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If justices who disagree so profoundly can do so respectfully, perhaps it is possible for our politically divided country to do the same.

Justice Clarence Thomas gave Crystal Clanton a home and a job after she left a conservative youth organization in controversy. Then the justice picked her for one of the most coveted positions in the legal world.

Erin Hawley, a law professor and wife of Senator Josh Hawley, is arguing the Supreme Court case.

The law, which empowers local officials to arrest and deport migrants who enter the country without authorization, was challenged by the Biden administration as an affront to federal power.

The former White House trade adviser is the first senior Trump aide to serve time over efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

In an interview in his chambers and in a new book, the justice, who retired in 2022, discussed Dobbs, originalism and the decline of trust in the court.

The justices’ efforts to remain unified in cases affecting the election are fraying as the former president wins one case and is granted a delay in another.

The justice distanced herself from the majority, saying it had gone too far, and from the three liberals, saying their tone sent the wrong message.

The Black share of the electorate had been on the rise for decades, but in some counties, a Supreme Court decision in 2013 changed that, according to a new analysis.

The tech industry argues that laws in Florida and Texas, prompted by conservative complaints about censorship, violate the First Amendment. The court’s decision could fundamentally alter the nature of speech on the internet.

Several conservative justices were skeptical of the administration’s “good neighbor” rule on cross-state pollution, meant to protect downwind states from harmful emissions.

In a statement, the justice raised concerns that those with “traditional religious views” would be “‘labeled as bigots and treated as such’ by the government.”

As the Supreme Court tries to recapture its authority and legitimacy, it may be tempted to issue a pair of lopsided decisions both for and against the former president.

When they faced off at E. Jean Carroll’s defamation trial, it was a clash of two New Yorkers, both formidable combatants and talkers, but products of different worlds.

The petition came in response to a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that the former president had engaged in insurrection and was ineligible to hold office under the 14th Amendment.

The legal issues are novel and tangled, experts said, and the justices may be wary of knocking a leading presidential candidate off the ballot.