Roosevelt expanded government to help the nation climb out of the Great Depression. But he also recognized that too much ...

Readers grapple with a recent Ideas piece that examined how the First Amendment has fostered, and protected, more "reckless" speech than "fearless" speech.

Carter appointed 262 federal judges during his years in office, more than any single-term president before him. He also ...

Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is returning for a short stint on his old home turf — the U.S. Court of ...

Famously competitive and sometimes abrasive, Jimmy Carter had many political rivalries, but he also was determined to ...

Tributes for former President Jimmy Carter were pouring in from around the world Monday, hours after the Nobel Peace Prize winner's death Sunday.

Carter's four years in office were marked by a record number of women and people of color being named to serve on the federal ...

Retired liberal U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer plans to kick off 2025 by doing something he has not done in over two years: hear cases, this time as a visiting judge on the federal appeals ...

President Joe Biden has declared Jan. 9 as a National Day of Mourning and has ordered U.S. flags to fly at half-staff for 30 ...

With societal ills and sports scandals on the rise, Congress should rein in the betting industry.

Democratic senators have released a final report uncovering additional luxury trips taken by Supreme Court Justice Clarence ...

Ketanji Brown Jackson met her husband while they were in college. Find out more about Patrick G. Jackson here.