The Federalist Society, which sits atop the many organizations that might be called the right-wing legal movement, has come to dominate both our courts and our body of legal thought. Six of nine ...

Guided by Leonard Leo, the society built a pipeline for traditional conservative judges. But that might not be enough for President Trump in his second term. Guided by Leonard Leo, the society built a ...

During the 2016 presidential election campaign, candidate Donald Trump took the unprecedented move of releasing a list of his potential Supreme Court nominees. But Trump didn’t assemble this list ...

The Gavel is The Hill’s weekly courts newsletter. Sign up here or in the box below: President Trump and his allies are waging war with the Federalist Society as he sees parts of his second-term agenda ...

In the early-morning hours of April 19, 2025, the Supreme Court issued a highly unusual order. Released at 12:56 a.m., it covered only half a page; it was unsigned; and it dealt a blow to the Trump ...

The Supreme Court’s recent decisions have been a constitutional disaster: immunity for the president’s criminal acts; canceling a woman’s right to terminate a pregnancy; ending affirmative action; ...

The president has grown increasingly angry at court rulings blocking parts of his agenda, including by judges he appointed. By Charlie Savage Charlie Savage writes about presidential power and legal ...

During Chief Justice Roberts's confirmation hearing, he refused to call himself an originalist. And during his nearly two decades on the Court, he has never raised the banner of originalism. But he ...

The Federalist Papers is a collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay under the pseudonym "Publius" to promote the ratification of the United ...