"[E]ither way the threat to our Constitution’s separation of powers is grave," she wrote in a blistering dissent.

The lawsuit filed with the Supreme Court marks the latest chapter in a decades-old dispute between Nebraska and Colorado.

The U.S. Supreme Court gave the Trump administration free rein to gut the Education Department on Monday, eliciting a scathing dissent from Justice Sonia Sotomayor.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday gave President Trump the authority to dismantle the Education Department and to fire about half of its staff. In a 6-3 decision, the court’s conservatives set aside a Boston judge’s order and cleared the way for Education Secretary Linda McMahon to carry out her plans to shut down much of her department.

The Supreme Court on Monday granted the Trump administration’s request to temporarily pause an order by a federal judge in Massachusetts that would require the Department of Education to reinstate […]

In a blistering dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor slammed the Supreme Court for allowing Trump to destroy the Department of Education.

Sonia Sotomayor, bottom left, poses for a group photo with the current Supreme Court. OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty. While acknowledging that her hands are often tied with the court's ...

Liberal Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has revealed that she is sometimes brought to tears in her chambers after some decisions have been handed down. Sotomayor, 69, made the revelation ...