After the Supreme Court sided with the federal government in the Texas v. New Mexico water case, the parties are going back ...

At 70 years old, Sotomayor is the oldest Democrat-appointed justice on the Court, which has a 6-3 conservative supermajority.

Americans in an array of states sent a message to the incoming Trump administration and other elected officials: They won't ...

Unfortunately, the Office of Civil Rights is applying standards that are legally problematic, burdensome and virtually impossible to meet.

The Supreme Court, where Trump’s first-term appointees are half of ... and then its stunning decision had the effect of ...

If ever a U.S. president needed the checks and balances that the founders established, it’s law-breaking, oath-violating ...

The lessons of history about second-term presidents and second-term Republicans in particular are not just the stuff of ...

After his election victory, here are five reasons why President-elect Donald Trump may never be sentenced in his New York ...

Though just a few days since the election, the country's leading pro-life activist groups are already shifting from ...

Trump has floated the idea of a 10% or more tariff on all goods imported into the US, a move he says would eliminate the trade deficit. But critics say it would lead to higher prices for American cons ...

The regulation of federal agencies could also impact access to abortion care. Medication abortion could come under fire if the Food and Drug Administration -- under a Trump presidency -- limits access ...

SPRINGFIELD – A federal judge in East St. Louis on Friday struck down Illinois’ assault weapons ban on the grounds that it ...