We learned in civics class that the rationale behind separation of powers in federal government is to prevent any single branch from becoming too powerful. Evidently, President-elect Donald Trump was ...

When the Supreme Court justices first shared an inaugural stage with Donald Trump, they heard the new president deliver a ...

Welcome back, Deadline: Legal Newsletter readers. And thanks to Jessica Levinson for guest writing last week’s recap on ...

The New York City Bar Association recently issued a lengthy report calling for a mandatory and enforceable code of ethics for ...

In trying to find the line between false statements and misleading ones in the case of a Chicago politician, members of the ...

The US Supreme Court on Thursday denied a last-minute bid by President-elect Donald Trump to halt sentencing in his hush ...

Attorneys and legal experts railed against New York Judge Juan Merchan sentencing President-elect Donald Trump in the NY v. Trump case just days ahead of his inauguration as president, saying the case ...

Alito, one of six conservative justices on the nine-member Supreme Court, confirmed he took a call from Trump on Tuesday, one day before Trump's lawyers filed a petition asking the court to halt his ...

New York Justice Juan Merchan sentenced the president-elect to an “unconditional discharge,” handing down no jail time or ...

We’re going to appeal anyway, just psychologically, because frankly it’s a disgrace,” Trump said the evening before the sentencing.

The U.S. Supreme Court late Thursday denied President-elect Donald Trump’s attempt to stop his sentencing in his New York ...

Gabe Roth, an advocate for government transparency, and GOP strategist Ron Bonjean, discuss Trump's phone call to Supreme ...