This column from the Weekly Standard was written by David M. Wagner. Inevitably, liberal angst over the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito has focused on his vote to uphold the entire abortion statute ...

Since the 1930s, the Supreme Court has set its lowest bar for constitutional review to economic regulation. The court’s rational-basis test doesn’t require policymakers to be wise, or even reasonable.

Kimberly Mueller, a federal judge in Sacramento, surprised many court observers when she granted an accused marijuana grower's request to review the plant's status under federal law. Brian Pickard, ...