The constitutional law scholar Heather K. Gerken will oversee the Ford Foundation, a $16bn philanthropic entity with an eye towards social justice ...

Defense lawyers contended the government is denying their client his right to a fair trial by repeatedly trashing him in the ...

Kate Shaw, a contributing Opinion writer, hosted a written online conversation with Will Baude, a law professor at the University of Chicago, and Stephen Vladeck, a law professor at Georgetown and the ...

Story Highlights Heather Gerken named new Ford Foundation president Gerken is a Yale Law dean and constitutional law expert ...

The U.S. Supreme Court's latest term was bursting with fodder for America's culture wars, few more so than three cases ...

If nothing else, Elizabeth Lewinsohn’s failed bid for a New York City Council seat highlights two great needs: housing and idealistic candidates.

Baude: On its own terms, Justice Barrett’s opinion is excellent. Sophisticated, careful, clear and correct. Giving the lower ...