The legislation would make it harder for judges to hold defiant parties, including government officials, in contempt.

Last week in the Oval Office, the president was peeved when a reporter shared an acronym apparently used on Wall Street: TACO ...

For decades, voters and organizations have successfully brought lawsuits against racially discriminatory voting rules under Section 2 of the civil rights law.

Sixty years ago this month, the Senate passed the Voting Rights Act, a historic breakthrough in a chamber long dominated by ...

The framers wanted to insulate the president and federal officials from corrupting influences, but a new law is needed to ...

The law disproportionately affected people of color and made them less likely to vote in future elections.

Federal law limits the use of troops on American soil, but loopholes invite abuse. Congress and the states must act.

A federal judge in Texas made news in January when he allowed a suit filed by Idaho, Kansas, and Missouri to proceed against the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of medication abortion, based ...

Federal and state policymakers must rise to the challenge artificial intelligence poses to safe, secure elections and responsive, accountable governance. Without proper safeguards and reforms, ...

Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s blueprint for a conservative administration, proposed a number of actions that would transform criminal justice policy at the federal level. They are likely to ...

New population estimates from the Census Bureau suggest sharp gains and losses that could reshape the country’s politics after 2030. New population estimates from the Census Bureau point to ...