The Supreme Court's decision to allow federal prosecution of medical-marijuana users was less about medical marijuana than about congressional power to override state law.
In Bond v. U.S., six justices recognized that prosecutorial overreach is a greater threat than the Senate using conniving treaties to overturn the Court's decisions.
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the government's rules, which ensure consumers get equal access to internet.
Judges continue to enforce a standard that makes proving claims of sexual harassment incredibly difficult.
Women and men alike should be concerned by the Iowa Supreme Court's recent ruling that it's legal for a man to fire an employee he finds too attractive.
If he had met a conservative Court on its own ground, the solicitor general could have notched a victory for liberalism—and helped safeguard campaign-finance protections.
The theory has not provided the clarity some of its early proponents had hoped it would.
The American republic has lasted for more than two tumultuous centuries. But can it survive Donald Trump?
Many critics believe that “defensive democracy” has no place in the American system, but it does, and in fact the country has put it to good use throughout history.