We recognize that the emergency docket is a necessary part of Supreme Court business. It allows the court to address urgent ...

Retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer said in a new interview that he and his colleagues worry about public opinion and Americans' declining trust in the nation's highest court.

A Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade would be at odds with the views of most Americans, according to recent public opinion polls. Tom Brenner for The New York Times ...

Today kicks off the first day of the Supreme Court’s new term, and to mark the occasion, we decided to take a look at where public opinion of the institution stands and how it might be shaped by ...

The Court, in effect, must decide whether to keep the map intact or to allocate another seat to Democrats by taking it away from Republicans. No one can say how public opinion would rule on this ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on July 14. (Tom Brenner for The Washington Post) Regarding the July 22 news article “ Kagan warns of threat to democracy if Supreme Court ignores public opinion ”: ...

President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 6. (Alex Brandon/AP) Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh’s confirmation ...

The least dangerous branch begins its 2021 term at a most perilous time — perilous not just for the country but for the Supreme Court itself. The threat is to the court’s legitimacy, the ...

This is what Egan alludes to when he evaluates what happens to public opinion after a Court adopts a ruling. The theory is that even the U.S. Supreme Court relies to some extent on voluntary ...