We need justice to be blind. We need it to be balanced. And we need it to be consistently and decisively administered. ... Balance and enforcement of the law has been skewed by partisanship.

By confusing the idea that the people’s will must prevail with what the law actually says, these leaders justify intimidating judges and their rulings, a move that ultimately undermines democracy.

Blind justice? In Georgia, public safety officers still wear partisan labels. A new state law requires all magistrate judges to be nonpartisan.

The lawyers wrote that Emil Bove III, the face of some controversial moves by President Trump’s Justice Department, had ...

The Bronx District Attorney has the opportunity to demonstrate that the pursuit of justice does not end once a conviction is secured, especially when serious questions linger about the defendant ...

A version of this article appears in print on , Section A, Page 13 of the New York edition with the headline: Justice Dept. Lawyers Are Laboring to Justify Trump’s Moves in Court.

Longtime Washington appellate lawyer Hashim Mooppan has left law firm Jones Day for a post at the U.S. Justice Department, where he also held senior roles during Republican U.S. President Donald ...

The Conversation Comment: Justice is blind; it shouldn’t be silenced. Politicians play a dangerous game by accusing judges who rule against them of defying the voters’ will.