T here is no shortage of books on the period surrounding America’s civil war. Canonical classics include “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”, ...

The Trump administration's war on immigration has trampled on the U.S. Constitution — and the Fourth Amendment in particular.

Over time, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that nearly the whole of the Bill of Rights must be obeyed by each state. Thus, ...

Legal scholars have many lenses through which to examine the Constitution. Lawyers need to master about 150 Supreme Court ...

Congress once considered a proposal to require a national referendum on any congressional declaration of war. Rep. Louis Ludlow appealed for approval of a constitutional amendment requiring a ...

Back in 2013, the Supreme Court tossed out a key provision of the Voting Rights Act regarding federal oversight of elections.

Both states cited the 10th Amendment to back their claim that the surge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agents is tantamount to federal overreach and a violation of their ...

They’ve made it incredibly difficult to sue federal officers for abuse of power, no matter how egregious,” says David Gans, a ...

From the Fourth Amendment to the Mexican Repatriation of the 1930s, history warns against prioritizing speed over due process ...

The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort mark a new and alarming development in the administration’s assault on press freedom.

Less than an hour after the Saturday morning killing of Alex Pretti by federal agents in south Minneapolis, conservative influencer Cam Higby took to social media with a sensational claim: ...

165 years ago on Jan. 29, 1861, Kansas became the 24th state to join the Union.