WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court today held oral arguments in two landmark cases challenging state laws banning transgender youth from participating in interscholastic and intercollegiate sports.

Empirical SCOTUS is a recurring series by Adam Feldman that looks at Supreme Court data, primarily in the form of opinions and oral arguments, to provide insights into the justices’ decision making ...

The Supreme Court’s questioning of the use of a 1977 emergency law to impose tariffs on scores of countries raised doubt about the centerpiece of the president’s economic agenda. Ann E. Marimow ...

• In the most significant economic case to reach the Supreme Court in years, Trump’s authority to issue emergency tariffs faced deep skepticism from key conservatives — including Chief Justice John ...

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The Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority signaled deep skepticism Wednesday over the creation of a second majority Black district in Louisiana and appeared open to at least weakening the ...

Formal logic helps us build and evaluate rational arguments, which helps us to test claims, explain our reasoning, and keep discussions clear. The first step in learning formal logic is learning about ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! The justices of the Supreme Court discuss the process and importance of the oral arguments during a Supreme Court case. The Supreme Court has the ...

The Supreme Court will consider whether President Trump can use emergency powers to justify his sweeping tariffs worldwide on Nov. 5, the court announced Thursday. The official scheduling of the oral ...

A guy I knew in college once told me, as I struggled to make a point in a dorm lounge argument, that I had “the verbal acuity of shampoo.” The put-down was so devastating that it immediately ended ...

Functions are the building blocks of Python programming. They let you organize your code, reduce repetition, and make your programs more readable and reusable. Whether you’re writing small scripts or ...