We hear a lot of talk these days about “the rule of law” but not so much about what those words mean. They mean that the government may not take actions contrary to existing laws. The words are ...

On Monday, Chief Justice Roberts spoke at the Georgetown Law School. Among other things, the Chief repeated his concern about threats to the rule of law and judicial independence. From Politico's ...

Ms. Shaw, a contributing Opinion writer, is a law professor at the University of Pennsylvania. For weeks Americans have been debating whether we’re facing a constitutional crisis. My answer, for the ...

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. Four critical cases have reached the Supreme Court via its shadow docket in recent weeks. They touch on everything from ...

Rule of Law.” I remember my first in-depth conversation about the phrase while working in Latin America — which says a lot since I took that job immediately AFTER law school. The concept is, of course ...

The president of the United States appears to have long ago forgotten that Americans fought the Revolutionary War not merely to secure their independence from the British monarchy but to establish a ...

Much has been written (including by me) about how Trump's massive new tariffs will severely damage the US economy, and why they are illegal for a variety of different reasons. But more attention ...

We hear a lot of talk these days about “the rule of law,” but not so much about what those words mean. They mean that the government may not take actions contrary to existing laws. The words are ...