Johnson tapped Associate Justice Abe Fortas, his old friend and advisor, to replace him. It’s often recalled that Fortas resigned from the court because of unethical financial arrangements. That’s ...

Last week, a federal judge in Washington, DC, issued a temporary restraining order to stop Donald Trump’s firing of thousands ...

Justice Harlan thought it had gone too far in immunizing careless reporting. Justice Abe Fortas spoke for himself and two other dissenters (Warren and Clark) in arguing that the majority had no ...

Investopedia / Dennis Madamba Social justice refers to a fair and equitable division of resources, opportunities, and privileges in society. Originally a religious concept, it has come to be ...

Remember when Richard Nixon wanted to get rid of Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas (the most liberal member of the bench)? He had his Attorney General John Mitchell manufacture out of thin air ...

The Economic Justice and Rights Division works to build just economies based on respect for human rights. We investigate how the global economic system both drives inequality that undermines human ...

In this sketch, D. John Sauer argues before the US Supreme Court over whether former President Donald Trump is immune from criminal prosecution on Thursday, April 25, 2024. Trump has nominated ...

By Glenn Thrush Reporting from Washington The Justice Department has ordered an immediate halt to all new civil rights cases or investigations — and signaled that it might back out of Biden-era ...

Jan. 27, 2025 The frenetic speed and scale of leadership changes that the Trump administration has made at the Justice Department in its first eight days indicate the degree to which it intends to ...