The judgment sets a very high bar for suing the news media for defamation.
- Associate Professor of American History and Politics, University of East Anglia
Part of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report on his investigation into former US president Donald Trump has now been released.
The ‘optics’ were not good for Joe Biden, but most parents would understand the president’s desire to protect his son.
The fight for women’s reproductive rights could be a big vote-winner for Kamala Harris.
The ramifications of a US court case where parents of a school shooter have been prosecuted are explained by a legal expert.
The event shocked the world. But it also sparked the minds of filmmakers, authors, artists and conspiracy theorists.
It is the first time an incumbent or former US president has been charged with a criminal offence.
The court’s history shows it is often at the centre of political arguments.
What is the draft opinion about the landmark US abortion decision Roe v. Wade and how did we find out about it?
The 1973 Supreme Court decision which has underpinned abortion law in the US since might be under threat.
Republicans won the recent battle over nominations to the US Supreme Court with the appointment of Amy Coney Barrett. The loser might be the court itself.
With a new vacancy on the US Supreme Court, Donald Trump has the opportunity to alter the court’s direction for decades. He’s not the first.
Evangelicals used to stay out of party politics. No longer.
Donald Trump is far from the first president to politicise the judiciary, but the way he’s going about it is uniquely dangerous.
The first amendment protecting press freedom is under unprecedented threat in the Trump era.
Trump-style views on freedom of expression and patriotism have been found wanting many times before.
Revenge is sweet – but if the Democrats indulge in it, they could dramatically weaken a whole branch of the US government.
Recent Supreme Court rulings played a crucial role in the cultural politics that got Donald Trump elected.
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