Jesse Wegman

The Electoral College is distorting our democracy.

Did Chief Justice John Roberts not realize his immunity ruling would be seen as a victory for Trump?

Opinion | The Point: Conversations and insights about the moment.

Judge Tanya Chutkan now has to determine which charges against Trump involved official acts, and which did not.

Precedent and the rule of law? Not if it gets in the way.

But the conservative justices can’t distance themselves from the significant damage they have caused.

A ruling on technical grounds means a widely used drug will soon come under attack again.

You break the law, you pay the price. Why is that so hard?

Unlike Chief Justice Roberts, he wants to bring God onto the Supreme Court bench.

Congress and the judiciary can no longer allow a few justices to trample on the court’s reputation.

If everything is just a tabloid joke, can Trump be found guilty of a real crime?

If everything is just a tabloid joke, can Trump be found guilty of a real crime?

But several members of the Supreme Court seem willing to put presidents above the rule of law.

Jesse Wegman on why “the system is operating as intended.”

A highly politicized Supreme Court makes it far more difficult to teach students about the fundamentals of the American legal system.

The president performed a public service by forthrightly stating what could happen to the country and its democracy if Trump wins again.

The tree was supposed to be strong and whole, to stand for my mother in her absence. Now it was just another broken thing.

The state’s Supreme Court recognized that some decisions, including whether a president engaged in insurrection, cannot be left to voters.

American voters deserve to know before the election whether Trump is a convicted criminal. The Supreme Court has the power to make that happen.

Justice O’Connor devoted her life after the court to fighting for an independent judiciary free of politics.