Politics doesn't just unfold in documents and legislation—it also takes shape off the record in social environments.

Welcome to The Marble Palace Blog. I am Tony Mauro, and I have covered the Supreme Court since 1979 and for ALM since 2000. I ...

Legal analyst Sarah Isgur speaks with NPR's Steve Inskeep about Justice John Roberts' end-of-year review of the federal judiciary, in which he says that the courts' independence is under threat.

He grew up in Long Beach, Indiana. As an attorney for the government and in private practice, he argued 39 cases before the US Supreme Court and won 25 of them. Chancellor of the Smithsonian ...