In theory, the Constitution should safeguard individual liberty by giving citizens a bulwark against state tyranny. However, the Constitution actually advanced ...

The issue du jour is deportations, but the question has been a constant of Donald Trump’s presidencies: Is he acting within the Constitution? In his first term, it came up repeatedly: When he tried to ...

President Donald Trump's various actions that appear to overstep the power of the executive office are creating what many legal scholars call a constitutional crisis. VladSt/DigitalVision Vectors via ...

This decision is only one of the ways that the Court, under Chief Justice John Roberts, has been chipping away at the parts ...

More than a half-century ago, during Watergate, President Richard Nixon had a stand-off with the Justice Department, and the courts. On Oct. 20, 1973, the president demanded that attorney general ...

Our pledge is to the Constitution — its principles and processes in everyday life. That fidelity keeps America free, ...

Appeals court judge Amul Thapar argues First, Fourth and 14th Amendments shouldn’t extend to noncitizens, ‘let alone illegal ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — While many laws passed during the legislative session take effect immediately or within a year, some legislation takes multiple years to go into effect. The legal change that ...

Mercy Otis Warren lost that debate. But her ideas still left a mark, and for that reason, she is worth remembering and ...

Preston is a research fellow for tax policy in The Heritage Foundation’s Grover M. Hermann Center for the federal budget. Americans who have never lived elsewhere may take for granted the ...

Voters will decide on 17 proposed changes to the Texas Constitution this fall, deciding whether to throw their support behind amendments that would cut property taxes, codify the rights of parents, ...