The US supreme court’s ruling on landmark abortion case will be felt most keenly by women

Joe Biden doesn’t have the mojo needed to restore the US – so he needs a full house to appoint those who do, writes Richard Calland.

Americans on November 6 will pick all 435 members of the House of Representatives and just over one third of the 100-member Senate

Our readers write in about Brett Kavanaugh and the Mail & Guardian environment reporter

With the arrival of Brett Kavanaugh, the court comprises four liberals appointed by Democratic presidents and five conservatives picked by Republicans

Kavanaugh’s confirmation as a replacement for retiring justice Anthony Kennedy was controversial from the start

If he wins confirmation, Kavanaugh will seal a conservative majority on the nine-seat high court for years to come

We need to place feminist commitments at the centre of any truly progressive political project

Brett Kavanaugh’s once straightforward progress to the nation’s highest court has been hit by two bombshell accusations of sexual misconduct

Senate Democrats are now investigating a bombshell claim by Deborah Ramirez who says Kavanaugh exposed himself to her during a 1980s college party

​A college professor went public for the first time on Sunday to accuse Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault in the 1980s