ScotusCrim is a recurring series by Rory Little focusing on intersections between the Supreme Court and criminal law. The first sentence of Article II of the Constitution introduces the executive […] ...

By Nate Raymond BOSTON, March 16 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Monday largely upheld a ruling that blocked a ...

“The speed with which American democracy is currently dismantled is unprecedented in modern history,” one of the world’s top democracy researchers says in a new report.

For much of America’s early history, government jobs were awarded through loyalty, not merit — a system that fueled corruption until reform changed the federal workforce.

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A charismatic populist, he channeled the anger of a disaffected North, arguing — in inflammatory oratory — for secession and railing against a tide of migrants.

The Trump administration announced a three-phase transition that will eventually include management of most federal student ...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection This is the second in a six-part series examining major policing strategies through a research-grounded lens, assessing each strategy against multiple criteria. A ...

Most Americans don’t know what it’s like inside the United States’ 1,664 state and federal prisons. 1 Yet even those who believe the primary purpose of incarceration is to deter crime or to inflict ...