David G. Savage

Supreme Court: GOP packed black voters into 2 North Carolina districts to help win more House seats

August 22, 2019 at 4:26 a.m.

The Supreme Court struck down two congressional districts in North Carolina on Monday because they had been gerrymandered along racial lines, with Justice Clarence Thomas joining the court's liberals to...

The Justice Department on May 17, 2017, appointed ex-FBI director Robert Mueller as a special counsel to oversee a federal investigation into potential coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign during the 2016 presidential election.

Here’s what you need to know about the newly appointed special counsel

August 22, 2019 at 4:23 a.m.

A special counsel is the solution to a special problem that arises when the president or his closest aides may be involved in a crime. Normally, the president and his...

President Trump sits down for an interview this week with Lester Holt of NBC News.

Trump’s statements linking Russia investigation to Comey firing could lead to legal problems

August 22, 2019 at 4:19 a.m.

A growing number of legal experts say President Trump has opened himself up to a charge of obstruction of justice this week when he said "this Russia thing with Trump"...

Supreme Court appears ready to break down a church-state barrier in certain circumstances

August 22, 2019 at 4:01 a.m.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared ready to break down at least part of the longstanding church-state barrier that has prevented religious schools from receiving public funds. The justices gave...

Neil Gorsuch testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his Supreme Court confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on March 20.

Gorsuch’s impact on divided Supreme Court will begin immediately

August 22, 2019 at 3:54 a.m.

Neil M. Gorsuch joins the Supreme Court just in time to cast potentially significant votes in cases that pit religious liberty against gay rights, test limits on funding for church...

What we learned about Neil Gorsuch during his Supreme Court confirmation hearing

August 22, 2019 at 3:41 a.m.

Confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominees act out a peculiar Washington ritual in which inquisitive senators gather before TV cameras to hear an aspiring justice politely refuse to answer their...

Supreme Court decision strengthens rights for learning-disabled students, rejecting lower standard set by Gorsuch

August 22, 2019 at 3:40 a.m.

A unanimous Supreme Court strengthened the rights of nearly 7 million schoolchildren with disabilities Wednesday, and did so by rejecting a lower standard set by Judge Neil Gorsuch. The ruling,...

Trump’s new travel ban will be harder to challenge in court, but critics say it still targets Muslims

August 18, 2019 at 9:09 p.m.

President Trump's new, revised travel ban retreats on nearly every issue that triggered chaos in airports and lawsuits in federal courts across the nation. It will not apply to foreign...

The U.S. Supreme Court can be seen from the US Capitol dome, Nov. 15, 2016 in Washington, D.C.

Supreme Court weighs the right to a refund for people who paid fines before they were freed

August 22, 2019 at 2:38 a.m.

A UCLA law professor urged the Supreme Court on Monday to rule that the Constitution requires the government to refund fines and fees paid by people whose criminal convictions are...

The exterior of the Trump International Hotel in downtown Washington.

The obscure constitutional provision that could be trouble for Trump

August 22, 2019 at 2:17 a.m.

President-elect Donald Trump is set to take an oath next month to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." But a previously obscure provision in the the...

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