberts ruled. The Supreme Court's most unusual term featured victories for immigrants, abortion...

None of these victories were gifts from above or came out of nowhere.

David Cole, the ACLU's national legal director, said "there is no authority to designate a wholly domestic organization as terrorists."

Unlike in the South, governors in 17 states have formed regional coalitions to coordinate an easing of restrictions imposed to limit the spread of the coronavirus.

End-of-year reading recommendations from our Just Security editors.

If House Republicans thought a panel of legal experts opining upon the impeachment for eight hours might drag Wednesday, they underestimated Professor Pamela Karlan.