Coaxing aging Supreme Court justices to give up their power and status during a window of political opportunity can be a ...

Sotomayor is a solid progressive vote, but at 70 years old she's the third oldest justice behind Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito. Thomas would be 80 at the end of Trump's next term. Alito would be 78 ...

Lawyer suspects Trump may try to convince Justice Clarence Thomas to retire to make sure the conservative supermajority continues.

The Supreme Court doesn't have any vacancies, but Republicans are keeping a close eye on Justices Alito and Thomas for ...

Pundits and partisans are speculating about how Trump’s victory could affect the court’s composition. Here are a few ...

CNN Political Commentator Bakari Sellars said Friday that President Joe Biden should nominate Vice President Kamala Harris to ...

Leonard Leo, a judicial activist who played a central role in the Supreme Court’s conservative shift, panned rumors that two of the court’s leading conservatives may retire so President-elect ...

Republicans are gearing up to lock in their remake of the judiciary under President-elect Donald Trump and a new Senate majority, including potentially installing several more conservative Supreme ...

The role of the next attorney general under the 47th president will significantly influence the administration’s legal direction and his relationship with the Department of Justice, an agency under ...

Donald Trump will have almost complete control over the levers of government -- with only limited checks on his power -- if Republicans add the House of Representatives to their White House and Senate ...

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump’s election victory, combined with the Republican takeover of the Senate, may extend ...