The U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1789, is our supreme law. The first 10 amendments, or Bill of Rights, were ratified in December 1791. The 11th Amendment was ratified four years later. When I served ...

Paul G. Summers, a lawyer, is a former appellate and senior judge, district attorney general, and the attorney general of Tennessee. Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the ...

A United States District Court (E.D. California) (“Court”) addressed in a July 31st Order a federal question jurisdiction issue arising out of a Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) ...

A common legal defense used by public colleges — that they and their employees are immune from private lawsuits under the U.S. Constitution’s 11th Amendment — does not prevent federal agencies from ...

In Dissent is a recurring series by Anastasia Boden on Supreme Court dissents that have shaped (or reshaped) our country. Please note that the views of outside contributors do not reflect the official ...

BOTTOM LINE: Where a man argued that Maryland effectuates a taking because it does not pay interest on unclaimed property that is returned to the property owner, his claims were barred by Eleventh ...

"When South Carolina, through its attorney general, joined the action against Google, it voluntarily invoked federal jurisdiction," Judge G. Steven Agee wrote for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit last week revived a Second Amendment challenge to the federal law that bars illegal drug users from owning guns. In a ruling published on Wednesday, a ...