The Declaration of Independence has some notes about “the Right of the People to alter or to abolish” its existing government ...

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling last week could enable a Trump executive order restricting birthright citizenship. It could ...

The unraveling of the rule of law in the United States is almost complete. Not only is there evidence indicating that ...

UNITED STATES v. WONG KIM ARK. He was detained aboard steamships for five months while his case moved through the courts. The ...

The U.S. Supreme Court's three liberal justices exerted waning influence during its recently concluded term, and their ...

Every word matters in critical legal documents, and no language is more pored over and parsed for meaning than that used in our U.S. Constitution.

President Trump and religious groups emerged as some of the biggest winners from the Supreme Court this term. Losers included ...

Since the beginning of President Donald Trump’s second term, he has voiced his desire to end Birthright Citizenship and signed an executive order to do just ...

The term “American exceptionalism” gets bandied about a lot, often being confused with flag waving or braggadocio. Perhaps the best definition was provided by the late newspaper columnist Charles ...

A new Yahoo/YouGov survey finds the Supreme Court defied public opinion by paving the way for states to revoke the ...

A recent Supreme Court decision puts an expectant immigrant mother in South Carolina and her baby at risk in a way that's not ...

CONCORD, N.H. — Immigrants rights’ advocates today filed a new nationwide class-action lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship. The lawsuit is ...