Habeas corpus – a Latin phrase meaning ‘you shall have the body’ – protects any person, whether citizen or not,…
Effective Republican organizing and intraparty divisions among Democrats solidified GOP political dominance until the 1930s.
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A study of US state legislators found that posting misinformation online was a winning strategy for boosting a politician’s…
The Trump administration says it can deport noncitizen students that create foreign security threats. The Supreme Court…
‘It’s one big show of contempt for the court,’ says a former federal judge about the Trump administration’s handling…
Mayors from the Democratic Party aren’t making cities any more – or less – dangerous than mayors from the Republican…
At first glance it might seem contradictory that restricting some speech can preserve free speech, but research shows that…
Judge James Boasberg’s order stops short of holding any government officials in contempt, but leaves open the possibility…
The length of Booker’s speech grabbed headlines, but the senator’s media strategy helped sustain attention afterward…
Burn it all down? For some Americans who feel they’ve lost social status, that’s exactly what they want DOGE to do.
After a group of employers refused to provide their employees access to free HIV prevention treatment, the Supreme Court…
President Donald Trump’s second term and the Supreme Court’s conservative activism have lit a fire in Republicans, who…
The 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act gives ICE broad power, including the right to arrest many noncitizens. The extent…
The Constitution does not grant Congress authority to set voter-eligibility requirements in federal elections.
Cute characters are often vulnerable, innocent and lovable – and therein lies their power.
The high court ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of a Maryland man, Kilmar Abrego García, to the…
Before the Nazis, German universities were among the best in the world. Step by step, the universities gave up their independence…
Can both sides legitimately say they won a Supreme Court victory?
The law is the balance point between limiting hate speech and misinformation and keeping censorship in check. Here’s what…