LawCommentary
Nominating justices to the U.S. Supreme Court is one of a president’s most important constitutional responsibilities. It is spelled out clearly in Article II of… Read More
LawCommentary
The passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg gives conservatives and Republicans what they claim to have wanted since judicial activism became the norm… Read More
LawNews
The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has set off intense political debate over who should get to name her successor. On the… Read More
LawNews
Amy Coney Barrett, a federal appeals judge for nearly three years, is a front-runner to fill the Supreme Court seat vacated by the death Friday… Read More
Law Analysis
What steps are involved in a Supreme Court confirmation process and are any optional? What do we know about Amy Coney Barrett and Barbara Lagoa,… Read More
LawNews
President Donald Trump says his choice to fill Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Supreme Court seat is going to be a woman. “It will be a woman,… Read More
LawCommentary
The Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg focuses attention on an obscure—but very important—process within our system of government;… Read More
LawNews
New York City, Seattle, and Portland, Oregon, have allowed ongoing violence and destruction of property and refused to institute measures to prevent criminal activity, the… Read More
LawNews
With the unexpected death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Friday, Republicans face a tight timeline to get a new Supreme Court justice in place before… Read More
LawNews
President Donald Trump Sunday tweeted about Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski on Sunday after she indicated that she would likely not support any Supreme Court… Read More
LawNews
Prominent Democrats are threatening to expand the size of the Supreme Court to cancel out President Donald Trump’s court picks if Republicans vote on late… Read More
LawNews
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a champion of equal justice under the law who became only the second woman (and the first Jewish woman) to serve… Read More
LawCommentary
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who served for 27 years on the U.S. Supreme Court, has passed away. When her longtime friend and fellow opera fan,… Read More
LawCommentary
This article is an excerpt from the “2020 Mandate for Leadership: A Clear Vision for the Next Administration.” It looks back at policy decisions made… Read More
LawCommentary
As regular listeners of National Public Radio know, the taxpayer-funded outlet regularly disparages the idea that any type of fraud occurs in our elections. Now,… Read More
LawCommentary
States across the country are experimenting with a mass switch to mail-in elections in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. But is it wise for states… Read More
LawAnalysis
Jon Kyle, a retired deputy sheriff from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department in California, has a lawman’s perspective on what happened Aug. 23 when… Read More
LawCommentary
It’s time to talk about Jacob Blake and policing reform. No, I mean the other half of that conversation. The part where we ask what… Read More
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The 13th Amendment abolished the evil institution of slavery in 1865, but debate continues over the relationship between slavery and the Constitution in 1789 and… Read More
LawCommentary
A beautiful aspect of American democracy is the separation of powers. The different branches of government are assigned specific functions, and are limited to the… Read More
LawCommentary
Warning: This column includes a graphic description. A 29-year-old black man, Jacob Blake, was shot seven times in the back Aug. 23 by a white… Read More
LawNews
Six billboards declaring “No Police, No Peace” have gone up, two each in New York City, Dallas, and Atlanta, Heritage Action for America announced Monday. … Read More
LawNews
A leading Senate Republican is questioning whether deletions from more than two dozen cellphones used by the special counsel’s team in the Trump-Russia probe were… Read More
LawNews
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler has banned the use of tear gas on rioters in the Oregon city. Wheeler, a Democrat who is also Portland’s police… Read More
LawNews
The Trump administration announced sanctions Thursday against a Ukrainian lawmaker who met last year with President Donald Trump’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, and has pushed for… Read More
LawNews
Data from more than 25 government-issued phones used by members of the special counsel’s team was wiped or deleted during the course of the Trump-Russia… Read More
LawCommentary
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser last week unsuccessfully tried to shift the political blame to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of Columbia for the… Read More
LawNews
Attorney General William Barr said Wednesday that more charges are possible in the investigation led by John Durham, the U.S. attorney investigating the origins of… Read More
LawNews
President Donald Trump publicly added 20 names Wednesday to his list of candidates for the Supreme Court, including six women, three Senate Republicans, and a… Read More
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Two states seen as possible battlegrounds for the November presidential election had major revelations of alleged voter fraud within a week’s time. The Georgia secretary… Read More
