Thompson’s testimony in 1866 came at a critical time, as the nation weighed whether to expand equal constitutional ...

The state forged several firsts in racial equality and equal justice, but state laws now target all things diverse, writes ...

With a constitutional amendment that would transform elections, Narendra Modi wants to realize his vision of a centralized ...

To commemorate the centennial of the 19th Amendment, the 10 female presidents of the American Bar Association reflect on the suffragist sisterhood that fought to grant women the right to vote. The ...

The House Budget Committee advanced a budget resolution after a marathon meeting Thursday, clearing the first hurdle in the ...

The CIA is developing plans to fulfill President Donald Trump’s campaign pledges to get tough on Mexico’s drug cartels, but ...

Skeptics have suggested that Trump’s threats are mostly hot air. They reckon that the U.S. legal system — with its life-tenured judges, juries, constitutional rights, burdens of proof, rules of ...

Two law professor argued in a guest essay for The New York Times that President Donald Trump may hold a strong case on the ...

Conservative state lawmakers want to bring God and country back to the classroom. Four bills now in front of the state house and senate deal with prayer, the Ten Commandments, the pledge of allegiance ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Legislators filed five separate resolutions for Arkansas constitutional amendments on Monday. Resolutions filed would impact property taxes, property assessment, general assembly ...

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is not likely to overturn previous rulings and ignore the statutory history of the Peace Act after oral arguments on Wednesday.

As we celebrate Presidents Day, we struggle to remember who George Washington was. That kind of national amnesia isn’t ...