Joan Biskupic

(CNN) — For more than 40 years, since his service as a young Reagan administration lawyer, Chief Justice John Roberts has pressed for an exceptionally powerful US president, one who could fire the heads of independent agencies at any time.

When President Donald Trump used his black Sharpie on his first day back in office to sign an executive order in January 2025 limiting birthright citizenship, he said, “This is a big one.”

(CNN) — When President Donald Trump used his black Sharpie on his first day back in office to sign an executive order in January 2025 limiting birthright citizenship, he said,

In 2020, when the Supreme Court declared that transgender workers were covered by federal anti-discrimination law, the opinion authored by Justice Neil Gorsuch marked a legal breakthrough

President Donald Trump, who has a fraught relationship with the media and is waging an aggressive crackdown on leaks, is now addressing hundreds of journalists at tonight’s rescheduled White House Correspondents Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria in Washington, DC. Follow for live updates.

At the annual Supreme Court Historical Society dinner in June, Chief Justice John Roberts opened with a customary toast to the president of the United States.

“The White House is not just any building.” So said Chief Justice John Roberts, who has often deferred to Donald Trump's executive authority, but

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst Updated of 3 (CNN) — “The White House is not just any building.”

Experience as a Supreme Court law clerk has long been a prized credential, now drawing signing bonuses up to $700,000 at law firms.

Experience as a Supreme Court law clerk has long been a prized credential, now drawing signing bonuses up to $700,000 at law firms. But it has increasingly become a ticket to a judgeship of one’s own, ensuring that long after the current justices are gone, like-minded protégés will be shaping the law in America.