We learned in civics class that the rationale behind separation of powers in federal government is to prevent any single branch from becoming too powerful. Evidently, President-elect Donald Trump was ...

The New York City Bar Association recently issued a lengthy report calling for a mandatory and enforceable code of ethics for ...

In a high-profile legal battle that continues to make headlines, the Supreme Court has denied President-elect Donald Trump’s ...

The Supreme Court decided, by a scant 5–4 margin, that President Donald Trump would have to (virtually) sit through a ...

Alito-Trump Call: Justice Samuel Alito spoke with Trump shortly before the president-elect’s lawyers asked the court to block his sentencing. Gun Rights and Felons: The court has repeatedly ...

Alito, one of six conservative justices on the nine-member Supreme Court, confirmed he took a call from Trump on Tuesday, one day before Trump's lawyers filed a petition asking the court to halt his ...

In the first test of how receptive the court may be to Trump, 4 of the court's 6 conservative members said they would have granted his emergency request.

The question isn’t whether Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito spoke to Donald Trump ahead of the president-elect asking the high court to block his sentencing in a criminal case. The far-right ...

Today, the conservative-dominated panel announced it won’t block the president-elect’s sentencing ... Trump received support from four conservative justices: Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito ...

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito revealed he spoke with Donald Trump regarding a former clerk's potential role in the president-elect’s administration the day before Trump sought a Supreme Court ...